Born and raised in Toronto in an age where Western Classical Music is shunned in today’s world, I represent a continuation and survival of the boundaries within tonality. Compared to other colleagues, I began my musical studies in high school and private instruction late through my teenage years. Since then, I have continued to grow in my education, even attaining a bachelor’s of music with honours at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music.
My compositions range in many styles within the Classical idiom, such as neo-classicism, neo-romanticism, impressionism, expressionism, and film scoring. In terms of my continuing experience in instrumentation, they range from orchestration, chamber, choral, & keyboard. For my journey as a theorist, I am researching the secrets of Hindustani/Carnatic styles within Indian Art Music, and how they can be intertwined with Western composition. The Indian Raga is a fundamental aspect of this style of music, and it offers many possibilities for a post-tonal style that represents an ever-evolving multicultural world.
Some compositions reflect characteristics of the raga, one being a piece dedicated to the Bedford Trio’s annual Immersed concerts. Other contributions include theoretical papers on the subject, and pursuing to research it further in graduate studies.
Regarding my film experience, I have worked closely with students from Sheridan College and in scoring their animations. Whenever it comes to music, I believe “it is not a matter of the simplicity or complexity in Art, but rather its emotional integrity that drives oneself to a connective state of mind.”
