Muscians

Sri. Krishna Sridharan is an Indian classical vocalist and recording artist. He is born and raised in southern part of India (Kumbakonam, Tanjore District)He is one of the top 10 contestants of popular TV reality show “Star Vijay - Super Singer 3”. He has studied South Indian Carnatic Music from Sangeetha Kala Acharya Late Shri. V Subramaniam (late), (a disciple ofShri.Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer) with special focus on advanced techniques, Shri. Venkatesa Prasad (Flutist) on music theory and techniques, Shri. Ramamurthy Iyer (Violinist) on rare krithis and Shri. Thirukodi Kaval Sri. Swaminatha Iyer on fundamentals. He has also been learning Hindustani Classical Music from Pandit Shri Madhav Bhatki,Piscataway, New Jersey. Krishna Sridharan has been performing Indian classical concerts and light music concerts in USA and various other countries including Srilanka, Switzerland and at prestigiousvenues like Lincoln Centre, New Jersey Performing Arts Centre, Wolf Trap and reputed Sabhas in India.He has been awarded titles of “Innisai ilaval” from Vani Vilasa Sabha, Kudanthai, “Sangeetha Ratna” from Sri Jagadguru Maha Samasthana Matha, Mysore and “Arul Isai Selvan” from Thavathiru Thyagananda Swamigal Committee, Kudanthai. Krishna Sridharan is fortunate to have shared live stage performances with manylegendary singers and celebrities like Shri S.P.Balasubramaniam, Shri K.J. Yesudas, Smt K.S. Chitra, Smt. Sadhana Sargam, Chinamyi Sripada, Karthik (Singer), Harish Raghavendra, Vijay Prakash, Shri B.H Abdul Hameed and Unni Menon

Nattuvangum to be done by Guru Smt Sanjeeta mukherjee.
Guru Sanjeeta Mukherjee is the founder and artistic director of Sanchari School of Dance. She is trained in the kalakshetra style of Bharatnatyam and has trained under Sri Narasimhachari and Srimati Vasanthalakshmi.

Sri. Murali Balachandran hails from a family of dancers and musicians. He studied Mridangam under his father, Dr. C. G. Balachandran was introduced to Bharatanatyam by his mother, Usha. He is a versatile percussionist who plays the mridangam, the kanjira, the tabla, the ghatam and the morsing with equal effortless ease. Based in New York City, he has accompanied leading Indian musicians and dancers in various countries including New Zealand, Canada and Indonesia. He has performed on Broadway and at major venues like Lincoln Center, the American Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sri Murthy Mamidanna credits his father for initiating him into carnatic music at an early age. He received training in vocal music under Smt.Annapurna Pathri, a disciple of Sri Nch.Krishnamacharyulu who is a 5th generation student descendant of Saint Thyagaraja. He has later trained and continues advance training in Carnatic Flute under the guidance of Sri V.Nagaraju who is a top grade Carnatic Flautist in All India Radio Hyderabad.
Sri Murthy Mamidanna also had the opportunity to train in advanced flute playing techniques under Late Sri Manda Balarama Sarma, a disciple of legendary Flautist Sri T.R.Mahalingam. He resides in Brookfield, CT and performs at area Music festivals and Dance recitals.

Kumari Swetha Narasimhan is a senior student of Smt. Gowri Ramakrishnan in New Jersey, from whom she has been learning for the past 12 years. She started learning violin at the age of 6 from Dr. Narayan Raman in Indianapolis, and was later taught by several violinists, including Shri. Purna Chander Rao, Trichy Shri. Sathyamurthy, and Smt. Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi. She has won first prizes in several music festivals, and she enjoys playing for vocal, instrumental, and dance programs around the country. Kumari. Swetha is a high school teacher in the School District of Philadelphia.