Experience Guru-Shishya Parampara
Taleem is part of Timeless Music where one still finds the age old concept of guru-shishya teaching which has become so rare in the music schools of today. Taaleem represents the fusion of rhythm (Taal) and edification (Taleem).
The traditional strict rigorous way of learning music has been moderated to meet with the changing times.
Locations (Hidayat Khan)
Chimnaya Mission (Tuesdays)
Vrindavan: 95 Cranbury Neck Road, Cranbury, NJ 08512
Phone: (609) 655-0404
Fax: (609) 655-8404
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Princeton, NJ (Wednesdays and Alternate Weekends)
50 Briarwood Ct, Princeton, NJ 08540
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Edison, NJ (Thursdays)
2 Sussex Ct, Edison, NJ 08820-1756
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Student Performances
Celebrating 75 Years of Ustad Vilayat Khan Opening Performance, Rutgers University New Brunswick Nicholas Music Center
Taaleem Student.s Day, Princeton Unitarian Church 2004
Indian Consulate Children.s Day, New York 2006
Alka Yagnik & Babul Supriyo Show, Sovereign Bank Arena Trenton 2002
NJ Chamber of Commerce event for Governor McGreevy, Royal Albert.s Palace 2002 & 2003
IFMP Diwali Show, WW-P High School North & Hightstown High School, since 1984
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Payment Policy (Hidayat Khan)
Weekday Classes
Private Lessons: $75/hr
Group Lessons: $55/hr
1/2 hr Lessons: $40
Weekend Classes: $100/hr
Please make checks payable to "Sur-Sangam". Payment is due at the beginning of each month for a minimum of 4 sessions.
Payment Policy (Jharna)
Private Lesson: $40/hr
Group Lessons: $25/hr
Refunds
If the instructor cancels a class, he will schedule a make-up class. If the student is unable to attend the make-up class, Timeless Music will refund the payment for that class. No refunds are available if a student is unable to attend a regularly scheduled class.
Taleem Teachers
Hidayat has taught at various schools and universities all over the world. In addition, he recently conducted a course in Introduction to Indian Classical Music at Princeton University for Ustad Zakhir Hussein. In his school, Taleem, he has been teaching many students in both traditions of Indian Classical Music, sitar and vocal. Many of his students have performed at various venues, including the Indian Consulate in New York City. Hidayat teaches all forms of Indian Classical Music to a diverse group of students playing various instruments such as guitar, violin, sitar, and voice. Some of his students are professional musicians themselves.
Jharna has been teaching Indian Classical and Semi-Classical dance lessons for the past twenty years. Recently, her daughter Aashima has also begun teaching Bollywood and Hip Hop dance classes. Together they form the dance spectrum of Taaleem, in which music is taken to another level when accompanied by abhinaya (facial expression), nrita (bodily movement), and mudras (hand gestures). All styles of dance combine these three facets of performance to create the basis of natya, the blending of rhythm, movement, and melody.