Mrs. Pramila Mishra Academy of Indian Classical Music (Music Society) Project of Benaras Gharana music tradition.

We offer online classes as well under professional teachers     Contact us:Mob: 0091- 9451586700                            

E-Mail: mishramusic@hotmail.com 

 "This Music project is under Guru-Shishya Parampara (Teacher-Student Tradition) and dedicated to Mrs. Pramila Mishra (Wife of Pandit Shivnath Mishra), the founder of  this society. Our music project does not provide students any kind of degree, but it makes them a perfect musician with thorough knowledge and a deep sense of Music."

Gharana is a traditional style and a way of teaching and performing Indian classical music. This style is many hundreds of years old and has been passed down from master to student, from generation to generation. Out of the many Gharanas or styles, one of the most prominent ones is Benaras Gharana. It is also called Varanasi Gharana. Over the years, the Benaras Gharana has produced many outstanding vocal, instrumental and dance performers. Like many traditions, and the great Indian cultural heritage in general, this method of performing music is being threatened due to the lack of dedicated teachers and students.

The Guru-Shishya (teacher-student) relationship which was the hallmark of this system is breaking down. If this tradition is not maintained, very soon it may exist only in textbooks. Pandit Shivnath Mishra and his family have descended from a highly talented musical lineage of Benaras Gharana going back several generations. In order to preserve this heritage, so precious to India, and make it accessible to students, Pt. Mishra and his family decided to create the Benaras Gharana Baccha (The Children's Project).

For foreign students who are committed to studying seriously, we offer the unique and unprecedented opportunity to learn styles of Indian classical music that were previously inaccessible to them as they were passed down through family lineage or from Guru to Shishya through the Gharana system, therefore only the privileged few could ever learn them. In our Academy, we have a family atmosphere very much like the ancient Gurukul education system in India. The Teacher and Student develop a personal relationship with one-to-one lessons, rather than a classroom programme where many students learn together, but little individual attention is paid.  

Our Music Classes:

* Sitar

* Surbahar

* Tabla

* Vocal (Hindustani-North Indian classical)

* Flute

* Harmonium

* Kathak Dance etc

 *Naad Yog 

For further information regarding enrolment, please click the Study Information page of this website. 

This is a long-term and ongoing project. Your creative participation and advice are most welcome and appreciated. The Academy of Indian Classical Music is registered as a society under number V23536-2000. 

Contact address:

Bhadaini Varanasi India.(Near Bhadaini Power House -Assi Ghat)

 Tel : 0091- 9451586700 

E-mail:  mishramusic@hotmail.com

 Website: www.benaresmusicacademy.com