Department of Composition / Music production
RAGHAVENDHIRA CR
FACULTY OF COMPOSITION/PRODUCTION ARTS/ WESTERN VOCALS
Pianist, Film Score Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Operatic Tenor, Apple Certified Pro. His Notable works include background scores in the movies Ratchasan, Adhiran etc. He had collaborated with a number of composers in kollywood including Ghibran, C.Sathya and Vishal Chandrasekhar. His experimental compositional style include more of jazz and atonal elements.He holds grade 8 certification from Trinity College London under Augustine Paul in Singing, Theory of Music. Did a certification course in 'Music Production and Sound Designing' in Audio Media Chennai. Currently pursuing AmusTCL Diploma in Composition From Trinity College London under Bruce Baker, Auckland.As a singer and performer, bagged a number of awards and recorded with most of the playback singers. He is one of the 6 voices of World's first carnatic A'capella "Brovabharama" arranged by V S Narasimhan.He has been teaching music for the past 9 years and has guided several students to take up the graded exams from the Associated Boards of Royal Schools of Music,London. (ABRSM) and Trinity College London. His teaching methods inspire a lot of students and many notched up with Distinction.
JEROME S V
FACULTY OF PRODUCTION ARTS
Had assisted many of south Indian films as a programmer and arranger. He also had composed a number of commercials. Jerome is a self learnt musician with great musical knowledge does brilliant arrangements and improvisations. He holds Grade 7 Certificate from Trinity College London. He did the Music production course in 2013 at Audio Media Chennai and he is a certified apple professional (LOGIC PRO). He also has a Bachelor's Degree in Visual Communication.
PIANO / ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD DEPARTMENT
ARAVIND HARIHARAN
FACULTY OF PIANO/ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD
Started showing interest in music at a very young age, and with a born gift of good aural skills, Learnt Piano at 4MMP Academy of music. Aravind is also an Engineering Graduate. In 2018 he further went on to take the Advanced Piano Course at the 4MMP Academy of Music. Currently he's pursuing diploma in Piano Performance from TCL.
RISHI S P
FACULTY OF ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD
Introduced to music at a very young age, started learning mirundangam and tabla at the age of five and had performed a hundreds of concerts collaborating with many of Carnatic virtuosos. Then started to learn electronic keyboard at the age of 9 and went on to finish his Grade 8 from Trinity College London at the age of 15.
Santhosh kumar
FACULTY OF PIANO/ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD
Composer | Audio Engineer | Musician
Trained in carnatic, hindustani during childhood
he also completed his 8th grade in piano from TCL
Along with his experience as a music teacher in UAE
He also performed in live concerts for over 13 years as keyboardist. Completed his diploma in audio engineering from Loyola and as a Vis. Com graduate he has directed and worked for many short films and headed College Theatre Group
DEPARTMENT OF CARNATIC STUDIES
SANDHYA
FACULTY OF CARNATIC STUDIES
Sandhya is a singer/performer and multi-instrumentalist. Started learning Indian classical music (Carnatic) at a very young age, Had performed on AIR (All India Radio) and Doordarshan. She holds the Masters degree in Indian Music from the Kerala University. She is an experienced music teacher who has been teaching music for students in UAE. She is also one of the finest Veena artist and plays Carnatic Keyboard as well.
HARINI R
FACULTY OF CARNATIC STUDIES
Harini started learning Carnatic music and Barathanatyam at the age of seven from "Nattarasankottai Krishnan", who is also the teacher of Mrs. Latha Rajinikanth and Mrs. Shoba Natarajan. Gaining a strong foundation, she continued her Carnatic lessons from Mrs. Pushpa. She has 4 years of experience teaching Carnatic music in schools and private classes.
She holds an M.Phil in endocrinology and greatly interested in research. Being familiar with classical dance helped her to develop great sense in rhythm and talas.
Jayalakshmi PRADEEP
FACULTY OF CARNATIC STUDIES
A Passionate vocalist, Started learning music at the age of 10 from Ms. S.V. Usha (who was also the teacher of indian playback singer Saindhavi ) & also learnt to sing devotional songs of various composers from Ms. S.V. Vasumathi to participate in bhajan competitions conducted by various sabhas including Bharath Vikas Parishad, Naradha gana sabha, bhakthaswara bhajan mandali, TTD etc. Winner of national award in a competition organised by Sangam Kala Group held at Delhi (Talakota Indoor stadium) in 2007. Jaya is an expert in teaching Indian music and wishes to share her musical knowledge to the passionate students.
KARTHIK RAVICHANDRAN
FACULTY OF CARNATIC FLUTE
Karthik Ravichandran started learning Carnatic music early at the age of 8, later he learnt Carnatic flute from "Mr. Vijay Prakash" flautist from south India who have been a part of many south Indian films, Karthik have also worked for many Kollywood Music composers. He has 7 years of experience in teaching Carnatic flute.
DEPARTMENT OF GUITAR & BASS
Charles
FACULTY OF GUITAR AND BASS
NARESH KUMAR
FACULTY OF CLASSICAL & PLECTRUM GUITAR
DRUMS & PERCUSSION
RANJITH
FACULTY OF DRUMS/PERCUSSIONS
ADMINISTRATION & NON TEACHING STAFF
DINESH
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER / ADMISSIONS CO-ORDINATOR
JOBNA JOSEPH
CO-ORDINATOR/CONTENT-VISUAL EDITOR