Indian Music Lessons – NY-NJ

Indian Vocal  Lessons in NY-NJ are offered through Musicsunita Academy School of Indian Music. Musicsunita offers Indian Classical and Bollywood Karaoke Lessons ONLINE FOR THOSE FAR AWAY, AND IN PERSON at the following locations in NJ AND NY – Manhattan, Ridgewood, Midland Park, Closter, Mahwah, Piscataway, Jersey City. CALL 201-658-3283 or EMAIL [email protected] to register

Welcome to the exciting world of Indian music! At Musicsunita Academy of Music, your voice training includes, and is not limited to Swara Gyaan; which is knowing and understanding the 12 Swaras or Indian musical notes, which is the base of music universally; Voice Culture; which involves breathing techniques, voice throw, tonal quality, and vocal range; Taal; which is knowing and understanding the various types of rhythm patterns essential for singing; Ucchaar; which are pronunciations; Bhaav; which are the emotions and expressions involved while singing; Microphone Techniques, Building Self Confidence, Stage Presence, Positive Energy, Self Discipline, Appreciating Music and much more so as to be able to perform amidst an audience, and most of all, for your own Soul.

At Musicsunita Academy of Music you get to learn various styles of Indian Music; Classical, Bhajans, Ghazals, Film, Pop, Folk and in various languages too

Annual Recital Concert UBHARTE KALAKAAR, gives each student  a chance to showcase his/her talent and is supported by professional musicians and sound. The students get certificates and trophies for participating in this event

Annual Classical Recital SAAT SWARON KI SARITA gives each student  a chance to showcase his/her classical vocal talent

Bi-Annual Karaoke Extravaganza GAATA RAHE MERA DIL is the most popular event and designed for all Bollywood Fans, providing an opportunity to sing for a musical audience in an intimate setting

INDIAN VOICE TRAINING LESSONS

BEGINNERS INDIAN VOCAL CLASS

This class is open for all ages. Training  for creating a good foundation in music, understanding and voicing the lower and upper notes with ease and perfection, learning Alankaars(patterns) and moving steps forward in singing. Also learning some popular Indian songs.

Now Registering for Indian Vocal Lessons and  Karaoke Classes for All Ages at the following locations

Mahwah – Sunday Morning

Ridgewood – Sunday Afternoon

Closter – Friday Evening

Midland Park – Week Evenings

Jersey City – Saturday Morning

Manhattan – Saturday Noon

Piscataway – Saturday Noon

‘NEW’ – ONLINE LESSONS FOR THOSE STUDENTS FAR AWAY FROM THESE LOCATIONS!

ADVANCED INDIAN VOCAL CLASS

An in-depth training in singing technique, voice culture, microphone singing techniques for stage and recordings, learning Bandishes in Raagas, Alaaps,Taans and much more. The students from the basic class can upgrade themselves to this class.

KARAOKE BOLLYWOOD CLASSES

For all those interested in learning only film songs, a class is class specially designed where the students learn to sing with karaoke tracks.

A SPECIAL CLASS CAN BE DESIGNED FOR A ONE TO ONE PRIVATE COACHING SESSION WHERE SPECIFICS IN SINGING TECHNIQUE, VOICE MODULATION, VOICE CULTURE AND MICROPHONE SINGING TECHNIQUES WILL BE ENSURED

Musicsunita Academy of Music Classes are conducted in the New York and New Jersey Area. Please inquire for classes within your respective area

‘NEW’ – INTRODUCING ONLINE INDIAN VOCAL LESSONS FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOCATED AWAY FROM OUR LOCATIONS 

OUR TEACHERS

HINDUSTANI VOCAL

Guru Ms. Sunita Kapur has a Sangeet Visharad (Masters in Indian Classical music) from Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Bombay, India. She has further trained in Hindustani Classical Vocal Music under the guidance of Gurus Pundit Govind Prasad Jaipurwale, Smt. Shashikala Kaikini and Pundit Sudhindra Bhaumik. She sings and teaches variety of styles such as Indian Classical, Ghazals, Bhajans, Folk and Bollywood. She has been the female lead singer for stage in Bollywood, performing in thousands of live concerts worldwide  with Sonu Nigam, Anu Malik, Sudesh Bhosale, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji, Abhijeet, Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Shaan, Vinod Rathod and many more. She has sung numerous jingles in different languages; She has done theater, television,radio and lent her voice to many leading record labels like Zee Music, Tips, Venus, Weston, Nuff Music U.K, T-Series, Vishwa etc.

Prashasti Aurora has trained in Hindustani Classical Vocal under the guidance of her mother Sunita Kapur for over a decade and a half. She has to her credit over many hundreds of live performances including Hindustani Classical Vocal, Bollywood, Bhajan, Punjabi, Sufi and Western Vocal including Popular, Jazz, Country etc. styles of singing. She is an Alumni of Bergen County Academies – AVAPA (vocal ) and plays the piano fluidly. Prashasti’s passion for music had her preside over Mission Music, a club which organized concerts to raise funds for underprivileged schools helping them to acquire funds to improve their Music programs. Currently Prashasti continues to pursue music by doing professional live shows, recording, training, and teaching

Guru Ms. Rita Chatterjee graduated in Fine arts she had completed her Prabhakar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti (Allhabad) and then continued her training under the auspices of Guru Shree Omprakash Misra (Disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj – Lucknow Gharana) and then under Srimati Shantosh Vyas (Disciple of Guru Kundan Lalji Gangani – Jaipur gharana).
After receiving Talim in both Lucknow and Jaipur gharana, she was appointed as an associate lecturer Rajeswari Kala Sangam (Apeejay College, Jullandhar) and as a primary instructor for Dayanand School. Ms. Rita Chatterjee is known for her creative, disciplinary, and dedicated style of teaching kathak . She continues to teach kathak and folk styles of Indian Dance in NJ/NY