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A superficial exposure to music is acceptable to most people; but there is an elite for whom this is not enough. If you have attained certain social and intellectual level, Elementary North Indian Vocal (Vol 1-2) may be for you.

This has compositions, theory, history, and other topics. All exercises and compositions have audio material which may be streamed over the internet for free.
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Name: Ms. Bhava­dhaarini Ananta­raman
E-Mail: bhavadhaarini@gmail.com
Field: Car­natic Music, Light Clas­sical, Ab­hangs, Sam­pradaya Bhajan, Namasankeertanam, and De­vo­tio­nal Music
Location: AE-132 80 D Shanthi Colony Anna Nagar Chen­nai 600 040
Telephone: 044-26202289, Mo­bile num­ber 0-9841504099, 0-9962102537 
Misc. Info: Bhava­dhaa­rini Ananta­raman is a dis­ciple of San­geetha Kala­nidhi Smt. D.K. Pattam­mal for more than 25 years. Bhava­dhaarini is a recording artist, concert performer and music composer. She takes thematic group classes and workshops. For more details, visit :  www.bhavadhaarini.com ..

Name: Shanthi Ashok­kumar
E-Mail: Shanthi_ashokakumar@yahoo.co.in
Field: Carnatic Vocal Music
Location: Shanthi Ashok­kumar, Flat # A/2, Ram­leela Apart­ments, No. 33, 3rd Street, Abirama­puram, Chen­nai-­600018
Telephone: Hand Ph – 0091 9940539307 Land -0091 44 47438525
Misc. Info: Post gra­du­ate in Car­natic vocal music from Chem­mbai College of Music at Palghat-Kerala in India under tute­lage of Pro­fes­sors Shri Kedara­nathan and Smt Meera Kedara­nathan, prin­ciple dis­ciples of San­geetha Kala­nidhi Sem­man­gudi Dr. R. Sri­nivasa Iyer and gui­ded by San­geetha Kala­nidhi Shri. M.D. Rama­nathan, with over 20 years of teach­ing ex­peri­ence at Chen­nai from begin­ners to ad­vanced levels. Performed in many local con­certs in India. Currently moul­ding on­line Car­natic vocal music stu­dents glo­bally to spread our rich cul­ture and he­ri­tage of tra­di­tio­nal music. As­piring stu­dents can con­tact my land / mobile phones. Skype: shanthi0072

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Name: B.H. Murali
E-Mail: bh_murali2003@gmail.com
Field: Indian Music – Vocal – Key­board – On­line Clas­ses
Location: “Shree­raagam”, Ashok­nagar, Chen­nai, Tamil­nadu, India
Telephone: +91 98402 – 04293
Misc. Info: visit http://bhmurali.com

Name: Padmavathy Balajee
E-Mail: balajee.padmavathy@gmail.com
Field: Vocal, Veena
Location: 24 Ram­kamal Apart­ments, 79th Street, Ashok Nagar, Chen­nai 83
Telephone: +91-98406 31870
Misc. Info: www.padmavathycarnaticmusic.blogspot.com

Name: Burra Sriram
E-Mail: burrasriram@gmail.com
Field: Mridangam
Location: #40/48, Door No: 4, Srihi Flats, Soliappan Street, Mylapore, Chennai, India -600004
Telephone: +91 8754­536271
Misc. Info: I am a mridangam per­former-cum-tea­cher. Am an ‘A’ grade artiste of All India Radio, Chennai. I have been in the teach­ing field for 12 Years. I also take on­line classes.

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Name: Mrs. Abithu Dinesh)
E-Mail: amra.india@gmail.com
Field: Veena, Vocal & Key­board (all in car­natic music)
Location: No.5, Pra­sath Flats, B2 (ground floor), Mad­ley road, 1st Street, T. Nagar, Chen­nai-620017, Tamil­nadu
Telephone: 80124-81780, 99424-39169
Misc. Info: Founder – Avarthana Music Research Academy. FB page: www.facebook.com/AvarthanaMusicResearchAcademy

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TABLA, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU
This is the first volume of the most complete series on the tabla. Fundamentals of Tabla

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Name: G. Sri­dhar
E-Mail: flutesri@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Flutist
Location: West Wood Gar­dens , Plot 6, C1/998 , New Ku­bera Nagar 4th Street, Madi­pak­kam, Chen­nai 91
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Expe­riance – Wor­ked as full time Flute tea­cher and per­for­mer for TFA , Singa­pore for 12 years. com­pose Music for dance. per­for­ming widely this re­gion. Guru – Smt Vasanti Sekar , Kalaima­mani Smt N. Kesi, and Sri Pallavi Venkatrama iyer. M.A de­gree fromTamil Univer­sity, Tanjore, and MPhil Degree from Tanjore University. skype id = sriflute youtube – G.Sridhar Flutist..

