Seattle
Raga
Institute
Seattle
Raga
Institute
A collective of experienced professional musicians and music instructors bringing high quality North Indian Classical Music to the greater Seattle area through performances and instructions for the enrichment of our city’s culture.
Concert with Buddhadev Das Gupta
The Instructors
Brandon McIntosh
Sarod & Piano
Chaz Hastings
Tabla
Josh Humphrey
Hindustani Guitar
Satyajit Limaye
Bansuri
Priya Bondre
Hindustani Classical Vocal
Seattle Raga Institute or SRI was formed by Seattle-based musicians Brandon McIntosh, Satyajit Limaye, and Chaz Hastings, each a professional concertizing musician with years of onstage experience. The purpose of SRI is to provide its students with the opportunity to experience all aspects of North Indian Classical music by interacting with SRI’s different teachers as well as each other. By working together and utilizing modern instruction tools and methods, students can acquire more musical knowledge and experience at a faster rate than they could before.SRI provides its students with online materials such as worksheets, recordings, and other materials that facilitate the education process. SRI’s instructors also emphasize the importance of individual and group practice as the primary means for student growth. Classes are open to all ages of students from 5 years old to adults, and from rank beginner to advanced.
Contact Us
Sarod & Piano
Brandon McIntosh
Website: brandonmcintosh.com
E-mail: brandon.mcintosh@icloud.com
Send Brandon a message:
Brandon McIntosh
Sarod & Piano
Brandon McIntosh is a celebrated sarod player and proponent of the Senia Shahjahanpur gharana and disciple of Padma Bhushan Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta.
Brandon has spent the last 10 years developing a unique way of teaching Indian classical music on the piano and has co-founded the Seattle Raga Institute to teach this technique. He has completed a bachelors in percussion and a masters in music composition while also studying sarod for nearly 20 years. He has traveled the world and performed in Russia, France, Belgium and India as well as throughout the United States.
Satyajit Limaye
Bansuri
Bansuri
Satyajit Limaye
Send Satyajit a message:
Tabla
Send Chaz a message:
Chaz Hastings
Tabla
Josh Humphrey
Hindustani Guitar
Josh Humphrey teaches Hindustani guitar in Sammamish. Beginning at age 14, he has pursued classical, blues, rock, and finger-style in addition to his main focus of Hindustani guitar. Josh studies in the Senia Shah-Jahanpur gharana, and has taken classes with Pandit Buddhadev DasGupta. He earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Oregon, as well as a bachelor of Music degree from Central Washington University. Josh also receives tabla training from Ustad Sabir Khan, khalifa of the Farrukhabad gharana. He has performed around the country, and his compositions have earned awards from several Universities and festivals.
In addition to working as an instructor with SRI, Josh is on the faculty at Central Washington University, and is the owner operator of JBH Guitars, a custom hand-builder of acoustic guitars and other stringed instruments.
Hindustani Guitar
Send Josh a message:
Priya Bondre
Hindustani Classical Vocal
Priya Bondre completed her Sangeet Visharad in Hindustani Classical Vocal (B. Mus.) in India under the guidance of Smt. Leelatai Khandekar. Priya has given several performances in Ahmedabad, India for Ganeshutsav programs and various other events and won several vocal competitions.
In the US, She has performed with various local groups in Kansas city and Seattle including MMKC, Naman Natwara and Pratidhwani.
She has performed as part of Northwest Folklife Festival, IAWW concerts, IPAP and DMIA and has also given vocals for a Photofilm called ‘Yatra”. In addition to Hindustani Classical, her performance genres also include Marathi Natyageets, Abhangs and Rajasthani folk songs. In 2015, she received an IndianRaga Fellowship and collaborated with various musicians and singers which resulted in several classical and fusion video productions
She continues her training in the USA under the guidance of Srivani Jade.
Contact the instructors using their contact forms, or you may use the links provided to visit their personal websites for more information. Thank you.
© Seattle Raga Institute 2017
