Amie Maciszewski/Sangeet Millennium

Sangeet Millennium, founded and led by internationally acclaimed sitarist/teaching artist/creative culture-worker Amie Maciszewski, is a collective/project ensemble that presents South-Asian music for the world, performing repertoires that combine traditional South-Asian (classical/folk/devotional) and Indo-jazz fusion music and multidisciplinary performance. Comprised of Amie plus 1-4 artists (including Paarth Kuntawala-tabla, Amit Kelkar-voice/harmonium, Paul Klemperer-saxophone, Neel Sachdev-sarode, and sometimes dancer/s), Sangeet Millennium Ensemble offers themed and multidisciplinary concerts, lecture-demonstrations, and interactive workshops/master classes tailored to diverse, intergenerational audiences. Topics include: South-Asian Music in the World; Strings/Songs/Skins Along the Silk Road; Poetics Across Continents: Music/Words/Movement; "Raag-Rasa/Rang: Feeling the Color of South-Asian Musical Sound"; Songs of South-Asian Seasons; and Raga/Jazz/Bollywood. A studied musician/scholar with over a decade's immersion training in India (Santiniketan, Kolkata) and a career spanning five decades, Amie brings the authenticity of deep cultural experience and connection to Sangeet Millennium's musical offerings, including proficiency in Bengali-Hindi-Urdu. Amie has performed extensively in North America, India, Pakistan, Europe, and Japan; taught on faculties; conducted over 150 residencies/workshops; led South-Asian music/culture ensembles at dozens of universities, schools, museums, festivals, cultural and senior centers; and released 3 CDs. Supporters include Austin Cultural-Arts Division, Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, AT and T Performing Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Teatro Dallas, Texas Asian Chamber. Photo by Saravana Creations.