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Name: Smt. Subbulakshmi Hariharan
E-Mail: violinsubbulakshmi1961@rediffmail.com
Field: Carnatic On­line Violin Teacher
Location: F-6, 2nd floor, Sree Daksha’s Adyant Apartment, Vellinkiri Nagar (South), Navavoor Pirivu, Maruthamalai Road, Coimbatore-641046. (Tamilnadu State)
Telephone: 08789474327/ 9470165150
Misc. Info: Cost of Lesson: Rs.500/- per class per student.(In India) & Rs.800/- per class lesson for Abroad students for one class. Medium of Teaching:- Tamil and Malayalam. Over 30 years experience..

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Name: Karthick Iyer
E-Mail: violintechnique.ki@gmail.com
Field: Violin (Carnatic/western/fusion)
Location: Chenai, Tamil Nadu, India
Telephone: (+91)9884034040
Misc. Info: Karthick Iyer explored the world of both Carnatic and Western Violin Techniques to realise how much the two spectrums complement each other in holistically moulding a violinist. This learning was pivotal in leading him to develop a sound of his own – Indosoul, one that seeks to dissolve barriers, genres and cultures. A culmination of all this learning & performing over the last 20 yrs is Violin Technique with Karthick Iyer. Violin technique with Karthick Iyer (VTWKI) is a scientific & systematic online learning method developed by him. It brings together the fundamental Carnatic curriculum with the best of Western violin techniques to enable a holistic learning experience.

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Name: J. Jaga­dee­san
E-Mail: jagadeesan.jayaraman@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic music – Vocal
Location: Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chen­nai 600020 Tamil Nadu
Telephone: 9840284380
Misc. Info: My music school is named as “Rasi­kapriya’s Vocal Music”. I had my ini­tial train­ing from Dr. Vasan­tha Sri­ni­vasan of Tuti­corin and advan­ced train­ing from Mr Rama­samy Pillai of Su­seen­dram More than 40 stu­dents learn from me now. I take di­rect clas­ses at my home, Home tu­tions and on­line clas­ses. My in­no­va­tive-easy tech­ni­ques would enable any student with in­te­rest to learn to come up quic­kly. Purely dedi­cated and indi­vi­dual at­ten­tion orien­ted train­ing is given. Mo­de­rate fees are char­ged. Ti­mings are fle­xible to suit any­one from school kid to house wives, work­ing men , wo­men and col­lege going stu­dents etc., They would feel more com­for­table and gain con­fidence in sing­ing so quic­kly once they join my classes..

Name: Aadal Kalai­mani Guru Smt J. Vijaya­mohana
E-Mail: srisainatyalayam@gmail.com
Field: Bharata­nat­yam and natu­van­gam
Location: 1/8. gowri­colony nan­ganal­lur Chen­nai; 600061
Telephone: 044-22248374 mobile; +91 9445170248,
Misc. Info: My music and tra­ditional dance in­sti­tution Sri Sai Naty­alayam [since 1950]. I am teach­ing for more than 24 years. My hus­band, P.V.S. Jagath Eesan [mu­si­co­lo­gist]. I am the dis­ciple of my father Nat­ya­chel­vam Na­tu­vanaar, Maya­varam Guru M.S. Rama­samy Pillai who was the first desciple of the great Padmashree Vazhuvoor B.Ramiah Pillai. I am teach­ing more than 300 stu­dents presently. See our videos in youtube music­mohana site. Thank you.

