
3 months ago
Latham, NY, United States,
Latham, NYLatham, NY
Teaching Mode:At the tutors location, Online via video conferencing
CredentialsPhone verified
Service TypeTutorTeaching Experience2 yearsGenderFemale TutorLanguages SpokenHindi, English
- Dance Classes:
- Bharatanatyam
Veena Chandra is an internationally renowned sitarist, composer, teacher and choreographer. She is the founder and director of the Dance and Music School of India in Latham, NY (celebrating 27 years) where she teaches Indian classical music. She has been a faculty member at Skidmore College since 1990, teaching sitar in the Music Department. She has been teaching Kathak- Indian Classical dance in dance Dept since 2009. She earned master's degrees in music (stood third all over India in MMUS.) and sociology and a bachelor's degree in teaching. She has been in the international Who's Who since 1997. She has been performing and teaching sitar for the last 56 years. She continued her advance training under the late Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb. She is a recent recipient of a New York State Folk Art Grant 2003, and Artists Decentralization Grant and several SOS & Meet the Composer grants. Currently she does lecture-demonstrations and performances at numerous performance halls, music festivals, colleges, universities, & schools in the U.S. and India. She has received artist award as a composer through the Albany League of Arts in 2002. The Dance & Music School of India conducts multidisciplinary workshops on Indian Classical Music explaining all aspects of the music from musical intricacies to history to the culture of Indian Classical Music. Contact us to bring us to your school, college or organization. The Dance & Music School of India offers classes in Sitar, Tabla, Chanting, Harmonium, Kathak Dance, and Indian Classical Singing. In addition, we have many students who want to learn how to play Indian Classical Music on western instruments they are currently learning or are proficient on. Dance & Music Sc
Estimated Price
$18-25/Hour