Gharana Music Foundation

22/01/2018

Can you help support GMF’s brand new violin program at Pushpa Basnet’s Early Childhood Development Center in Kathmandu, Nepal? We are thrilled to announce this addition to our classical music program for kids of incarcerated parents. We need to purchase four additional violins and your donation of any amount helps us meet expenses. If 20 people donate $20 we can purchase the violins. If 50 people donate $50 we can fund the entire music program for 6 months (guitar and violin classes multiple times weekly). Your contribution goes a long way in providing these children the opportunity to study music, and we greatly appreciate your support! Please donate at www.gharanamusicfoundation.org/donate or with the Donate button below.

04/01/2018

GMF is looking for qualified, dedicated musicians who have an interest in participating in a short-term (at least two weeks) or long term residency program as conductor and/or music teacher in Kathmandu, Nepal, through the Gharana Music Foundation. Conservatory/University teachers and students, we are particularly interested in recruiting qualified college level candidates to work with an ambitious youth string orchestra in Kathmandu. Please comment or private message if you are interested, or email [email protected] Thanks!

21/12/2017

It was such an honor to see Gharana Music Foundation featured as #5 in Austin Classical Guitar’s Top 10 Moments of 2017! Last summer, our director visited Austin for their 3 day teacher training workshop and met the incredible ACG team, whose classical guitar curriculum we implement at Pushpa Basnet’s The Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC). For the full Top 10 and the video, check out https://www.austinclassicalguitar.org/top-10-list-2017/

20/12/2017

Thank you Austin Classical Guitar for sharing our guitar program at The Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC). And thank you for providing us full access to your invaluable curriculum resources at guitarcurriculum.com.

Nepal In 2006, Pushpa Basnet founded the Early Childhood Development Center, a special home in Nepal for children whose parents are incarcerated. Due to overcrowding in Nepal’s orphanages, these young people are often left to live with their parents in prison or by themselves on the streets. In re...

29/11/2017

As comes to a close, please consider supporting music education in Nepal by donating at https://www.gharanamusicfoundation.org/donate And please check out this video to learn more about our work and our vision at GMF.

Gharana Music Foundation is a nonprofit organization that works to enrich lives by expanding opportunities for music education and exposure in Nepal.

09/11/2017

Members of the Crescendo Orchestra, Kathmandu’s most active youth orchestra, catching up with Gharana Music Festival resident conductor Thomas Martin on his last day in Kathmandu. A great job done by all, and we at Gharana Music Foundation look forward to our continued work with this inspiring young ensemble!

07/11/2017

Last Saturday at the Gharana Music Festival we had back to back workshops for students throughout the day. Check out this high energy class on improvisation with RighteousGIRLS. It was great to have young musicians from the Crescendo orchestra there, as well as our guitar quartet from The Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) among others.

05/11/2017

We”re extremely proud of our student guitar quartet from the The Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC). After eleven days featuring seven concerts by more than twenty acclaimed international and national musicians, eight different masterclasses and workshops and two different cities, they gave the single most meaningful performance to a packed hall as the grand finale of the Gharana Music Festival 2017.

03/11/2017

It was an honor to present two truly mesmorizing performances by Brendan Evans and RighteousGIRLS this evening under the moon. Tomorrow marks the conclusion of the Gharana Music Festival 2017. It's been an incredible eleven day journey and we're excited to finish with a full day of free workshops and masterclasses running from 10 AM to 5 PM, followed by a student performance featuring Kathmandu's youth orchestra and Gharana Music Foundation's guitar students from the The Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC).

03/11/2017

TONIGHT! Don’t miss classical guitarist Brendan Evans and piano & flute duo RighteousGIRLS at Le Sherpa at 5:30 PM. Tickets Rs. 1500, student discount Rs. 350