Name: Geetha Jaya­ram
E-Mail: jayaram.geetha@gmail.com
Field: Hindu­stani Light Clas­sical – Bha­jans, Gha­zals and Geets and old Hindi Film songs.
Location: Chen­nai, Tamil Nadu
Telephone: +919600015942
Misc. Info: An AIR B High artis­te in sugam san­geet I have broad­cast from Hyde­ra­bad and Chen­nai. I have per­for­med de­vo­tio­nal music pro­grams in or­ga­ni­za­tions in Hyder­abad and Chen­nai. I have gi­ven stage shows fea­tur­ing old Hi­ndi film songs in sabhas, as­so­cia­tions, cor­porate events, mar­riages, re­cep­tions and other family fun­ctions. I also offer clas­ses in Hindu­stani based light clas­si­cal music.

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Name: Kailasanathan  K.
E-Mail:  kailasanathanks@gmail.com
Field:  Tabla & Mridangam
Location:  Neyveli, Tamilnadu
Telephone:   Mo 9442897861
Misc. Info: I am learn­ing tabla  from various teachers and my learning goes on. I studied mri­dangam under Kumba­konam Mr. Singaram pillai and Thiru­varur Krishna­murthi. I am inter­ested in teaching mri­dangam and tabla by skype or zoom.

Name: Vijayalakshmi Kannan
Email: varshikamusicacademy@gmail.com
Field: Vocal and Instru­mental teacher / Per­former / Composer
Location: 29, Mullai street, Dr. Radha­krishnan salai, Vala­saravakkam, Chennai – 600087
Telephone: +91 9940268808
Misc. Info: Website – www.varshikaacademy.com Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3rsAAXFLSxuuGIRVtk8psg. Am into this music industry for the past 17 years and I have learnt from the basics of music from top notch people like Nithya­nandam sir – Guru of A R Rahman sir, Dass Daniel sir, K V Ramanujam – A top artist, AIR and Chandra­mohan sir. I do have a music school for the past 7 years running suc­cessfully and have trained more than 300+ students.  www.varshikaacademy.com

Name: Smt. Soun­daram Krish­nan
E-Mail: radhika0408@gmail.com
Field: Car­natic vocal
Location: Chen­nai, Tamil­nadu India.
Telephone: WA +919449687830
Misc. Info: She is an A Grade artist of Chen­nai AIR. In the year 1973 she was awarded; Deva­gana Var­shini’ a title from Pra­kala mutt Mysore. Audio Re­leases – The Ut­sava Sam­brathaya kri­this, Skanda Puranam and Pan­charatna Kri­tis. Rare Kri­this in ‘Guru Sthu­thi’ Kal­yana Pat­tukal’ Kummi Kolatam in dif­fer­ent lan­gua­ges. Rare Kri­this of Shyama Sas­tri and Muthiah Bha­ga­vathar Kal­yana Go­pa­lam from compo­si­tions of Na­ra­yana Theer­thar’s Kri­shna Leela Tha­rang­ini. She has trained with Chengal­pattu Ran­ga­na­than as well as Prof. T.R. Subra­ma­nian, amongst other gurus. Some of her stu­dents are per­forming artists. Mrs Soundaram Krishnans student a B high artist and s regular concert performer now located at Waterloo Canada As a Concert Performer 
www.arundhathikrishnan.com

Name: Ganesh Kumar
E-Mail: ganesh@ganeshkanjira.com
Field: Carnatic Per­cus­sion Instru­ments Viz., Mri­dangam, Kan­jira, Gha­tam, Mor­singh, and Kon­nakkol (Vocal Per­cus­sion)
Location: Ganesh Kumar Flat No: 3 “San­kara Apart­ments” No 91, Lake View Road West Mam­balam Chen­nai – 600 033.
Telephone: 91 44 4266 8907 / 098844 60904
Misc. Info: Tea­ching Car­natic Per­cus­sion In­stru­ments viz., mri­dan­gam, kan­jira, gha­tam, mor­singh, kon­ak­kol (vocal per­cus­sion). Indi­vidual pri­vate les­sons and group les­sons at San­kara Aca­demy of Music and Arts..

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Name: L.S. Ramesh
E-Mail: faces108@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic On Key­board
Location: Chen­nai, Tamil Nadu, India
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Web­site http://www.faces108.com I de­sig­ned an in­novative Car­natic music chakra (Sri Saraswathi 72 mela­karta Chakra) seeing which anyone can play the ra­gas by them­sel­ves on key­board/ piano. No music know­ledge ne­ces­sary. Cost US.$50/- includ­ing pos­tage. You may buy on­line from our web­site..

