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Deepak's first love is north Indian classical music. Indeed, he is an accomplished soloist. He is a delightful and captivating performer, combining technical mastery with personal charm. He has performed in the United States of America (where he is currently based), South Africa, India, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Austria, Germany, Lebanon, Turkey, Taiwan and Holland and had the honor of accompanying his teacher, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, in Geneva, London and Paris. Deepak began his formal training in bansuri and tabla under Sri Jeram Bhana in South Africa in 1975. Two years later he was off to Mumbai, India, to study flute under the late Sri Suryakant Limaye (India's master flute maker); he simultaneously spent a short time under flautist, Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao. It was in 1981 that his dream was realized when he became the disciple of the celebrated flautist, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, with whom he continues to study from time to time. During this period he also studied tabla under Sri Yashwant Padhye and music theory and voice under Pandit Rajaram Shukla. Deepak earned a Masters degree in Music (MMus) from Rhodes University, South Africa, in 1996 for his thesis, “Exploring Syncretism Between Indian and Western Music Through Composition”. Deepak's versatility is apparent in his numerous collaborations with musicians of various genres. These include performances with jazz pianists Darius Brubeck and Bheki Mseleku, Tunisian oud player and vocalist Dhafer Yousseff and the popular South African band Tananas. On January 1, 2000, Deepak performed with South African musicians like Sibongile Khumalo and the Rwandan diva, Cecile, on Robben Island in South Africa's Millennium Concert hosted by presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. Deepak has 9 solo albums to his credit and as a session musician can be heard on over 60 albums. His bansuri can also be heard on movie soundtracks, such as “The Fast And The Furious”, “Matrix Revolutions”, “India, Kingdom of the Tiger”, “Stealth” and “Before The Rains”. In 2000, Deepak was awarded Best Instrumental Album at the South African Music Awards for his album “Searching for Satyam”. His previous album “Flute for Thought” also saw him being nominated for Best Male Artist and Best Instrumental Album in the 1999 South African Music Awards. Both these albums as well as “Beauty in Diversity” feature Deepak's compositions and arrangements based on elements of north Indian music. In 2008, The Board of Directors of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce in California selected Deepak Ram for the 2007 Award of Outstanding Contribution to Arts and Humanities. Previous recipients of this award include Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Zakir Hussain and Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. Deepak's knowledge of both Indian and western traditions is evident in his compositions which range from pieces for jazz groups, western flute quartets (flute, violin, viola and cello), choral works and ballets to orchestral pieces. His last work 'SURYA' for classical guitar and bansuri, commissioned by the award-winning guitarist Mesut Özgen was premiered at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Deepak is currently working on music for bansuri and string quartet. One of Deepak's fortes is his ability to communicate his knowledge, making him an excellent teacher. Most recently, he served as visiting professor in Indian Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He lectured full time for four years at the University of Durban-Westville, South Africa, and has conducted many workshops in Indian music in the USA, United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. He also has several publications to his credit, including an instruction booklet, “Harmonium Made Easy”. Visit Deepak’s website at deepakram.com. https://www.worldmusiccollective.org/noah-getz daily 0.75 2022-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/622cb65aae43b90ebb95bf90/6985a294-cd66-448b-9a00-4201cc3c4f90/bio-photo-noah-getz.jpg Noah Getz - Noah Getz Hailed as a “highly skillful and an even more highly adventurous player” (Washington City Paper) with “virtuosity, sensitivity, and beauty of tone” (Fanfare), Noah Getz has performed and lectured worldwide, including appearances at the Melbourne Recital Centre, The Zero Point Festival in Prague, Carnegie Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Brussels, The Polish Woodwind Festival, and the Degollado Theater in Guadalajara, Mexico. An avid chamber musician, Getz is a member of the National Gallery New Music Ensemble, Zohn Collective, and Interference/Intermedia, and has performed with The 21st Century Consort, PostClassical Ensemble, the Empyrean Ensemble, and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble. He received a first-round