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Music Performance
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Polymusical
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| Education |
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| 1999
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University of California,
Santa Barbara
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Ph.D. |
Program
in Ethnomusicology, Department of Music |
| 1988 |
California
Institute of the Arts |
M.F.A. |
Performance/World
Music |
| 1973-1999 |
Ali
Akbar College of Music |
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North
Indian Classical Music |
| 1973-1982 |
Full-time study, four 9-week
sessions per year.
Studies with Maestro Ali
Akbar Khan included instrumental music on sarod and violin,
vocal music, including both dhrupad and khyal styles,
and tala.
tabla for three years with Zakir Hussain.
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| 1982-1999 |
Private
instruction with Maestro Ali Akbar Khan and class attendance on a
periodic basis. |
| 1980-1982
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College of Marin Kentfield,
California
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Department
of Music |
| 1976 |
Stanford
University |
M.A.
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Biology |
| 1971 |
University
of Rochester |
B.A.
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English,
Biology Honors |
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| Teaching |
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| 1999-2000
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Adjunct Faculty , North Indian
classical music
School of Music, California
Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
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| 1997-2000
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Visual and Performing Arts
Program
California State University
San Marcos
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| 1994-1997
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Director: Indian Music Ensemble
Department of Music, University
of California, Santa Barbara
Instruction in instrumental
music (sitar and sarod), vocal music, tala, and tabla. Ensemble
and individual lessons. Public performances by ensemble groups.
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| 1994
(fall) |
Teaching assistant to Maestro
Ali Akbar Khan
North Indian classical instrumental
and vocal music seminar
Ali Akbar College of Music,
Basel, Switzerland
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| 1994
(summer) |
Seminar: Music of India
Center for World Music, Payangan,
Bali, Indonesia.
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| Recordings |
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1991 |
When Words Disappear,
Ragas Puria Kalyan, Jaijaiwanti, and Kirwani
Compact Disc/Cassette,
published by Lila Vihun Music, 1991
David Trasoff - sarod,
Zakir Hussain - tabla
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| 1993 |
Indian
Architexture
published
by Water Lily Acoustics
tanpura accompaniment
for Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
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| 1997 |
Music for "A Midsummer
Night’s Dream"
original theater music
for Shakespeare’s comedy
Compact Disc/Cassette,
published by Lila Vihun Music
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| Collaborations
& Projects |
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Music Director and Composer
for William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream;
produced by Farthest Steppe
Productions, directed by Michael Michetti.
1997 winner of 4 Ovation
awards, including best director and best production of a play.
"Critic's Choice" Los Angeles
Times and LA Weekly.
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| Performances as
a member of "N'da Kulture" presenting the compositions of Ismael Wadada
Leo Smith at The Jazz Bakery, Culver City; the Beverly Hills Public
Library, sponsored by Wires Performance Center for New and Experimental
Music, and California Institute of the Arts. |
| Composition and
performance of music for classical and interdisciplinary dance programs
including the Rangoli Festival, James Armstrong Theater, Torrance,
and Anjani Ambegokar, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. |
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Performances
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North Indian classical music (partial list) |
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| Ravi
Shankar Music Circle |
Los
Angeles, California |
| Indian
Music and The West |
NCPA,
Bombay |
| International
Symposium on Musical Acoustics |
Tokyo,
Japan |
| Indian
Academy of Fine Arts |
Singapore
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| Muzikacademie
Basel |
Basel,
Switzerland |
| San
Diego State University |
San
Diego, California |
| University
of California |
Santa
Barbara, California |
| World
Music Institute |
New
York |
| Lotus
Fine Arts Society |
New
York |
| World
Music Festival |
California
Institute of the Arts |
| Ramakrishna
Mission Institute of Culture |
Calcutta,
India |
| National
Center for the Performing Arts |
Bombay,
India |
| India
International Centre |
New
Delhi, India |
| Birla
Academy of Fine Arts |
Calcutta,
India |
| Muziekschool
Amsterdam |
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands |
| Westport
Town Hall |
Westport,
Connecticut |
| University
of Maryland |
Baltimore,
Maryland |
| World
Affairs Conference |
University
of Colorado, Boulder |
| University
of Arizona |
Tucson,
Arizona |
| University
of Texas |
Austin,
Texas |
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