Hindustani Art Music (Classical): (Duration- 1 year to 8 Years)
Hindustani Art Music is the ancient genre of structured musical form of Northern India. It is one of the unique musical genres that provides with a platform to present one’s creative faculty of music through a pattern that indulges ultimate liberty. Performance here is a constant discovery of one’s creativity which gets honed and developed with formal training. HUM Nishād provides its students an opportunity to learn Hindustani Art Music through structured curricula, able guidance, continuous care, examination, follow-up programme and periodical stage performances through different levels based on an individual’s progress. A student here acquires the ability to improvise musical phrases with the use of basic elements of music like melody and rhythm.
Light Classical: (Duration- 4 years minimum)
This course trains a student to conceptualise and display intricate nuances of voice through mild classical renditions and songs like Thumri, Dadra, Ghazal, Kajri, Kafi, Qawwali etc. Students are also trained here how to perform these genres by paying attention to the techniques of both singing and abhinaya or overall performance including body language.
Folk: (Duration- 2 years minimum)
One of the most ancient musical genres of the world is folk or tribal music. HUM Nishād trains its students how to render folk numbers with appropriate emotion, body language, voice modulation and rustic accentual technicalities. Folk music of Odisha, Bengal, Assam, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhatisgargh, Bihar and many other provinces are taught here. HUM Nishād plans to organise exclusive cultural programmes on folk music.
Devotional/ Bhajan: (Duration- 2 years minimum)
Devotional/cult songs or Bhajans or Shloka chanting is one of the exclusive programmes of HUM Nishād. Students are taught how to develop the emotion of devotion while rendering these songs. Special care and attention is paid to help one develop correct pronunciation of Sanskrit words with apt accent, stress and emotion.
Bollywood: (Duration- 1 year minimum)
Contemporary as well as old Bollywood songs of different legendary artistes are taught thematically to help a student get ready for the toughest stage or media sponsored competitions. A student is groomed as a complete stage as well as studio performer/artiste, much ready for the tough competitive world.
Voice Yoga: (Duration- 6 Months)
This unique course provides the right path to chisel one’s voice and tonal quality. It lays the foundation for acquiring stability, clarity and versatility of voice and tone. It imparts training on how to control breath and produce maximum beauty of voice through modulation, vibration, volume and dexterity.