American Academy of Indian Classical Music

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From Himalayas to Harmonies: Michael Harrison on Musical and Spiritual Journeys Join us in this captivating episode of the Soom Podcast as we sit down with composer/pianist Michael Harrison.Michael shares how a trek in the Himalayas igni...

This has been a pretty amazing series with 30+ participants from around the globe. Please join us for the next installment starting April 13!

Indian Ragas with Michael Harrison Spring 2022 arts letters & numbers Join in with your voice or your instrument (and feel free to mute your own singing/playing) as Michael Harrison shares the Kirana lineage of Khayal singing he learned from his Gurus Pandit Pran Nath, Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan, Terry Riley and La Monte Young. Together, we'll experience the basics of

I'm happy to share the full video of “Polyphonic Raga Malkauns,” a collaboration with Payton MacDonald and Ina Filip, from my new album just re-posted on Cantaloupe Music. We've been developing "polyphonic raga" for years now (harmonizing monophonic ragas with multiple voices), but this is our first official video of the project! Video editing and compositing by Mindroots / Johnny Ranger.

Michael Harrison - Alim: Polyphonic Raga Malkauns (Official Video) from the album SEVEN SACRED NAMESAvailable now: smarturl.it/seven-sacred-namesfeaturing Michael Harrison (piano), Payton MacDonald (voice) and Ina Filip (voi...

At long last the official video of Roomful of Teeth performing Just Constellations in The TANK. Check out the slow SARGAM melody in The Magic Constellation (15:24). We are grateful to everyone who made this music, album and video possible, and to Thomas Neal Huizenga for NPR Music's BEST 100 SONGS OF 2020: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/03/931771524/the-100-best-songs-of-2020-page-1, Peter Margasak for Bandcamp's BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL ALBUMS OF 2020: https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2020/the-best-contemporary-classical-albums-of-2020, our AMAZING musicians and collaborators in Roomful of Teeth, director Brad Wells, producer Jesse Lewis, and especially to you – all of our friends and colleagues for listening! THANK YOU!!!

Michael Harrison: Just Constellations, performed by Roomful of Teeth in the TANK (full performance) JUST CONSTELLATIONSMUSIC BY MICHAEL HARRISONLIVE PERFORMANCE BY ROOMFUL OF TEETH IN THE TANKFull album available from New Amsterdam Records and Bandcamp:http...

Sing Between the Notes An introduction to the powerful practice of Raga singing from one of the great teachers of the tradition. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

Congratulations to AAICM's President and Co-Founder Michael Harrison and sitarist Veena Chandra for being awarded recipients of the 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program in Music/Sound!

Introducing | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program... NYFA.org - NYFA Current

Congratulations to our co-founder and President: composer, pianist and Indian classical vocalist Michael Harrison for his John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation award. The Academy is deeply honored that Michael is included among these extraordinary artists and scholars. Looking forward to the year ahead!

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Please join us for this 3-day immersive raga singing workshop hosted by Michael Harrison Click the link below for further details and sign up.

Michael Harrison is a contemporary classical music composer, pianist and Indian vocalist. He occupies a unique niche as an artist who has bridged the European musical traditions with those of North Indian classical music, forging an entirely new approach to composition through tunings and methodologies that employ and extend the ancient concept of "just intonation".

3-Day Raga Singing Workshop with Michael Harrison April 2-4: two sessions each day for a total of 6 This series of classes will be a 3- day immersive singing experience ideally suited for students and musicians with some experience singing or studying Indian classical music. Click on Michael's profile link on the right for complete bio and website....