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Name: Sowmiya Madangopal
E-Mail: ramyatangirala@gmail.com
Field: Hindu­stani Vocalist
Location: Raja Annamalaipuram, Chen­nai 600 028
Telephone: +44 98402 81720, 99405 29741
Misc. Info: Smt Sow­miya is a well known Hindu­sta­ni vo­calist, coming from a great musical li­neage. She is the niece of San­gita Kala­nidhi GN Bala­subra­manian. Sowmiya is also a visual ar­tist and has dis­played her works in several art ex­hi­bi­tions. She has per­for­med for Na­rada Gana Sabha, The Music Aca­demy and all major Sab­has in Chen­nai. At Sow­miya’s Sunad, centre for Hindu­stani Music, clas­sical Hindu­stani vocals is taught. Many film playback singers have been trained by Sowmiya..

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Name: N.S. Aarthi Madhu­mita – Kooth­amba­lam Aca­demy of Bharatha­natyam
E-Mail: aarthimadhumita@gmail.com
Field: Bharata­natyam Clas­ses through Skype
Location: Chen­nai, Ta­mil Nadu India
Telephone: +91 9840911480
Misc. Info: Face book page- koo­tham­balam dance school

Name: Namagiri Ramesh
E-Mail: ramnam25@gmail.com
Field: Vocal – Carnatic
Location: T Nagar, Chennai, India
Telephone: 98407 34054
Misc. Info: Priveleged to be under the tutelage of Dr. M.L.V., Dr. B. Rajam Iyer, Dr. R. Vedavalli and Dr. B. M. Sundaram. Performed in India and abroad. Titles – Suswara Gana, Dasa Kala Mani and Nallor Virudhu. Specialised in thematic concerts. Founder member and President of the musical NGO Bharat Kala Samarpan and first woman Secretary of Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam (a heritage musical institution that is 90 years old).

Name: Mrs Usha Nara­simhan
E-Mail: Carnaticusha@outlook.com
Field: Carnatic, voice culture, all ages
Location: R A Puram, Chen­nai 28
Telephone: 9840358853
Misc. Info: https://sites.google.com/site/onlinekarnaticmusic/instructors

Name Neerajaa Narayanan
Email ksnn07@gmail.com
Field Veena, South Indian classical music
Location: Porur, Chennai, India
Telephone: 8907631133
Misc. Info: Graduate in Veena from R.L.V. College of Music and Fine Arts Thripunithura. 6 years of teaching experience.

Name: Ms. Nar­thaki Nata­raj
E-Mail: narthakiandsakthi@yahoo.com
Field: Bharathanatyam
Location: 27A VSV Koil Street, Mylapore Chennai 600004, TN, India.
Telephone: +91.44.24660413
Misc. Info: An­cient Tamil litera­ture and Rare compo­si­tions of Tan­jore Quar­tets will be pre­sen­ted in these con­certs…. Ms Nar­thaki Nata­raj – A Brief Pro­file Ms Nar­thaki Nata­raj, is one of the very few lead­ing Bharata­natyam ar­tists in India today who has made it to the “Top Grade” artist Status in Door­dharshan. She is a re­ceip­ient of Kalai­mani award from Govt. of Tamil­nadu and a Fel­low­ship awar­dee of the San­geet Natak Aka­demi. Every year she per­forms in pres­ti­gious sabhas and cul­tural organi­za­tions in India. She had also con­duc­ted per­for­mances and work­shops in USA, UK, Nor­way and Swit­zer­land. Web Site – www.narthakinataraj.com

Name: Sasi­dharan Nata­rajan
E-Mail: sasivocal1969@yahoo.co.in
Field: Vocal – Carnatic
Location:
Telephone: 91-9840 094626
Misc. Info: A Masters in Arts, Indian Car­natic music from Ma­dras Uni­ver­sity, and a dis­ciple of Padma­shree Dr. K.J. Yesu­dass, Sasi is also a re­si­dent sin­ger for Bha­ratha Kal­anjali, a premium dance troupe by Dha­na­jayans. Sasi is also the rec­ipient of “Isai Chem­mal From The “Indira Gandhi Ilak­kiya Man­dram” And “Isai Mani” From The Bhara­thi Youth As­so­cia­tion, Chen­nai. Sasi has an excel­lent skill, sing­ing for dance where he con­nects, comp­li­ments and flow with the dancer.

