Prof. Janakiraman

Prof. S R Janakiraman, received training under several great masters. such as Tiger Varadachari, Budalur Krishnamurti Sastri, T K Ramasami Ayyangar and Kalpagam Swaminathan at Kalakshetra, and Musiri Subramanya Ayyar, Tiruppambaram Swaminatha Pillai, Mayavaram V V Krishna Ayyar and T Brinda at the Central College of Carnatic Music. He was trained in musicology by Profs. P Sambamurti,  Balakrishna Ayya and P K Rajagopala Ayyar. In addition to his gurus' immense knowledge and wisdom, Janakiraman also imbibed a style of presentation with powerful delivery, _expression, and diction. His method of analysing original treatise and of evolving ones own ideals and concepts soon placed him high in the annals of musicology in India.

Janakiraman has taught musicology at various levels, including advanced, graduate and post-graduate courses for over 30 years. He was the Head of the Dept. of Musicology at Sri Venkateswara College of Music, Tirupati. Later he was associated with The Music Academy, Chennai as a Research scholar and an Advisory Member of the Experts Committee. He is currently the Principal of Music Academy's Teachers College of Music in Chennai.

Janakiramans excellence in the theoretical and practical aspects of music earned him several titles including Sangita Siromani, Sangita Kala Acharya, Kalaimamani,  and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.

He has authored several books including Sangita Sastra Saramu three volumes of Raga Lakshanas & Ragas of Saramrta, He has presented a 3-hour video documentary titled Varna through the Ages and an audio-visual dissertation on the 72 melakartas.

His lecture-demonstrations are not only instructive but also inspiring, and have drawn august audiences from all over the world.

Jayshankar Balan

Jayshankar hails from a family of musicians. He learnt violin from Alamelu Subramanian and later from T.S.Krishnaswamy and N.S. Chandrashekaran in Bombay. Presently he is under the guidance of Madurai Sundar.   He has worked with several leading artists  such as  Shri T.N. Seshagopalan, Dr Yesadas, Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy and Ravi Kiran.  He is a graded artist of AIR and has represented India in major international cultural festivals.  He holds a Masters in Computer Science and a MBA in International Finance and is settled in Michigan.

Vinod Seetharaman

Vinod started learning mridan­gam at the age of seven from Sri Ardha­nareeswaran and later from  Shri  Umayalpuram Sivaraman. Is now having advanced training from Bangalore Arjun Kumar.  Has accompanied a host of leading vidwans and vidhusis at several prestigious organizations in India, USA, and Canada.  Has won many music competitions and prizes and is a graded AIR artist with many radio and television concerts to his credit.   Holds a master's degree in Industrial technology and is pursuing a career at Ford Motor Company.