Nad Music Institute

Nad Music Institute
Mukilteo, Washington, US
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Nad Music Institute aspires to bring forth the authentic form of Kirtan as practiced by Sikh Gurus through research and collaboration.

Since 2018, we are actively performing research on basic musical signatures in Guru Granth Sahib like Rag, Dhuniyan, Ghar etc. We offer specialized courses for learning traditional Sikh music under Master-Disciple tradition (Guru-Shishya parampara). In 2024, we organized a three-day International Kirtan Conference at Punjabi University, Patiala in which 25 research papers were presented by scholars from six different countries. The conference set a mielstone for research in Sikh musicology.

Our Focus

  • Develop easy to follow courses for vocal and instrumental training 
  • Vocal singing techniques based upon traditional forms of Indian music
  • Instrumental training on traditional string and percussion Indian musical instruments
  • Perform research, publish papers and books on traditional Sikh music 
  • Research on critical aspects of Sikh music like Ghar, Dhuniyan etc. 
  • Publish research papers in leading journals 
  • Facilitate publication of high quality books on Sikh music 
  • Inspire next generation of researchers and practitioners in music 
  • Deliver music presentations at Conferences, Camps, Universities and Colleges 
  • Provide scholarships to selected Sikh music Major Students 
  • Synergize existing music organizations and musicologists 
  • Collaborate with leading musicians, researchers and music societies of the world 
  • Integrate resources for Sikh music learning 

Please visit www.NadMusic.org for details of past, current and future projects.

Please donate generously. Nad Music Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and your donations are tax exempt.

  • 10/25/2021

    2021 Progress

    This year, celebrating 400th Prakash Purab of Guru Teg Bahadar Sahib, we launched a Kirtan Album – Rags of Guru Teg Bahadar Sahib. In this album, we created compositions of 17 Sabads in 17 Rags and collaborated with 10 musicians to professionally record these sabads. The main feature of this album was that in all of these sabads, we used Pakhawaj – a rhythmic instrument used in Kirtan during the time of Guru Teg Bahadar Sahib. This is the first ever effort to record Sabads of Guru Teg Bahadar Sahib in all Rags with Pakhawaj. The album received numerous positive reviews and life changing experiences from around the world. You can listen to the sabads on Gurbani Media Center, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, JioSavn, Pandora, Deezer.

    We also published a paper on “Guru Teg Bahadar Sahib di Kirtan Shailly” in Kav Shashtar. Kav Shashtar is a  well respected peer reviewed journal in Punjab and is circulated in all major universities and colleges. In this paper, we described the Kirtan training of Guru Teg Bahadar Sahib and uniqueness of his bani from Kirtan perspective.

