Music

My earliest and longest-living passion.

Key: 🎀 sung, πŸ₯ drummed, 🎹 played piano/keys/harmonium, πŸ“ arranged, πŸ’‘ composed, πŸŽ›οΈ produced/edited. 🀝 collaboration, 🍿 live performance, 🎭 theater performance.

The Joshi Show
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This is a little pet project of mine, where I cover Western pop songs in Indian classical style. Some love it, most hate it. I call it, "The Joshi Show".

  • Episode 6. Run to You, Pentatonix (Raag Sindh Bhairavi). August 4, 2022.
  • Episode 5. Scarborough Fair, Simon and Garfunkel (Raag Kaafi). April 27, 2021.
  • Episode 4. Lovely, Billie Eilish (Raag Asavari). January 19, 2020.
  • Episode 3. Skyfall, Adele (Raag Asavari). September 12, 2019.
  • Episode 2. Yesterday, The Beatles (Raag Mishra Bilaaval). June 24, 2019.
  • Episode 1. How Long, Charlie Puth (Raag Asavari). May 28, 2019.

UW Awaaz
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UW Awaaz is the premier South-Asian fusion a cappella group at the University of Washington. I joined the team in 2014, and left after graduating in 2018. I've highlighted a few of my favorite songs below!

2017-18 (Musical Director)

For my final year on the team, we recorded our fourth studio album, which I am in the process of locating.

  • Numb/Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Aarohi 2018). Soloist for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. πŸŽ€πŸ€πŸ“πŸΏ
  • Cry Me a River/Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om (Aarohi 2018). Soloist for Dastaan-E-Om Shanti Om. πŸŽ€πŸ€πŸ“πŸΏ
  • Senior Song (Aarohi 2018). A 10-minute tour de force which charts the stories of the four seniors who graduated in 2018. πŸŽ€πŸ€πŸ“πŸΏ

2016-17 (Musical Director)

An exciting project this year was Expressions, which was a collaborative showcase with Natya UW, the University of Washington's premier Indian classical dance team. We also recorded our third studio album, Avrutti.

  • Summertime Sadness/Tujhe Bhula Diya (Studio recording) (Desi Dhamaka 2017). πŸŽ€πŸ€πŸ“πŸΏ
  • Tanhayee (Studio recording) (Expressions). Soloed in live performances in the second half of the year. πŸŽ€πŸ€πŸ“πŸΏ
  • Bravery (Expressions). UW Awaaz's first ever fully original composition, an instrumental piece depicting a story of immigrants leaving their homes for a new land. πŸŽ€πŸ€πŸ’‘πŸΏ

2015-16

This year, we competed at Anahat 2015 and placed 3rd, which was UW Awaaz's first ever competitive top-3 placing! We also recorded our second studio album, Alankaar.

2014-15

This was the first year we did studio recordings, producing our first album Studio Sessions.