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Srinivas Krishnan
Provost and Vice Principal |
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Srinivas Krishnan serves as the Provost and Vice Principal of KM Music Conservatory. Srini’s experiences as a leader, artistic director, educator, and team player provides a stock of musical situations that widely resonate with citizens from across the globe. KM Music Conservatory was founded by Dr. AR Rahman in 2008 and one of the primary purposes was to ultimately create a Symphony Orchestra in India in years to come. Srini's education in India and in the US combined with his work experiences in both cultures made him a suitable candidate for the position of Provost and Vice Principal in light of his deep sensitivity to both cultures, years of experience mentoring students and respect for every artistic tradition be it Sufi Music or Marching Percussion or Opera.
In his collaborations with Maestro AR Rahman over the past decade, Srini has always managed to include hundreds of American talent to partake in every collaborative musical exercise. Be it having them perform in AR Rahman’s Unity of Light tour back in 2003 or record for background scores in films like Sivaji or Jodha Akbar, or arrange his musical scores, Srini’s position was always to allow for the artists (students in most cases) called upon to have the opportunity to learn and lead, building an exemplary relationship of language, friendship, culture and worlds. Srini’s initiatives at KMMC have allowed for the academic program to grow through knowledge creation over the last few months. He continues to teach as a Visiting Scholar at Mary Baldwin College, Miami University, Northern Arizona University, besides being constantly involved in exchange programs with institutions including University of Pennsylvania and University of Vermont, always keen in finding ways to make a contribution.
Srini has been collaborating with artists across the world since 1986. He founded the Global Rhythms World Music Ensemble, which was a formidable undertaking given that over 300 members are part of his productions even today in the USA. Global Rhythms Ensemble allows for students from Western Classical Music or non-music majors to learn all the elements of Indian Classical Music or any other traditional form of music in an efficient and effective manner within one semester, using non-traditional instruments in many cases to allow for ease of learning. As Artistic Director for over 50 shows, he continues to be successful in piecing together musical traditions from all across the world and allowing for some of the best talent in the world of Western Classical and World Music to work with students, creating greater awareness of music, cultures, teamwork and the arts in the most unexpected ways. In the process, he has allowed students, especially in the smallest of cities to become aware of diverse musical traditions, driving their curiosity to a level that has brought several of them to India for over a decade.
So over two decades, Srini has remained creative and been invited to centers including MIT, Duke University, UPenn, Indiana University, Berklee College of Music, College-Conservatory of Music (Cincinnati), University of North Texas, and most recently had been invited to come over to the Rock Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Hollywood Bowl (collaborative project with Maestro AR Rahman), and Lotus World Music Festival to name a few. Some of the most notable projects that he has directed include shows at Berklee College of Music, Cornell University, Miami of Ohio where the artists in his team incorporated virtuosos including Grammy winners Horacio Hernadez and Glen Velez, Eguie Castrillo, and a string of artists including Valerie Naranjo from the Saturday Night Live Band, mridangam maestro Sri Umayalapuram Sivaraman, snare drum virtuoso Jeff Queen, Paschal Younge from Africa, Arnaldo Vacca, Victor Mendoza, Tony Cirone, string artists Marion Peraza and Carlos Rubio from Venezuela, string artists affiliated with the Great Wall International Academy, all of whom were rick in knowledge of their respective traditions of music. The four years of collaborative projects in association with the College-Conservatory of Music allowed him to understand audiences, as well as arrive at effective programming.
His projects with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Miami University Symphony Orchestra, Berklee College of Music, Indiana University, Miami University Men’s Glee Club, Miami Universty Wind Ensemble, or with several cast members of the Broadway production “Blast” are all reflective of his accounts of his leadership and ability to evoke countless individuals in appreciating and learning new forms of world and classical music. |
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