Name: Neyveli S. Radhakrishna
E-Mail: violinradha@hotmail.com
Field: Violin and Double Vio­lin
Location: Ney­veli S. Radhakrishna 7/4, 14th Street, Ram Ganesh Flats, Nan­ga­nal­lur, Chen­nai India – 600061. :
Telephone: 0091-9884472639
Misc. Info: https://www.youtube.com/c/RadhaKrishnaNeyveli & https://www.facebook.com/Radhakrishna.Neyveli – Learnt under the violin maestro, Sangeetha Kalanidhi  Sri Dr.M. Chandrasekaran. Pursuing Masterclasses on Double violin from the legendary Dr.L.Shankar.   Radhakrishna is accredited with an “A” grade and holds a master’s degree in Indian Classical Music. Plays the rare, creative, and unique ten-string, stereoscopic DOUBLE VIOLIN, the only one of its kind in Asia among a handful in the world.  Toured with Sitar Maestro “Bharathratna”Pandit Ravishankar in 2004 & 2005 for Festival of India II. Widely traveled across the world, Radhakrishna has absorbed local genres and in multi-cultural projects partnered with Western music, giants formed his own Worldmusic Band AHIMSA musicians from Germany-France-Italy-Sweden.

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Name: Pakala Jaya­pra­kash
E-Mail: pakalajayaprakash@yahoo.com
Field: Carnatic Violin, Vocal and Music Key­board
Location: No.9, Munu­swamy Naicken Street, Gana­pathy­puram, Chrome­pet, Chen­nai – 600 044, Tamil­nadu, India.
Telephone: 9840030766, 9176770177
Misc. Info: Qua­lifi­ca­tion – Ph.D, M.Phil (In­dian Music) M.Music B.Music, Dip. in Violin, San­geetha Vi­sha­radha, San­geetha Pra­veena, Grade Artiste in AIR. I am hailing from the fa­mily of Car­natic mu­si­cians. I am taking clas­ses for vio­lin, vocal, and musical key­board. I am work­ing as fine arts teacher at Sri­mathi Sun­da­ra­valli Me­mo­rial School, Chrome­pet, Chen­nai-44. I am a pro­fes­sional car­natic violinist. I am giving per­for­mance for the last 10 years in India and abroad.

Name: Meera Partha­sarathy
E-Mail: meerapar@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic music, de­vo­tio­nal music and bha­jans
Location: Chen­nai, Tamil Naud
Telephone: 0091 9884391665
Misc. Info: I take clas­ses thru Skype and charge USD 25 per class. My song is at­tached here. One of my links is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpsA-k8RLw8

Name: Rakesh Pazhedam
Email: mridangamrakesh86@gmail.com
Field: Mridangam, South Indian classical music
Location: Porur, Chennai, India.
Telephone: 8056146589
Misc. Info: All India Radio’A’ Graded artist.

Name: Jayanthi Prabu
E-Mail: getjayanthip@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Veena
Location: Old No 25, New No 56, Sarangapani Street, T-Nagar, Chen­nai 600017.
Telephone: +91-9962595432 / 99432
Misc. Info: Daughter and dis­ciple of renowned veena instru­men­ta­list, Kalaima­mani Smt. Ranga­nayaki Raja­gopa­lan, win­ner of Pre­si­den­tial Award for Car­natic Instru­men­tal Music. Hails from a family of musi­cians. B-high ar­tist from AIR Chen­nai. Cen­tral go­vern­ment scho­lar­ship reci­pient for car­natic veena. Has played in many sa­bhas and local con­certs in India. Look­ing for­ward to teach on­line clas­ses to stu­dents to spread the know­ledge of the beau­ti­ful Indian car­natic veena.

