THE BEST Singing Lessons & Vocal Coaching in Berkeley, CA

From the Business:Go4Guru's Online Carnatic Music Classes offer personalized, one-on-one instruction in Carnatic vocal and instrumental music. Established in 2011, the platform provides structured courses for students worldwide, catering to various skill levels, from beginner to advanced. The curriculum spans multiple instruments including vocal, violin, veena, flute, tabla, and mridangam. The beginner level focuses on foundational elements like pitch accuracy and basic ragas, while intermediate and advanced levels dive into more complex compositions, ragam-tanam-pallavi, and improvisational techniques. Led by Kayamboo Ramalingam, who founded Go4Guru USA Inc. in 2007, the platform has grown to serve thousands of students. Go4Guru is recognized for its experienced instructors, flexible scheduling, and global reach, making it an ideal resource for those looking to learn or enhance their Carnatic music skills.Read more

From the Business:We teach the basic but essential techniques to improve your knowledge base of raagas and apply that to improve your singing quality to a performer level. You will be able to identify swaras and generate your own notations of songs that you love. If you are dedicated and committed to music you have come to the right institution. Now offering on line Hindi classical music classes including Raagas, Vedic chanting, meditational music, voice training with ancient Indian techniques. Beginner and advanced classes available. Pandit Vibhakar Pandey from Allahabad has received his musical training from the age of five. Prior to that he grew up in a home filled with music as his father is an accomplished musician. Receiving training in the traditional Guru-shishya model he excelled to the level of senior student teaching others at the age of 15. He has been exposed to various Gharanas absorbing the different styles of Gayakis. He has received training from Pandit's Bhimsen Joshi, Jasraj and Mishra. All students are giving basic training to start their musical journey and develop their interests. Training in improving voice quality and culture is done utilizing age old methods established in Hindi and Carnatic classical music. Practicing these techniques can also enable playing the harmonium and other instruments. Guruji would like to invite earnest and hard working students to join and experience his methods of teaching. The homework required is geared towards rapid advancement in knowledge and performance.Read more

From the Business:Ustad Irshad Khan is the founder/president of Universal Academy for Musicians. USA and Canada's leading and authentic resource centre for learning North Indian Music. Professional and Beginners train in the traditional Guru-Shishya Parampara style. Now accepting students for our E-Classes. (Open for all ages). In the sixteenth century, musicians in the royal courts of India delighted their patrons with sounds of the Sitar. Hundreds of years later, a descendant of that legendary musical lineage makes his home and founded his music academy in Mississauga, Ontario Canada and Mumbai India, and its branch in Rochester (upstate New York). Irshad Khan is a member of the eighth generation of the Imdad Khani Gharana (school) of Sitar playing, propagating not only his ancestral heritage, but Indian classical music in general. As a cultural ambassador, Irshad strives to preserve the Guru-shishya Parampara, the Indian oral tradition of one-on-one instruction. With the support of music lovers, Irshad hopes to implement his vision of expanding his increasing student base and enlist local and international talent to offer classes in Sitar, vocal, tabla, harmonium, guitar and music theory. Online music lessons are also offered through Skype and Facetime. https://www.e-desinews.com/may-2022/spotlight-a-close-encounter-of-the-exhilarating-kindRead more

From the Business:Since opening our doors, we’ve been committed to helping people pursue a career they love. With our passionate teachers, exceptional staff and a talented student community, we’re confident in the education, guidance and network you will find here. Swarkul provides a unique and highly personalized method of learning, creating an environment to nurture, educate and encourage creative individuals to achieve the highest level of success. Browse through our site to learn more about what we have to offer. We offer personalized one on one online music classes. Each of our teacher has experience of stage performance yet they are guru at their heart. We offer Hindustani Vocal, Carnatic Vocal, Semi-classical, Light Vocal, Tabla, Keyboard, Piano (Western), Guitar, Flute (Indian, Carnatic & Western), Violin (Indian & Western), Sitar, Santoor, Mridangam and many more. We offer customized music lessons (6 classes/ 4 classes/ 8 classes) of 45 mins each per month based on students convenience.Read more

From the Business:Rita Sahai is a rare Hindustani vocalist residing in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States. Ritaji’s uniqueness comes from her being simultaneously a soulful performer, a brilliant and prolific composer and a venerated music teacher. She is a senior disciple of Sangeet Samrat Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Saheb, and is the only vocalist and composer to carry forward the heritage of the Seni Allaudin Gharana. She has served as an ambassador of India’s rich musical heritage over the three decades that she has been in the United States.Hindustani vocal classical and light classical lessons, music workshops concerts ensemble performances etc. Rita, an acclaimed composer, performer and teacher of Hindustani (North Indian) vocal music, tours extensively throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and India. Rita, an acclaimed composer and performer of Hindustani (North Indian) vocal music, tours extensively throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and India. In the three decades that she has lived in the United States, Rita has served as an ambassador of India's rich musical heritage. Through workshops and lectures she has reached out to the larger non-Indian community and educated them in the intricacies of Hindustani music. She conducts classes all over the Bay Area, from Sacramento and Berkeley to Fremont and San Jose. Her students come from varied cultural and musical backgrounds. Rita’s Western students discover a universal appeal and depth of emotion when singing classical ragas, and Rita's classes are a way of reconnecting to the art and culture of their mother country for her Indo-American students. Sahai is a faculty member at UC Davis, in the department of Ethnomusicology, and is director of two choir groups - the UC Davis Hindustani Ensemble and the Vasundhara Choir. Rita has also taught music at Ali Akbar College of Music, San Jose State University, Mills College and UC Berkeley as well as a course on creative world music.Read more