SRJ Rhythm Academy

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SRJ Rhythm Academy A nonprofit organisation aiming to support and grow Carnatic percussion in Australia.

SRJ Rhythm Academy is a not-for-profit organisation that provides training and concert opportunities for mridangam (percussion instrument) students in Brisbane. From 2007 to 2021, the school was operating as Arthavan's School of Miruthangam. Since 2022, it was rebranded as SRJ Rhythm Academy, named after the late Srirangarajapuram Jayaraman Iyer. He and his son, Srirangarajapuram Ganesh Iyer, have taught all students in the school, contributing to the cultural advancement of Carnatic (South Indian Classical) music.

12/10/2026

A melody given room to unfold.

Aswin Narayanan explores Shankarabharanam in his violin alapanai, shaping the raga freely before the song (Saroja Dalanetri) commences.

10/10/2026

Sanskriti 2026 is almost here!

Join us on Saturday, 17 October at 5pm at Sunnybank Church of Christ for an evening of live music and performance.

Featuring Shruti Sreekanth, Poonita Aggarwal, Shanker Dorairajan, Ruddra Dorairajan, Guhanesh Ganesh and Sharujan Mahendraraj.

Save the date — we hope to see you there!!

09/10/2026

Voice and mridangam, brought together from two sides of the performance.

N S Kamakshi on vocals, accompanied by Arthavan Selvanathan on mridangam—melody and rhythm responding to each other throughout.

08/10/2026

Carnatic music in its liveliest setting, with the melody, accompaniment and percussion responding to one another as the performance unfolds.

Priya Swaminathan — vocals
Aswin Narayanan — violin
Vindhya Suresh — veena
Arthavan Selvanathan — mridangam

07/10/2026

Mukkaal edam with a view.

Working through another standard korvai from the ¾ offset, with the rhythm resolving back into place against a pretty hard-to-beat backdrop.

06/10/2026

Different musical backgrounds, one shared groove.

Another section of Nada Tanum Anisham coming together.

Shilpa Swaminathan — vocals
Aswin Narayanan — violin
Eswar Jagdesh — keyboard
Hari Vijayaraghavan — drums
Vatsal Thakar — handsonic
Arthavan Selvanathan — mridangam

05/10/2026

Eight beats can finish in more ways than you might expect.

A few more theermanam variations on the mridangam, exploring different ways to shape the phrase while keeping the underlying cycle intact.

Try listening for the structure before following the individual strokes.

04/10/2026

A pop classic with a mridangam groove.

Putting a Carnatic percussion layer over Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen’s "Good Time" and seeing how naturally the two rhythms fit together.

03/10/2026

One of our students Aran working through Adhi Thaalam on the mridangam.

Practice, repetition and rhythm coming together.

Great to see the next generation of players developing their craft!

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Brisbane, QLD

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