Vocalist – Smt. Nandini Mukundan-Kambi
Smt.Nandini Mukundan-Kambi is a Carnatic vocalist & teacher based in Frisco, Texas. She had her initial tutelage from her grandfather Navalpaakam Sri. Ranganathan, father Sri. R Mukundan & her mother Smt.Saroja Mukundan who was a prolific musician and teacher herself.
She also received advanced training from her Guru Gaadhe Sri Satyanarayana Murthy and later underwent Shishyakulam under Smt.Lalitha Sivakumar in Chennai.
Blessed with a very soulful, sweet & captivating voice, Smt Nandini has performed in various organisations,events & aradhanas in India & in the United States.
Smt Nandini who is basically from Bangalore, has been actively involved with all aspects of music - performing, teaching, composing & more from a very young age. She has won numerous awards and accolades all through her musical career. Her performing & teaching experience of over 20 years in the US has been inspired by all her Gurus and the rich traditional heritage imparted by them.
Smt Nandini is the Director of Madhuradhwani Music School,based in Frisco, Texas.
Mridangam – Sri. Ganapathi Ranganathan
"The sound of enchanting drums, the majestic reverberations, the beats of ecstasy, the rhythm abandon, the perfect taal, fast and complex, yet elegant and captivating – these are some of the excellent comments that Ganapathi has received for his performances both by critiques and admirers alike, globally. Ganapathi has been tutored by Sri. Patri Satish Kumar. As mridangam is all about beats and mathematics, Ganapathi, who has a Bachelors and Masters in Engineering, has mastered this art naturally. He also invents his own rhythms & has performed as part of several impressive ensembles along with English, African, & Indian Drums."
​Flautist – Sri Gautham Narasimhaprasad
Gautham Narasimhaprasad is an accomplished flautist who has been performing for over 20
years. He started learning flute at the tender age of 7 years under the tutelage of Venugana Visharada, Vidwan (Late) Sri B. Shankar Rao of Bengaluru, India.
He has performed in various Sabhas in India and events organized by Indian cultural organizations in the US and also provided instrumental support to several leading artists who were on a concert tour to the US.
Gautham, a software professional working for a leading Financial firm has varied interests in Indian culture, religion, philosophy, dramatics and social work. He currently resides at McKinney, TX and runs a flute school named "Venunaada Prapancha" imparting flute lessons to many aspiring youngsters!
Violinist – Sri Umamahesh Iyer
Umamahesh is an ardent lover of music and started learning Mridangam and later his interest continued as a violinist. He started learning violin from the young age of 5 from Guru Pala Balakrishna Pillai who was an eminent violinist and was known for his unique style. Umamahesh had his first public concert at the age of 9. He continued his lessons from Shri. Nedumangad Sivanandan in Kerala and Prof. R Thyagarajan of Swathi Thirunal Music college, Trivandrum, Kerala.
Umamahesh Iyer is now pursuing advanced lessons from Smt.Vaikom Padma Krishnan who is a senior disciple of Kalimamani/Padmashree A. Kanyakumari and consulting lessons from Shri. TKV Ramanujacharlu of Srirangam.
Umamahesh actively participates and supports music activities & vocal and dance arangetrams in the DFW area.
Umamahesh Iyer is a Software Engineer /IT Professional and employed in a reputed IT company in a Senior management position and currently lives in Plano, TX, USA.