News
On Sunday, July 5, 2015, the first conference for teachers of Western music was held in Delhi. The original scope of the conference was music teachers in Delhi, but the conference brought together over 50 participants from all over North India, including Banaras, Mumbai, Ludhiana, and Chandigarh – music teachers who
Throwback Thursday
It is a pleasure and privilege to introduce the very first issue of Serenade. I firmly believe that a high-quality magazine devoted to Western classical music has enough potential to raise the performing standard of Western classical music in India, to encourage high-quality tuition, and to enhance the listening pleasure
Music Education
There is no doubting that interest in Western music is on the rise in India. Judging from the perspective of exam entries alone, there is a desire amongst India’s growing middle classfamilies to educate their children Western music styles. Teachers of Western music are popping up all over the
Music Education
Life very often throws some curious coincidences my way. Just as I was preparing a presentation for architecture students at the Goa College of Architecture on ‘Architecture and Music’ and looking at the relationship of the Fibonacci sequence to music, what should appear in my newsfeed but the announcement of
Features
THE EAR IS A BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON; but the human ear is also a cultural product. It has a history, a perspective and an interest of its own. The ear of the modern concertgoer is unlike the ear of a medieval chorister, and both are distinct from the ear of the
Music Education
For some, Western classical music is what plays in the background in elevators, reception rooms, and lounges. For others, it is what snobbish ‘intellectual’ artsy folks indulge in pretentiously. We will try to go beyond these myopic perspectives and try to get a glimpse of what is great, enlightening, and
Throwback Thursday
In 2002 I was privileged enough to witness at the Temple Church in London, the premiere of The Veil of the Temple, the all-night vigil, by the late Sir John Tavener, conducted by choral heavy-weight Stephen Layton. And then in August this year I heard and helped to organise the
Music Education
I’ve always been a words person. So for most of my life, music was just something in the background – being played on someone else’s radio, blaring out of a Ganpati Pandal, or soaring from my husband’s very expensive music system. If I noticed the music at all,
Music Education
The Future Symphony Institute is pleased to congratulate Serenade Magazine in its inaugural issue of bringing news of Western art music’s latest, concerts, activities and growth within India. Founder Nikhil Sardana is part of a new, young generation of music entrepreneurs who have a global perspective for musical tastes