Indian classical music for schools, colleges and music hubs

A school can bring Indian classical music into its music curriculum through a KalaSudha project, planned with the music teacher around the curriculum or exam course. The artists KalaSudha promotes run hands-on workshops in class on raga and tala, the melodic framework and the rhythmic cycle of the music. A project can add a concert or a residency, shaped for the pupils' age group. Teachers keep the classroom material afterwards.

A college can bring Indian classical musicians in to work with its music students through KalaSudha, which plans a project with the artists it promotes. The artists run workshops in class and lead masterclasses for advanced students. They also give concerts and lecture-demonstrations. In a residency, they work with the students over several days or weeks. For GCSE, A level or IB music students, the plan follows the exam course.

A music teacher can learn to teach Indian classical music in the classroom through KalaSudha's teacher sessions, led by the artists it promotes. The sessions show how to teach raga and tala, the melodic framework and the rhythmic cycle of the music. Teachers keep the classroom material, such as lesson notes, listening lists or recordings.

They can carry on learning in KalaSudha's online academy. It teaches every discipline of Indian classical music online, with workshops and summer camps where enough learners sign up.

Indian classical musicians from KalaSudha run workshops for GCSE, A level and IB music students, planned with the music teacher around the exam course. The workshops are hands-on: students work with raga and tala, the melodic framework and the rhythmic cycle of the music, and with the instruments the artists play. Advanced students can also take a masterclass. Before the visit, KalaSudha agrees the safeguarding checks and the insurance the school or college needs.

A school can host visiting Indian classical musicians from India through KalaSudha, which brings the artists it promotes and arranges their travel and the tour around the project. KalaSudha prepares the visa paperwork, starting with the invitation and the artists' documents. For the UK, KalaSudha applies for visiting paid performers through the Standard Visitor route for a Permitted Paid Engagement, using its UK invitation. Outside the UK, it works with the school on the application.

Before the visit, KalaSudha also agrees the safeguarding checks and the insurance the school needs.

Indian classical musicians can perform a concert at your school through KalaSudha, for an assembly, in the school hall or for a music department. The artists KalaSudha promotes include singers and players of sitar, tabla, bansuri (the Indian bamboo flute), Indian slide guitar and piano. A lecture-demonstration adds explanation to the performance. KalaSudha shapes each concert for the pupils' age group.

The cost of an Indian classical music project for a school depends on the artists, the format, the dates and travel, so KalaSudha quotes for each project. Projects can be of any size. KalaSudha's proposal sets out the project plan and the costs, which a school can use in its own funding application. Part of every fee goes to the KalaSudha artists development fund, which pays for concerts, releases and the promotion of the art forms.

Before Indian classical musicians visit a school, KalaSudha agrees the safeguarding checks the school needs, such as a DBS check in England, and the insurance. The school tells KalaSudha what it requires, and KalaSudha settles both while planning the project with the music teacher. The agreement covers every project, whatever its size. A school can set out its requirements in its enquiry to KalaSudha.