Enrich Your Life
with the Joy of
Music Listening
Enrich your life by learning to appreciate and enjoy music at a deeper level. Let music add more meaning and beauty to your life.
What do students say about The Joy of Music?
The Joy of Music: What do the students say?
Courses
Enhance your joy of listening whether you are a casual music lover or a music student.
Joy of Music for Kids
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Currently learning music/dance or have music interest.
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Want to augment listening skills.
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Want to make music learning interest self-sustained and free of parental pressure :)
Beginner Course for Adults
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Music lover.
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Enjoys melodies.
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New to Carnatic music
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Interested in identifying rAgams
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Want to enjoy music more.
Intermediate Course for Adults
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Listens to some Carnatic music.
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Can identify some rAgams.
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Want to explore more.
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Want to enjoy concerts more.
Register
for an
Intro Session
The intro session will provide a gentle introduction to the art of rAgam identification and an overview of the course. It is an interactive session where you can have any music related questions answered.
If you are interested in learning further, you can enroll in the respective course.
About The Founder
Balaji Santhanam
Music is my passion. I have been teaching people to identify rAgams and appreciate Carnatic Music nuances for many years. The Joy of Music classes are my way of sharing the immense happiness that music has given me in my life. I used to be a Software Engineer by profession. I quit my software career to teach Carnatic Music Appreciation full-time.
I currently learn Veena from Sreevidhya Chandramouli and Chandramouli Narayanan of the Karaikudi Veena tradition. Earlier, I learnt Mridangam from my grandfather Sangeetha Bhooshanam M.V.Chandrachudan and later from Madurai K.Rangarajan for a good part of my school years. I briefly learnt flute from K.Ramnath of Boston for a couple of years. After that, I learnt Carnatic vocal from Shyamala Narasimhan in Richmond, VA and then Immaneni Ashok in Seattle, WA, who introduced me to my Veena teachers.