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Nandi Plunkett is a musician and composer from Williamstown, MA. She graduated from Kenyon College in 2011 with a BA in music, specializing in classical singing and composition. She worked as musical director for the Williamstown Theater Festival’s community outreach program The Greylock Theater Project before joining the Found Sound Nation team in 2012. Nandi […]
Christopher Marianetti, Co-Founder & Artistic Director of Found Sound Nation, is a composer and producer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. His works have premiered at the International Gaudeamus Competition, Merkin Concert Hall, Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art, The Stone, and the Tenri Cultural Institute among others. Recent works include: an animated score for brass band projected […]
Jeremy Thal, Co-Founder & Artistic Director of Found Sound Nation, is a horn player, composer, and educator. He studied horn, ethnomusicology, and Chinese at Northwestern University, and continues to work as a performer, playing in major music festivals and obscure bookstores around the world. With fellow co-founder Chris Marianetti, Jeremy co-designed Found Sound Nation’s approach […]
Aurora Nealand is a multi-instrumentalist active in the vibrant music scene of New Orleans, USA. “I think separating ‘musical life’ from ‘life’ at this point is a challenge for me,” she reflects. After attending the renowned Conservatory at Oberlin College, where she designed her own major in “Contemporary Music,” Aurora moved to Paris to study […]
Tatiana Silver Hargreaves is a violin player from Oregon. She has steeped herself in the archives of Appalachian music, playing fiddle, banjo, and singing, drawing from her time spent with oldtime musicians such as Bruce Molsky, Paul Brown, John Hermann and Franklin George,as well as intensive studies of source recordings. A first prize winner at […]
Sanaya Ardeshir is a producer and keyboard player from Mumbai. Sanaya was a OneBeat Fellow (a sister project to Dosti) in 2014 and will be joining us as a liaison between Fellows and Facilitators during Dosti. Her experience with the OneBeat style of cultural exchange and her knowledge of the regions of India and Pakistan […]
Surojato Roy is a percussionist, specializing in tabla, from Calcutta. The son of an Indian classical vocalist and a violinist, Surojato was introduced to playing at an early age by Pandit Tanmoy Bose. Later, he became the youngest ‘Ganda-Bandh’ student of renowned tabla maestro Pandit Shankar Ghosh and has been his disciple for the past […]
Mirande Shah is a singer and songwriter from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She is a breathtaking singer trained in the Indian classical tradition, with a honeyed timbre and impeccable intonation. In addition to her top-notch performing abilities, Mirande has also founded her own label, Roohani, and is a vocal advocate for women’s empowerment. Her song “Main Chaloon […]
Debanjan Bhattacharjee is an Indian classical sarod player and composer from Kolkata. A disciple of the renowned Ustad Aashish Khan, he received the President’s Gold Medal Award in 2008 and was nominated for a Global Indian Music Award in 2012. He is a proponent of Indian classical techniques and wishes to share them, both to […]
Natasha Humera Ejaz is a singer and songwriter from Islamabad. Inspired by singers like Bjork, Jeff Buckley, and Esperanza Spalding, Natasha has worked over the past ten years to develop her unique vocal timbre, which bears hints of her background in jazz and Broadway-style singing. Her thousands of fans on Facebook have recognized her original […]
