Bandish school of music is committed to teaching Indian classical, contemporary, devotional, folk and bollywood music to all age groups. Doesn't matter if you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced level, our school curriculum provides the correct guidance to strengthen your skills in vocal training, genre based singing styles, vocal grooming techniques and much more. You also get to experience recording your voice on our music studio. We provide both in person and online music classes.
Swagata Dey Banerjee (founder) is an Indian classical, contemporary, devotional, folk and Bollywood singer. She holds a Sangeet Visharad degree from Sarva Bharatiya Charukala Mandir, India. Starting from an early age, she trained in Hindustani classical music under Padma Bhushan recipient Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Sri Jayanta Sarkar and Smt. Alakananda Chowdhury. She performed as a contestant in Indian music reality shows like Zee Bangla Saregapamapa (2012) and Colors Bangla Great Music Gurukul (2015) alongwith other music television entertainment and award shows. In 2019, she was the winner of Voice of Chicago contest organized by Bengali Association of Greater Chicago. Since 2012, she has been performing as an artist in music concerts, live shows alongside notable music artists across multiple cities in the United States and India. Find more about Swagata
"Music for all ages" is our mission. Our school curriculum is focused in strengthening your fundamentals in Indian Raga music and breaking down music compositions to notations and ragas. You will be trained to understand concepts of ragas, sargam, taal, ornamentations and how these are implemented in music compositions for different music genres.
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Bandish school of music is opening classes starting 29th January, 2023. For Membership and Rates, click here
Vocal Training:
Learning history of Hindutani classical music
Knowledge of ragas
Basic concepts of Sargam, Taal (rythm)
Riyaaz techniques
Practice sessions with electronic tanpura and tabla
Genre based singing styles:
Classical, Semi classical songs
Rabindra Sangeet
Nazrul geeti
Bollywood songs (including all time classic songs from legendary singers)
Folk and devotional bhajans
Bangla adhunik songs
Vocal grooming:
Karaoke singing techniques
Audio recording playback techniques in our music studio
Improvisations during live performance
Choir and Harmony
Unplugged singing styles with guitar/piano