Saumaya impressed Manasi with her ability to sing both classical and western music with ease. Here is a voice sampler of Saumaya’s singing in those early times. In response, Manasi shifted her directly to a course of a more advanced level. It comes as no surprise then that Saumaya made rapid improvement in her singing and progress in her course. It is effort that propels talent toward the finishing tape. Now, if you are an artist or a teacher you will already know one home truth: Talent, on its own, won’t go the entire mile. But within a few classes, she sensed something more: Saumaya’s love for music and capacity for sheer effort. Saumaya Dhar was 8 years old when she joined Shankar Mahadevan Academy’s Hindustani Vocal Music course 100A – a beginner-level course – in September 2017. It’s not often that talent comes knocking at the door. The message warmed hearts all around, most of all for Saumaya’s Hindustani Vocal Music teacher at the Academy, Manasi Hedaoo.Ĭut to 2018. Our student Saumaya Dhar has been selected for the New York Metropolitan Opera, one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world,” his message shared. "A proud moment for Shankar Mahadevan Academy. It was Sridhar Ranganathan, CEO and Co-founder, Shankar Mahadevan Academy, sharing good news with the academy’s group of teachers and staff. For parents looking to give your child the gift of music, we have some great online music courses for children from ages 2 to 15.Exactly one minute before 11.30, the morning of December 11, 2019, my WhatsApp for Desktop flashed a message alert. We believe that taking the first steps towards learning music early will make a significant difference to the development of musical skills as well as life skills. Music is a universal language that can communicate across all sorts of boundaries. Training them, on a 3 day fast track learning basis, for this event was an experience in itself, that I shall always cherish.". Gregorios School in Mumbai, on our "Grow with Music" curriculum) perform with Shankarji on such a prestigious platform. Rohini Mahesh, instructor at SMA who trained the children for the event had this to say: "GIMA 2015 was a special experience for me, to see our young Academy students (many of whom I tutor at St. Narayan (mother of Vedant Narayan, a student of SMA from St.Gregorios High School, Chembur) I hope to be associated and be a part of SMA for a long long time. It was a day that will be inked in our memory bank permanently forever and ever and which will bring a smile on all our faces year after year. If I say that it was a memorable event, it would be very less.To share the stage space with the great Shri Shankar Mahadevan and that too when the kids are just beginning to feel the strings of music, is a blessing and one of its kind. "I fall short of words and know not how to express my sincere gratitude to the entire SMA academy, Shri Shankar Mahadevan, and the concerned teacher Mrs.Rohini Mahesh. " - Gurpreet Dhami (mother of Samarvir Singh Dhami a student of SMA from St.Gregorios High School, Chembur) All thanks to Shankar Mahadevan Ji for starting this program for promoting music worldwide and uniting the whole world with music.Eagerly waiting for the next music session to start in Gregorios. Yesterday's event at the GIMA Awards was a mesmerizing moment for us parents, when we saw our kids on such a big and prestigious platform performing with their GURU. "When my son joined" SMA" in school I had no idea what he is going to learn, but when I saw him performing at NCPA, it was a big surprise for me that my son could sing GANANAAYAKA with such a confidence, it was an ecstatic moment for me. Here are a few snippets from emails sent by ecstatic parents to SMA: The parents and teachers of these students were thrilled to see their young ones on stage at an event of this scale. We also had students who were enrolled in our offline and online Grow with Music Course performing at this event. Gregorios School,Mumbai, a school enrolled with the Shankar Mahadevan Academy. Nine of the students who participated in this event were from St. More than 1500 plus students are currently part of this initiative. The Grow With Music Program is now part of the music curriculum of many schools across India. At the Academy, we are trying each day to contribute to helping talented young children enjoy,create and learn music and I have to say that the future of Indian Music looks great." "The Academy's reach is growing and it feels great to be able to transfer the Joy of Music to the younger generation. Shankar Mahadevan was delighted to have students of the academy take centre-stage with him.
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