Ashwin Suseendran is a PhD Student in Cross-Cultural Musicology, as well as a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and teacher. His work explores immersive, collaborative experiences for music students, the impacts of live music on communities, improvisational practices, psychedelic culture, and jazz fusion. He performs solo and with bands across California and the Northeastern US, and teaches private lessons and music classes at preschools, elementary schools, and middle schools around the Bay Area.
- Immersive, collaborative experiences for music students
- Impacts of live music on communities
- Improvisational practices
- Psychedelic culture
- Jazz fusion
2022: Regents Fellowship - UCSC
2022: Pennsylvania Music Educators Association/Society for Music Teacher Education Award for Excellence in Scholarship - Temple University
2020: Vice Provost Arts Grant for mridangam, tabla, and fusion research - Temple University
2019: Rida Davis Scholarship for Service in Music Education - Temple University