News/Events

UPCOMING:

Summer 2019:

• Performances on sitar/surbahar with Indian classical vocalist Mandar Phatak — July 16 (Live Oaks Meeting House, Houston Heights) watch here for updates and concert information!

RECENT EVENTS and PROJECTS:

Spring 2019:

• Dr. Monds is now teaching at The Overture School of Music (Houston, TX) in piano and classical guitar
• New work, Laurel, for percussion nonet completed commissioned by Dr. Brady Spitz
• Sitar performances at Durgabari (Houston, TX) and the Stafford Community Center for the Indian Music Society Ghar Bhaitak

Winter 2019:

• October 2018 to January 2019 – Residency in India (Mumbai and Kolkata) for Wagoner Research Grant

Fall 2018:

• • 30 November 2018 – Stude Concert Hall (Houston, TX) – Premiere of Submarinul Iertat with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

Recording now available:

Summer 2018:

• New collaboration with the Bayou Bend Gardens (Museum of Fine Arts Houston) announced. More updates forth coming on a “walking concert experience” through the gardens.

Spring 2018:

• Recipient of the 2018 Cooper Prize for Orchestral Compositions (Rice University) for Submarinul Iertat for large orchestra
• Recipient of a Wagoner Foreign Research Grant through Rice University supporting new research in North Indian Classical instrumental music particularly on contemporary trends in the Imdadkhani sitar gharana