Sanjay
Mishra received his
AAA degree in Music from NVCC's Alexandria Campus. He then
earned a Bachelor of Music from the Peabody Conservatory,
where he was awarded a scholarship and studied with Ray Chester
and Manuel Barrueco.
As composer/guitarist,
Mr. Mishra's discography includes 4 CD's: Blue Incantation
with the world-renowned guitarist, Jerry Garcia; Rescue;The
Crossing; and the Soundtrack to Port Djema. These
works have received outstanding reviews in The Washington
Post, New York Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Billboard,
and Stereo Review, as well as major publications in Europe,
Australia, Asia, New Zealand, Canada, South America, Eastern
Europe, and India. His radio appearances include National
Public Radio, American Public Radio, BBC Radio 1, and New
Sounds.
Mr. Mishra
was awarded "Best Score" for the film Port
Djema at the Hamptons Film Festival chaired by Steven
Spielberg. Other composer/ guitarist performance awards include
the National Endowments for the Arts award in 1991.
Appearances
as an educator and performer include lectures/recitals at
Cornell, Syracuse and New York Universities; Peabody Conservatory;
Metropolitan Museum, New York; the Universities of Virginia
and Maryland; the Smithsonian Festival of India (Washington
D. C.); National Gallery of Art; and, Library of Congress.
He gave lectures/recitals in many area schools through Young
Audiences Virginia from 1981-1984, and the CAPS Program of
Virginia from 1984-1987.
Mr. Mishra
currently teaches as Adjunct Faculty in Applied Music - Guitar,
Basic Musicianship, and World Music. His teaching career dates
from1984; locally he has taught in the Akar Studios and Levine
School of Music.
Voting
member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
(Grammy).
Member
ASCAP
Author:
Guitar Atlas published by Alfred (coming in Fall,
2004)
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