Vid. Sundar Rajan Padmanabhan

Vid. Sundar Rajan Padmanabhan is the son of late Smt .Veenai Raajeswari Padmanabhan, a Sangeet Natak Academy award receipient and 9th generation member of the Karaikudi Veena tradition. He is a disciple of late Padmashri Dr. N. Ramani, the most renowned flautist from South India. He has been supporting several arangetrams, Nadopasanas, fund raising events in the DFW metroplex, Houston, Atlanta, Austin since 2000. Sundar is employed with Verizon Communications and resides with his family in Irving, Texas.

Vidu. Vishala Avadhanam

Vidu. Visala Avadhanam was initiated Carnatic music at the age of 8 under the guidance of Guru Vidwan Sri Kuppa Viswapathy sastry garu and is the current Disciple of Kalaratna Vidwan Sri Malladi Suribabu garu .She was the recipient of Silver medalist in All India Music competitions conducted by Navya nataka Samithi, Hyderabad for two consecutive years. She was blessed with the opportunity to perform at Thiruyavur Thyagara Aradhana along with her Sister during her high school days.She is the founder of Sriramapriya Music Academy and has been teaching since 2005 imparting Carnatic music to aspiring students.She is a regular performer at all the annual events at Karysiddhi Hanuman temple and several other organizations across DFW metroplex.

Kum. Rupasri Shankar

Kum.Rupasri Shankar a Carnatic Vocalist from Dallas, Texas. Her initial tutoring was under Smt. Deepa Srinivasan, a senior disciple of the late Sri T.K Govindarao. Rupasri is now undergoing advanced training under Vidushi Vani Ramamurthi. Rupasri has performed at the DFW Purandaradasa Aradhana, the Institute of Global Music and Arts - Frisco, Kalamudrika, DFW Hanuman Temple, and several other local venues. Outside of Dallas and virtually, Rupasri has performed at various organizations of repute such as Naadabramha Sangeetha Sabha, Gokhale Institute, Avadootha Dattapeetam Ashram of Sri Ganapathy Sachidananda Swamiji in Mysore, Paravur Dakshina Mookambika Saraswathi Mandapam, Mani Krishnaswamy Academy, Suswara, Kala Prashala, Swara Mohini, and Gayatri Fine Arts Global. Rupasri was also the musical director for Hum a Cappella, a collegiate vocal group at UT Austin. She has collaborated in several orchestral projects with stalwarts such as Smt. Lalgudi Viji and Kanniks Kannikeshwaran. Rupasri is a graduate in business administration and currently works as a technology consultant at Deloitte.

Kum. Pallavi Tumuluru

Kum.Pallavi Tumuluru. Is 19 years old and a freshman at UTD majoring in Biomedical engineering. I have learnt carnatic music for 11 years under my guru Smt. Sudha Dusi, and have currently been learning under my guru Smt. Neyveli Ramalakshmi for the past 3 years.

Kum. Shruthi Madhugiri

Kum.Shruthi Madhugiri, a disciple of Smt. Subha Ramanan is a current Sophomore studying Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. She started learning Carnatic vocal from Smt. Subha at the age of 5. She had her solo debut concert (arangetram) under Smt. Subha Ramanan in June 2021, and has been learning advanced concepts under her guru since then. She has also had vocal training under Vid. Ramya Sarika. She has also been learning Carnatic violin under the tutelage of Dr. Venkatraman Subramanian. Shruthi is very thankful for this opportunity by the Hanuman Temple today.

Kum. Rajeswari Pattaswamy

Kum.Rajeswari Pattaswamy embarked on her Carnatic music journey at age 6 under the guidance of Mr. Madhusudan Rao in Houston, TX. After mastering basics, she continued her musical education with Dr. Rajalakshmi Sudheendra from the esteemed "Chintalapalli '' music family. Dr. Rajalakshmi, a Bangalore University Doctoral awardee, mentored Rajeswari for five years, imparting expertise in complex varnams, diverse kritis, and various forms of Manodharma. Progressing in her musical journey, she joined Surabhi Music Academy, Frisco, TX led by Smt. Savitha Namuduri. At present, she is passionately strengthening her Manodharma skills, making a concerted effort to fortify them under the steadfast guidance of Smt. Savitha Namuduri. Rajeswari has performed in numerous mini-concerts at various local events (Saptami, IFAA DFW, KSHT) around the Dallas, TX area. Carnatic music is her core passion.She enjoys listening to other great Carnatic singers and observing their nuances. She is a senior at Frisco High School (FHS) in Frisco, TX. As a computer science enthusiast, she is passionate about exploring Business and Technology topics through research at school.

Kum. Jahnavi Shivakumar

Kum. Jahnavi Shivakumar is an upcoming flutist in Karnataka classical music. She is learning flute from Vidwan Mysuru Krishnaprasad and vocal from Vidushi Bengaluru MK Tejaswini. She is a freshman at Heritage High School, Frisco.Jahnavi gave her flute rangarohana in August 2023 after learning the flute for ten years. She goes to HSS Shakha in Plano. Her shakha life and music life started at the same time, ten years ago. Jahnavi's parents are from Mysuru, India.

Kum. Sansdhitha Anand

Sansdhitha is currently a college freshman at the University of Texas at Dallas, studying neuroscience. She’s been trained in carnatic music for the past 13 years and veena, for the past 10. She recently completed her veena arangetram under her guru Smt Vasundhara Kikkeri, and enjoys performing in and around the DFW metroplex.