Grammy nomination with the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet. He has performed frequently with orchestras throughout the country including The New World Symphony, Juilliard Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Orchestra, Oberlin Orchestra, Harrisburg Symphony, and the Columbia University Orchestra. His concerto performance of Ode to Lord Buckley is featured in the movie David Amram: The First 80 Years. Getz’s albums Crosscurrents, exploring the intersection of jazz and classical music, and Still Life were released to rave reviews and are available through Albany Records. His most recent album, The Salon Sessions, was called “a virtuosic performance” (The Saxophonist Magazine) and is available on Tonsehen Records. He has also been featured on Amy Williams’ Cineshape and Duos, Fernando Benadon’s delight/delirium, and Ricardo Zohn Muldoon’s Songtree. Getz is committed to commissioning and premiering new works. His premiere of in every way I remember you at the National Gallery of Art was acclaimed as “spectacular and wonderfully provocative” (Washington Post). In 2016, Grammy-Award winning composer Stephen Hartke wrote Willow Run, a new concerto for saxophone which Getz premiered at Oberlin Conservatory and the Cleveland Museum of Art. The recording was integrated into a contemporary film by Ernestine Ruben using spatial recording techniques and premiered at the University of Michigan Art Museum. He has presented masterclasses, recitals, and lectures across the country, including at Peabody Conservatory, Cincinnati College–Conservatory of Music, Mannes–The New School of Music, The Crane School of Music, and Florida State University. In 2014, Getz presented a performance of the piano reduction of Henry Brant’s Concerto at the University of Illinois in conjunction with the release of this version by Carl Fischer, for which he wrote the foreword. He is a Musician-In-Residence at American University in Washington, DC. Visit Noah’s website at noahgetz.com. https://www.worldmusiccollective.org/advait-shah daily 0.75 2022-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/622cb65aae43b90ebb95bf90/b43df0c9-0d9f-4a1e-9e56-58c9e1fc658f/bio-photo-advait-shah.jpg Advait Shah - Advait Shah Raised in the US, Advait has been playing tabla since the age of eight. Largely a self taught musician, Advait has developed much of his musical knowledge and skill through listening to recordings and attending concerts. He received a basic training at the Faculty of Performing Arts of the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda during a trip to India in 1986. Upon his return to the USA, he began accompanying musicians in all genres of Indian music including Hindustani classical, ghazals, qawalis, film and devotional music. He later received advanced training from Ustad Tari Khan in Chicago, IL., and has had the opportunity to attend workshops taught by the great Ustad Zakir Hussain. As an accompanist, he has shared the stage with Nisar Bazmi, Ustad Nafiz Ali Khan, Deepak Ram, Arun Ramamurthy and Pandit Subroto Roy Choudury, among others. Through his training and self study, Advait has developed a unique style which creatively blends a mix of East and West. Avi, as he is known in the music community, joined the NY based fusion band Karavika as the original percussionist, and he also plays with fusion alternative rock/Indian group Banyan Trees. Advait’s musical interests also extend to singing ghazals and Hindi film songs as well as playing the dhol, and other percussion instruments. Upon moving to the mid Atlantic region, Avi has performed in the dance and music ensemble Nootana, and later teaming up with violinist Nistha Raj, founded District of Raga in 2018. https://www.worldmusiccollective.org/videos daily 0.75 2022-05-14 https://www.worldmusiccollective.org/donate daily 0.75 2023-10-01 https://www.worldmusiccollective.org/karine-chapdelaine daily 0.75 2022-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/622cb65aae43b90ebb95bf90/d2517b4a-47b7-43fb-ab8f-cf5f328d92b9/karine-bio.jpg Karine Chapdelaine - Karine Chapdelaine Bassist Karine Chapdelaine has led an active performance career that includes international performances in Europe, South America, Mexico, Africa, and Asia. She has shared the stage with artists such as McCoy Tyner, Bobby McFerrin, Sheila Jordan, Mary Halvorson, and Allison Miller. Additionally, she has opened concerts for artists such as The Brecker Brothers, The Maria Schneider Orchestra, Regina Carter, Donny McCaslin, and Pat and Joe LaBarbara. In 2001, Karine was chosen for the bass position in the International Association of Jazz Educators “Sisters in Jazz” competition, which hand picks an international cast of all-female jazz musicians and sends them out to perform around the world. During this time, she performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, The Pori Jazz Festival, and the Istanbul Jazz Festival. In 2003, the Montreal International Jazz Festival awarded her