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Indian
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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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| 2001 |
Ragas for a Winter Moon, Rag Hemant, Rag Gaurek Kalyan
David Trasoff — sarode, Abhiman Kaushal - tabla |
| Forthcoming |
SVARA – New World Music
Original compositions and arrangements
David Trasoff – sarod,
Robert Jacobson – guitar,
John Graves – Bass,
Randy Gloss – tabla percussion |
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| Collaborations
& Projects |
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Svara
An poly-musical ensemble combining influences of Indian music, jazz, blues, Eastern European and creative music. Named LA Weekly Jazz Pick of the Week for February, 2002. |
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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 |
| Embassy of India |
Berlin, Germany |
| National University of Music (UNAM) |
Mexico City, Mexico |
| Consulate of the United States |
Calcutta, India |
| Maritime Hall |
San Francisco, California |
| House of Blues |
Los Angeles, California |
| The Zee Network (Asia-wide satellite TV) |
Mumbai, India |
| International Conference on Indian Music & The West |
Mumbai, India |
| International Symposium on Musical Acoustics |
Tokyo, Japan |
| Indian Academy of Fine Arts |
Singapore |
| Muzikacademie Basel |
Basel, Switzerland |
| San Diego State University |
San Diego, California |
| University of California |
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 |
| Nehru Centre |
Mumbai, India |
| National Center for the Performing Arts |
Mumbai, India |
| India International Centre |
New Delhi, India |
| Birla Academy of Fine Arts |
Calcutta, India |
| Muziekschool Amsterdam |
Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| University of Maryland |
Baltimore, Maryland |
| World Affairs Conference |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
| University of Arizona |
Tucson, Arizona |
| University of Texas |
Austin, Texas |
| Colorado College |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| University of Nebraska |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Westport Town Hall |
Westport, Connecticut |
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