John Stephens is a sarode, surbahar and sitar player based in Durham, North Carolina. He was very fortunate to receive over a decade of in-person training from sarode maestro Ustad Aashish Khan, eldest son of Ustad Ali Akbar of the Senia Maihar Gharana. Today, John is a performing musician, recording artist, and music educator. In addition to teaching privately, he was a regular teacher at the California State Summer School for the Arts, and a regular substitute teacher and guest lecturer for world music faculty at CalArts. John earned his bachelor’s degree in music from Berklee College of Music (2006), majoring in Jazz Composition. After living in India for a year, he went on to earn his MFA in North Indian music at CalArts (2011).
Hindustani Vocal - Sitar - Other instruments
English
● This teacher also offers western music lessons.
John Stephens
Durham, AN-ANDAMAN-AND-NICOBAR-ISLANDS 27712
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