any music school at singapore.

radharajan · Post by **radharajan** » 02 Jan 2008, 18:25

dear members,
wish u all a v happy new year.
is there any music school or any veena teacher to teach veena in singapore?
pl inform. thanks in advance.
radharajan

mathe-kamas · Post by **mathe-kamas** » 02 Jan 2008, 18:55

Several years ago Gayathri Ramachandran (nee Narayanan) moved to Singapore from NY and I know she was teaching Veena there. I am not sure if she is still there, but if she is, I would recommend her as a great teacher. She is a student of the legendary Veenai Balachander and used to teach his style. Very nice person too, I wish I had kept in touch with her over the years

rasaali · Post by **rasaali** » 02 Jan 2008, 18:58

There is also

http://www.alapana.org/index.htm

which is run by Smt. Banumathy, a vainika and daughter of late S. Ramanathan.

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 02 Jan 2008, 21:05

You can also contact SIFAS - Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society for veena classes..6299 5929 , 6299 5925

radharajan · Post by **radharajan** » 03 Jan 2008, 18:02

thanks a lot.
regards,
radharajan

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 09 Jan 2008, 11:10

kamalamba(mohan) you can give the phone number of RamaAranaPrasad , I DO NOT HAVE IT . APPA (gobilalitha)

vainika · Post by **vainika** » 21 Jan 2008, 07:35

There are some listings at http://vainika.wikispaces.com/Teachers - please drop me ([email protected]) a note if you find out about more teachers.

bala747 · Post by **bala747** » 21 Jan 2008, 16:22

Actually it depends really on what you want. If you want structured instruction SIFAS is pretty much the only school with a good teaching system, and they get external examiners from India to supervise the more 'advanced' exams. Also, with the smaller groups there is always the possibility that you would be stuck into playing thengaimoodis in weird temples in the middle of nowhere (or as close to nowhere as you can get in Singapore). Also, SIFAS teachers are for the most part from accredited institutions in Chennai or come with some pretty good credentials and their students generally get good exposure.

As far as veena is concerned there was a good teacher in SIFAS this year, but he just left at the end of last year. The replacement apparently is someone really good, but don't know who she is. My mother says she's really good, and she knows a thing or two about music.

sbala · Post by **sbala** » 22 Jan 2008, 20:39

vanika,
thats a nice wiki you've got. It would be nice if we can have a veena session demonstrating the nuances of the different schools.

vainika · Post by **vainika** » 23 Jan 2008, 21:43

Thanks SBala, am happy to volunteer sometime, and rope in some other vainikas too.