Why do I study music?
The wonderful thing about music is that it can give you endless hours of fun. Whether you are playing an...
Arties Chamber Ensemble performs at Art Chamber, Goa (14/03/15)
Mahler’s one-movement Piano Quartet in A Minor was composed during Mahler’s days as a student in 1876. In this piece, especially in the very beginning,...
Vijay Upadhyaya
How did you get involved in Western Classical Music? I learnt piano from my mother. Due to the dearth of music teachers, I ended up conducting a school choir for the first time since my mother did not have time...
Inaugural Western Music Teachers’ Conference
On Sunday, July 5, 2015, the first conference for teachers of Western music was held in Delhi. The original scope...
Thoughts on India
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...
The State Of Singing In India – An Interim Report
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 place, either attached to...
Music and Mathematics: The Fibonacci Sequence
Life very often throws some curious coincidences my way. Just as I was preparing a presentation for architecture students at...
Phoenix Chamber Soloists : Survival of the Fittest Fiddlers
Why is it that making music in Mumbai is fraught with dangers? Is it because we as a society are...