From Carnegie Hall, A Youth Orchestra That’s A National First

It’s a hot summer afternoon and the recital hall at Purchase College is abuzz with excitement and nervous energy. One hundred and twenty teenagers, from 42 states, are about to embark on an extraordinary musical and personal journey. Clive Gillinson, executive director of Carnegie Hall, steps up to the podium to greet them. “Welcome to […]

Indian Music Is More Than Bollywood Music, A. R. Rahman’s KM Music College

At raaagabox we are thrilled to see this new development from A.R. Rahman and the Ambani brothers. This is definitely commendable, of course execution matters. Previously Illayaraja had similar ideas to establish a music school in Tirupati area but it never materialized. We are happy that bigwigs are joining what we started a long time […]

Taala, Jaathi, Nadai

Last night I was trying to make Raaga understand the relationship among Taala, Jaathi and Nadai. I found that the following analogy helped her a bit – Taala is like a ruler (scale), it is a general term that defines rhythm, speed and time cycle. Jaathi is like the centimeter lines on the ruler, they […]