I’m very proud to introduce one of our newest authors Jagan Ramamoorthy
Jagan Ramamoorthy is a very senior Indian classical musician, Graduated from CalArts in May 2004, with an MFA degree in world music performance. He has been teaching many String musicians in the colleges/ institutions listed below:-
a) California Institute of the Arts– Valencia, CA
Also taught a special String Workshop for Grad and Undergrad students plus Cello faculties, in Spring 2007. His classroom included about 20 Students who were specializing in Western classical Violin, Viola or Cello. Apart from this, three Cello students have been specially training under him in his rare style of Violin, known as the Gaayaki Ang, or trying to emulate the human voice through the violin. All of these students are brilliant Artists and are on full or big scholarships at CalArts.
b) Sangeet School of world music, where he trains many students, including the Director: Paul Livingstone, who is an ace Sitar & Guitar player.
c) Durfee foundation– he was awarded the Durfee Master Musician fellowship for 2006-2007, in which he is training an apprentice in my style.
He has also taught a special visiting class for over sixty students in Ethnomusicology department headed by Prof Ric Alviso at the California state university, at Northridge (CSUN). This class was a grand success when almost 65 students attended a two hour class.
Jagan says : “Since my specialty is about trying to emulate the human voice through the instrument”–may it be Violin, Cello, Viola, Guitar or Sitar/Flute–I have been training many advanced students in this rare style pioneered by Dr. N. Rajam, world renowned violin virtuosi, in the North Indian Khyaal style of music”.
Almost all of my students here in Los angeles–those of who are advanced are concert musicians of most of the western classical genre and few of them are or Indian origin but settled here in the US for a long time.
I have uploaded about Seventy videos onto the http://gaayakiang.magnify.net website for now, for everybody to pick up as much as is possible through this medium, with a lot of limitations about “Lighting, Backgrounds, plus proper technology help for Video recordings” of this special type of Violin style.
Please join in and ask me directly through email, about any video or lesson I am writing about. welcome, namaste
jagan ramamoorthy
more articles by Jagan Ramamoorthy
- Microtones,Microtonal music-Healing powers & Influence on Human Consciousness and DNA-An Eastern perspective
- 72 scales called Melakarrtaas–A rare gift to the music world
- Raagas and the way Stalwarts handle these.. South/North Indian classical Music
- Improvisation in Indian music– “ManoDharma”
- The Nature of Sound- “Naada”
- Traditional and Aesthetical aspects of Indian music
- The Divine Sound- “Naada” Or “Pure Tone”