LEARNING THE TABLA-1? YOU MAY BE READY FOR LEARNING THE TABLA-2
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Name: R. Usha
E-Mail: iluushaa@gmail.com
Field: Dance- Toddlers, kids dances Bharatha­natiyam, South Indian folk dances, Yoga varieties. Therapy, Mu­dras, Eye exer­cises, Spe­cial Yoga for Spe­cial Kids
Location: C8A, CeeDeeYes Regal Palm Gar­dens, Tam­ba­ram Vel­achery main Road, Vel­achery, Chen­nai – 42. Near Adyar Anan­dha Bha­van
Telephone: LL – 044-49595170 Cel – +91 9840034079
Misc. Info: *Won “Nat­ya­ka­la­mani” Award * Bharatha­natiyam Gold Me­dalist * 25 years ex­pe­ri­ence * Theory classes under­take *Can trained stu­dents for Govt & Uni­ver­sity Exams. * Masters in Yoga (1st class)

Name: Smt. Guru Jayasre Raj
E-Mail: jayasreeraj96@gmail.com
Field: Clas­si­cal dance, car­natic vocal music, natu­van­gam
Location: Kai­rali Natya Kala Sheth­ram, 37/43 A, South street no:1, K R Puram, Avaram­pala­yam, Coim­batore -06.
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I have lear­ned clas­si­cal dance under Guru. Sri. Mu­ri­yadu Murali­dha­ran of Kerala an unique Dis­ciple of Smt. Guru. Padma Sub­ra­ma­niam. I have foun­ded my dance school “Kai­rali Natya Kala Sheth­ram” at the year 1998. And I have per­for­med in var­ious dance festi­vals and cultural fest all around in Tamil­ Nadu and Kerala. I have trained more than 600 stu­dents all around in Ke­rala and Tamil­ Nadu.

Name: Ganga Rama­chandran B.A {Economics- Statistics}, MA, M.PHIL, {Ph.D} (Music)
E-Mail: ganga.geetanjali@gmail.com
Field: Per­for­ming Car­natic Mu­si­cian / Re­search Scholar/ Teacher – Vocal/ key­board / violin/ Veena -per­for­mance and exam orien­ted.
Location: Pro­vi­dent Cosmo city, Pudup­pak­kam, Chen­nai 603103
Telephone: 9283400160
Misc. Info: Gee­tan­jali Global Guru­kulam per­sonal and on­line clas­ses for dil­igent stu­dents. Re­sear­cher on com­po­sers from Ke­rala, tea­ching ex­pe­rie­nce of 30 yrs guest lecturer @ madras university and mother Teresa Womens university for distance and re­gular stu­dents of musi­co­logy and mu­sic. 2 Yrs re­gular lec­tu­rer @tea­chers train­ing col­lege Music Aca­demy. Per­for­med concerts, lec dems, dance re­ci­tals @ va­rious sabhas & Inter­na­tio­nal con­fe­ren­ces Air edu­ca­tio­nal talk shows,   http://geetanjali2014.blogspot.in/ http://geetanjaliglobalgurukulam.blogspot.in/ 

Name: Smt. Shyamala Ranga­rajan
E-Mail: shyamala51@hotmail.com
Field: Indian Music (Car­natic – Vo­cal)
Location: 25, Ro­hini Vas­tu­gra­mam, Melur Road, Sri­ran­gam, Trichy 620006, Tamil­nadu.
Telephone: Mobile – 9524518942 & Landline 0431-2430704.
Misc. Info: I am an MA in In­dian music (Car­natic – vocal) from Ma­dras Univer­sity. I had ex­ten­sive train­ing un­der emi­nent gurus like – Culcut­ta Shri Krishna­murthy, Shri S. Ra­jam, Lal­gudi Shri G Jaya­raman, Smt Su­guna Varad­achari. I am a gra­ded artist of the All India Radio. I have per­for­med in va­rious sabhas in dif­fe­rent parts of India. I have more than 30 years ex­peri­ence in teach­ing Car­natic music. For the past 15 years, I have been train­ing stu­de­nts in the US, Europe, Aus­tra­lia and the Gulf and other coun­tries through In­ter­net media – Skype. Anyone in­ter­ested to learn Car­natic music from me through inter­net, may con­tact me for fur­ther de­tails. Skype id srangarajan47..

