A.S.Murali, who comes from a family of celebrated musicians, began vocal training at the age of five with his uncle, Violin Vidwan Late A.K.Ganesa Iyer. Kalaimamani Smt.S.Rajeswari and Sangeetha Kalachaarya Padma Bhushan Sri P.S.Narayanaswamy are two of his other gurus.Guru Sri P.S.Narayanaswamy has received several vocal performances and vocal support from him at many locations throughout the world. He is also an accomplished "A Grade" in vocal and ghatam, having studied ghatam with Ghatam Maestro Sri T.V.Vaasan and having travelled widely over the world to perform. . He also learned the art of Nattuvangam from Adayar Sri Lakshmanan and has performed Nattuvangam with numerous artists, including Ms Malavika Sarukkai, Smt.Leela Samson, and the Trio Sisters."Asthana Vidwan" of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, "Best Guru of the Year 2006" from VDS Arts Academy, "Best Guru of the Year 2006" from VDS Arts Academy, "Best Guru of the Year 2006" from VDS Arts Academy, "Best Guru of the Year 2006" from VDS Arts Academy, "Best Guru of Year 2006 from VDS Arts Academy, Best Vocalist in 2005 and 2006 from IFAS Chennai. He is the founder of Sundaram Arts Academy and imparts music to more than 100 students. He is presently working as a Vocal lecturer at Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts.
Roja Kannan is a performer, teacher, choreographer, and arts administrator who is a senior disciple of Padmashree awardee Guru Adyar K. Lakshman and Padmabhushan awardee Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan.Her career spans five decades, during which she has had some of the best learning experiences with her Gurus, with whom she has worked closely. Her performances are acclaimed worldwide as she has been a part of major dance festivals both in India and abroad.In 1987, she founded the "Bharatha Natyalaya" Academy of Natyam and Music. 30 years and counting, hundreds of students have learned the Art from her and gone on to make a name for themselves in the field of martial arts.
Mahesh Kale is an Indian Classical vocalist living in the San Francisco Bay Area who specialises in Indian Classical (Hindustani), Semi-Classical, Devotional music, and Natya Sangeet.His dedication and teaching methods are so unique that he has are firmly established himself as the face of Indian classical music of the new generation, having won India's National Film Award for Best Playback Singer for a classical composition in the film Katyar Kaljat Ghusli (2016). He has a famous history, as seen by his exhilarating performances. He was trained in the Gurukul style of learning by the legendary Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki.He is also the founder of the Indian Classical Music and Arts Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on preserving, nurturing and celebrating Indian Classical Music, More than a teacher he is a role model for a motivated student body of over 150 pupils in San Francisco Bay Area.