the Galaxie Prize for best composition, and gave her a headlining spot at the next year’s festival. Karine has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, with Paquito D’Rivera’s Latin Jazz Workshop at Carnegie Hall in New York, and at the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Celebration at Constitution Hall in Washington DC. Karine is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and in 2010, earned two Master’s Degrees from Howard University. In 2011, Karine was awarded the Outstanding Performance in Jazz at the Graduate College Level honor by Downbeat Magazine. Karine is currently endorsed by Godin Guitars, and has served as the Professor of Jazz Bass Studies at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and as the Professor of Double Bass at Mary Washington University in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Karine is a currently an active freelance musician in the greater DC area, as well as an educator in Fairfax County. Learn more at www.karinechapdelaine.com. Photo: basemint photography https://www.worldmusiccollective.org/cristian-perez daily 0.75 2022-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/622cb65aae43b90ebb95bf90/9230b955-f1ed-4138-bcb5-84e85913224c/cristian-in-woods-original.jpeg ​​Cristian Perez - Cristian Perez Cristian Perez is an Argentine-American guitarist/composer/arranger currently based in Northern Virginia. He graduated from GMU with a BM in Classical guitar ('10) and a MM in Jazz Studies ('12). Cristian has performed internationally (Bulgaria, Canada, South Korea, Bolivia, China, Dominican Republic) and continues to be very active in the local music scene. His debut album “Anima Mundi” has received numerous reviews throughout the world and reached #13 in the CMJ World Music charts in the USA. Cristian is a former Artist in Residence at Strathmore ('15). He won 2 Wammie Awards (2022) with the band Project Locrea. He has been featured on Vintage Guitar Magazine. Cristian is currently a Kremona Guitars Artist as well as an MCO Guitars Artist. Cristian has studied with Berta Rojas, Larry Snitzler, Rick Whitehead, Ken Hall, Mike Stern, and dozens of musicians from whom he has taken lessons (Roland Dyens, Pepe Romero, Gilad Hekselman, Nelson Veras, Steve Herberman, and many others). Cristian loves classical music, jazz, folk music from around the world, and pop/soul music. He is constantly trying to add to his musical palette both as a sideman and bandleader. Cristian is currently very active performing as a freelancer and collaborating with multiple musicians of different backgrounds. He co-leads world music fusion group Project Locrea, and leads a South American Jazz quintet (CP5), a Jazz Fusion quartet (CP4), and a chamber ensemble (CPCE). Cristian arranges and composes music for different instrumentations. Cristian is an adjunct professor at NOVA Community College (Alexandria, VA) and is available to offer workshops/masterclasses/clinics. Visit www.cristianperezguitar.com to learn more. 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Anderson - Anthony D. Anderson Anthony D. Anderson is a native of the Washington metropolitan area and is an aspiring African American baritone soloist. The alumnus of the esteemed Duke Ellington School of the Arts (‘16) performs several styles of music with an affinity for German Lieder. Since his time at Ellington, he has been under the mentorship of coach/pianist Michael Crabill, who has been a key figure in his vocal development. Mr. Anderson’s 2017 recital at his home church, St. Luke’s Episcopal, gained the attention of Washington Post columnist Petula Dvorak. She praises him in an article, saying “His sumptuous, velvet baritone filled the nave at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Logan Circle with a full body and command of the verses and sentiments.” He is also featured in other segments from the Dallas Observer and on NBC’s Today Show, which helped raise a substantial amount of funding for his education and future endeavors. Mr. Anderson is currently in his first-year studies as a graduate student with the Maryland Opera Studio under the direction of acclaimed bass-baritone Kevin Short. Anderson joins after graduating with a BM in Voice Performance from the esteemed Oberlin Conservatory. In his time at the notable conservatory, he has executed various roles with the Oberlin Opera Theater, including as a Mechanical in Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Guglielmo in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte in Spring 2020, and the title role in Henry Mollicone’s opera Emperor Norton. In response to the pandemic, Anderson has kept busy learning new skills to adjust his artistry during COVID. With the guidance of theater professor Chris Mirto, Anthony created his House Is Not A Home opera theater project, which addresses topics of homelessness and minority representation during the roughest times of Covid-19. 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