Name: Rithu
E-Mail: rithuvinodh@gmail.com
Field: Car­natic vocal, Bha­jans
Location: plot no 9, thi­ru­ven­ka­tam street, vi­rugam­bakkam, Chen­nai 600092.
Telephone: 98845682875 / 09840124870
Misc. Info: Mrs. Rithu is M.Phil. in Car­natic music. She has won many pri­zes includ­ing 1st prize in All In­dia com­peti­tion held by AIR for which she was awar­ded B grade. She is the niece of vio­lin vidwan Trichur. C. Raj­end­ran and Mri­dangam Vid­wan Trichur. C. Narendran. She is a per­for­ming artist also teach­ing on­line to stu­dents abroad. She is run­ning a music school “Swara San­githa Vid­ya­laya”. She is a stu­dent of Vi­dushi. Smt. Padma­vathy Anantha­gopalan (sis­ter of violin maestro Late. Lal­gudi Jaya­raman) and Vi­dushi. Smt. Sya­mala Ven­ka­te­swaran.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TABLA, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU
This is the fourth volume of the most complete series on the tabla. Focus on the Kaidas of Tabla

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Name: Nirupa S.
E-Mail: divineveena@gmail.com
Field: Veena and vocal
Location: Chennai, India
Telephone:  Whats app no    91+ 9176279373
Misc. Info: I teach students of all ages.  Will start from basic swaras, talas. Carnatic music for students with no prior musical knowledge . From Chennai and worked experience as  music professor multiple colleges in Chennai, and  qualified from University of Madras, and hold M.A., M.Phil. in Carnatic music . Teaching students veena and vocal from USA, Canada, and Australia. Fees charges 15$  per hour. Also export music instruments especially veena from Tanjore, India . Very frequent traveller to USA,. Now residing at Vancouver, BC, Canada. Facebook   – nirupanirupav ..

Name: Janani Sai­ram
E-Mail: Kjananibala@gmail.com
Field: veena
Location: Ma­napak­kam porur
Telephone: 9840156938
Misc. Info: You can find more details in veena artist Janani – veena swaralaya Face­book page Watsapp 009715­584­9473

Name: Pooja Shanthosh
E-Mail: pooja.a.ponram@gmail.com
Field: Bharathnatyam
Location: 181, Imayam Colony, Anna Nagar west, Chen­nai 600 101
Telephone: +91 9962926295
Misc. Info:

Name: Srinivasan
E-Mail: geetamsangeetam@gmail.com
Field: Car­natic Music (both clas­sical and de­votio­nal) com­poser, per­former (car­natic, de­votio­nal, light music in Tamil & Hindi), hari­katha/ san­geetha upanya­sam.
Location: 29/11, 2nd Street, Bha­rathy Road, Perambur, Chen­nai 600011
Telephone: 91- 44- 25520189 / 91- 9789082719
Misc. Info: I had my train­ing under Sri Ch. Sanyasi Rao, a Vio­lin Vid­hwan of AIR, Vizianagaram. I used to per­form for good causes and cha­rity fund rising nor­mally. Please visit my blog http://ilikepaattu.wordpress.com to know more about me..

Name: Vidhya Srinivasan
E-Mail: vithyveena@gmail.com
Field: Veena
Location: Thanjavur District
Telephone: 8015469093
Misc. Info: Guru Isai­ka­lai­mani in Adyar Music Col­lege & I’m com­pleting B.A , M.A (music) in Than­javur Tamil Uni­ver­sity & I’m teached veena, Car­natic vocal & Car­natic ba­sed key­board also. If you want my per­for­mance watch on you tube user name- vithyveena

Name: Radhika Shura­jit
E-Mail: RadhiShurajit@gmail.com
Field: Bharatha­natyam
Location: Plot No. 2, Jaya­ram Avenue, Shas­tri Nagar, Adayar, Chen­nai 600020, India
Telephone: +91-44-24911544, +91-98410-84599
Misc. Info: Rad­hika is the Di­rec­tor of Thra­yee School of Bharata­natyam (Regd).  For more info check: www.RadhikaShurajit.com

Name: Dr. Priya Sriram
E-Mail: priyasriram1976@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic vocal
Location: B402 Tvh Satvikka,5 jethnagar 3rd cross mandavelli, Chen­nai-600028. India
Telephone: Handy – +919884621506
Misc. Info: I am a Car­natic vocal­ist who is in­ter­es­ted to teach stu­dents abroad on Skype. I am Doctorate in music and I hail from a family of mus­ic­ians and my grand­father is late K.V. Na­ranyan­swami and my music style is in line with late Smt. D.K. Pat­ta­mal School and have trai­ned under Smt. Lat­litha Siva­kumar, the mother of Smt. Nitya­shree. Skype ID – nara­yani1976

