TRICHY SANKARAN
Dr. Trichy Sankaran is a world-renowned percussion virtuoso, Indian music scholar and composer, and the founding director of Indian music studies at York University.
He has bridged Eastern and Western pedagogical styles, profoundly influenced generations of students, and has published two notable textbooks on The Principles and Practice of South Indian Drumming and The Art of Konnakkol (rhythm solfege).
He has performed at major festivals and cultural celebrations in India, Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. Sankaran has composed for, and collaborated with, Gamelan, Jazz, Western Classical, South Indian dance and world music ensembles, and has released many CDs to critical acclaim.
Dr. Sankaran has received numerous honours and awards including an honorary Doctorate in Music from the University of Victoria, the OCUFA teaching award, and the coveted Sangita Kalanidhi award from the Music Academy in Chennai.
www.trichysankaran.com
SUBA SANKARAN
Suba Sankaran, daughter of Trichy Sankaran, is a DORA award-winning, thrice JUNO-nominated world/fusion vocalist who has effortlessly combined musical worlds, performing across North America, Europe, the UK, Asia, Australia and Africa with Autorickshaw, FreePlay Duo and Retrocity (80s a cappella revue), to name a few. Performance highlights include performing for Peter Gabriel, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and performing with Jane Siberry, Lorraine Segato, Bobby McFerrin and the Swingles. Suba is in demand as a choral director, arranger, educator and composer. She has composed and produced music for theatre, film, radio and dance. Highlights include collaborations with Deepa Mehta, the CBC and Stratford Festival.
www.subasankaran.com
DYLAN BELL
Juno-nominated Dylan Bell is a vocalist, instrumentalist (piano, bass, guitar, percussion), composer/arranger, music director and producer/engineer. Dylan has worked with groups ranging from vocal jazz, (Cadence, Hampton Avenue, the Swingle Singers, FreePlay Duo, The Watch), to vocal pop (Retrocity, the Nylons) to eclectic jazz and world music (Autorickshaw, Ray Montford Group), to classical (Nathaniel Dett Chorale; Lara St John) to flat-out rock ‘n’ roll (Honeymoon Suite). He’s played stages across the world from his native Toronto, to Stockholm, Sweden, to Calcutta, India, and his compositions and arrangements are performed across the world from Arnprior to Zurich. His book “A Cappella Arranging” (co-written with Deke Sharon) was published in 2013.
www.dylanbell.ca