Name Donate Amount Date
G. S. $25.00 November 2024
Jasvir Singh $100.00 November 2024
Jaspreet Singh $200.00 November 2024
Gagan Singh $250.00 November 2024
J. K. $200.00 November 2024
Emendeep Singh $500.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Sukhjit Minhas $170.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Harshwinder Singh $400.00 November 2024
Match Fund $100.00 November 2024
Swapandeep Singh $100.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Amit Kohli $400.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Jagwinder Brar $400.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Amandeep Saranda $400.00 November 2024
Match Fund $250.00 November 2024
Bhupinder Singh $250.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Anonymous $400.00 November 2024
Match Fund $100.00 November 2024
Ashvinder Chilana $100.00 November 2024
Match Fund $250.00 November 2024
Gurpreet Dhiman $250.00 November 2024
Baldev Singh Dhiman $200.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
P. D. $400.00 November 2024
T. C. $630.00 November 2024
Gagan Ghuman $400.00 November 2024
G. S. $25.00 October 2024
Match Fund $25.00 October 2024
Anonymous $25.00 October 2024
G. S. $25.00 September 2024
G. S. $25.00 August 2024
Match Fund $50.00 August 2024
Rupy Rihal $50.00 August 2024
G. S. $25.00 July 2024
G. S. $25.00 June 2024
G. S. $25.00 May 2024
G. S. $25.00 April 2024
G. S. $25.00 March 2024
G. S. $25.00 February 2024
G. S. $25.00 January 2024
G. S. $25.00 January 2024
G. S. $25.00 November 2023
Match Fund $75.00 November 2023
Match Fund $75.00 November 2023
G. S. $25.00 October 2023
G. S. $25.00 September 2023
G. S. $25.00 August 2023
G. S. $25.00 July 2023
G. S. $25.00 June 2023
G. S. $25.00 May 2023
G. S. $25.00 April 2023
G. S. $25.00 March 2023
G. S. $25.00 February 2023
G. S. $25.00 January 2023
G. S. $25.00 December 2022
Administrator Dasvandh Network $1,140.00 December 2022
G. S. $25.00 November 2022
Gaganpreet Thind $550.00 November 2022
Match Fund $100.00 November 2022
Gurmeet Kaur $100.00 November 2022
G. S. $25.00 October 2022
Match Fund $466.00 October 2022
Harpinder Singh Randhawa $466.00 October 2022
G. S. $25.00 September 2022
Match Fund $300.00 September 2022
Anonymous $300.00 September 2022
Match Fund $200.00 September 2022
Tarlochan Dhillon $100.00 September 2022
G. S. $25.00 August 2022
G. S. $25.00 July 2022
G. S. $25.00 June 2022
G. S. $25.00 May 2022
G. S. $25.00 April 2022
G. S. $25.00 March 2022
G. S. $25.00 February 2022
G. S. $25.00 January 2022
Administrator Dasvandh Network $400.00 December 2021
Anonymous $50.00 December 2021
G. S. $25.00 December 2021
Administrator Dasvandh Network $960.00 December 2021
G. S. $25.00 November 2021
Anonymous $50.00 November 2021
Shamninder Kaur $50.00 November 2021
G. B. $45.00 November 2021
Anonymous $50.00 November 2021
Match Fund $50.00 November 2021
Match Fund $300.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $100.00 November 2021
Raghbir Sandhu $100.00 November 2021
M. J. $400.00 November 2021
Sikh Community Fund $600.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Sarabjit Singh $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $50.00 November 2021
Ravinder Thind $50.00 November 2021
Gurmeet Kaur $100.00 November 2021
Match Fund $50.00 November 2021
Anonymous $50.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Harpreet Singh $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Jasjeet Kaur $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $100.00 November 2021
Guriqbal Singh $100.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $250.00 November 2021
Bhupinder Singh $250.00 November 2021
Match Fund $250.00 November 2021
Balwant Aulck $250.00 November 2021
Match Fund $150.00 November 2021
Anonymous $150.00 November 2021
Match Fund $50.00 November 2021
Sarmanjit Dhaliwal $50.00 November 2021
Match Fund $100.00 November 2021
Mohan Singh Sawhney $100.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Sevak Singh $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $200.00 November 2021
Jaspreet Kaur $200.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
R. K. $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Baldev Dhiman $500.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
manpreet chadha $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
arinder chadha $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Manjit Singh $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $250.00 November 2021
Tripat Chawla $250.00 November 2021
Bikrampal Pannu $300.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Amrik Singh $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $100.00 November 2021
Tara Gardiner $100.00 November 2021
Match Fund $200.00 November 2021
Jagjit Singh $200.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Deepbella Khalsa $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Prabh Dilbar $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
DeepBella Kaur $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $200.00 November 2021
Jaskaran Singh $200.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Varinder Kaur $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Ish Singh $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Jasdeep Singh $400.00 November 2021
Match Fund $400.00 November 2021
Harshwinder Singh $400.00 November 2021
Karandeep Anand $400.00 November 2021
G. S. $25.00 October 2021
G. S. $25.00 September 2021
G. S. $25.00 August 2021
G. S. $25.00 July 2021
G. S. $25.00 June 2021
G. S. $25.00 May 2021
G. S. $25.00 April 2021
G. S. $25.00 March 2021
G. S. $25.00 February 2021
G. S. $25.00 January 2021
Match Fund $25.00 December 2020
GP Singh $1,000.00 December 2020
G. S. $25.00 December 2020
Match Fund $100.00 November 2020
G. S. $25.00 November 2020
Harbans Lal $500.00 November 2020
Barinderjit Virk $250.00 November 2020
Match Fund $250.00 November 2020
Harpreet S $250.00 November 2020
Match Fund $101.00 November 2020
Parminder Dhillon $101.00 November 2020
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