Name: Anand Subra­manian
E-Mail: anand4488@gmail.com
Field: Mirudangam, ganjira
Location: West Mambalam, Chen­nai, Tamil Nadu, India 600033
Telephone: 9176694144, 7200859298
Misc. Info: Been awarded as first run­ner up in dis­trict level ta­lent com­peti­tion senior level in year 2003 and awar­ded title (De­vo­ted De­di­cated and Out­stan­ding Star of Sara­swathi Kala Ken­dra) Vel­lore. Fees for classes in mru­dangam will be Rs2000 per month for home tui­tion and on­line clas­ses will be Rs5000.

Name: Shantala Subra­manyam
E-Mail: shantalaflute@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Flute, Vocal, kun­nakol
Location: 3A Nagalakshmi Flats, 2 Ramachandra Rd. , Mylapore, Chen­nai 600 004
Telephone: 91 98405 39402
Misc. Info: Con­cert per­for­mer and tea­cher. I take on­line classes also. www.shantalaflute.com .. 

Name: Srinivasan Swami­na­than
E-Mail: samy0850@gmail.com
Field: Clas­sical flute (kar­natic)
Location: Shastri nagar, Adyar, Chen­nai, 600020,India.
Telephone: 9841617681 LL 044 24900718
Misc. Info: Have been under the tute­lage of a re­pu­ted flaut­ist for about 15 years and have per­formed local­ly and pre­par­ing stu­dents upto Keer­thana level.

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Name: T.R. Samba­sivan.
E-Mail: veenaisambasivan@gmail.com
Field: Veena
Location: No,1, Firdst Street,  Bhaktha­vathsalam Nagar, Adyar, Chen­nai. 600 020.
Telephone: 91 9444411891
Misc. Info: Initial­ly trained by my father late Sri T.N. Ramaswamy Sastry  and later by Smt.  Ranga­nayaki Raja­gopa­lan both decip­les of the Great Karai­kuddy Sam­ba­siva Iyer. I have been teach­ing and per­for­ming and in 1988  Joined the singa­pore In­dian Fine Arts So­ciety to teach veena till 1994, and later joined Tamil­nadu Govt. Music Col­lege as Lec­turer in veena, and pre­sen­tly teach­ing veena and per­forming. I have per­for­med many solo per­for­mances in India Singa­pore France and also joined with Great mus­ic­ians like Thavil Chakra­varthy Pala­ni­ve­lin his troupe and also ac­com­pa­nied for dance like Shri Adyar Lak­sha­ma­nan in Japan and also Shrdi Dha­nan­jayans. Awarded Kalai­ma­mani in 1999. For clas­ses through net please my mail veenaisambasivan@yahoo.co.in

Name: Thanjai. S. Vidhya
E-Mail: vithyveena@gmail.com
Field: Veena
Location: No:377, Engineer Lane, North Main Street, Near by muthoot finance, Thanja­vur- 613001.
Telephone: 7639952229
Misc Info: Veena. S. Vidhya is M.A Holder. She’s​ performed as solo Veena & also accompanist with to some great lengends. She was honored as Veenai Isai Arasi in 2017. Her trained students also yearly gave some precious per­for­mance. She takes classes at her place & home classes also. She takes vocal & carnatic key­board class also.

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Name: Deepthi V. S.
E-Mail: sajkumar28@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic – Vocal
Location: 99A, 8th street, Lakshmi Nagar, Madipakkam, Chen­nai 600091
Telephone: 9884695347
Misc. Info: BA music 2nd Rank, MA music 3rd Rank (Cal­icut Univer­sity, Kerala), NET quali­fied

Name: Visalakshmi (Usha)
E-Mail: kalyanaraman_usha@yahoo.co.in
Field: Veena and Key­board (Carnatic)
Location: 18 A block Sakun­thala Apart­ments Swami­nathan Nagar 2Nd Street Kot­ti­bak­kam
Telephone: 9841956144 / 9710577090
Misc. Info: I have experi­ence in teach­ing more than ten years. Pre­viously I have given pro­gram­mes also I was in Ban­glore re­cently I shif­ted to Chen­nai

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