Musical Training (sitar): Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (1985- ); Thakur Raj Bhan Singh (1971-82)
Education
Ph.D. (1994) University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests
Darbari: chamber music of India (concert performances with four-person ensemble); translation projects: Minqar-i Musiqar of Hazrat Inayat Khan (Urdu); Sangitaparijata (Sanskrit)
Courses Taught
Sitar Performance levels I, II, and advanced; Performing Arts in South Asia; The Musical Culture of North India; History of Music in India; Popular Music of South Asia and the Diaspora; India’s Classical Music; Music of Ritual, Devotion and Ecstasy