Shankar Mahadevan Academy App for Windows 8

So you think you can be the next ‘voice’ of the country, but your skills need some honing? Now’s your chance to learn music from the maestro himself. With the new Shankar Mahadevan Academy (SMA) app on Windows 8 PCs, distances don’t matter anymore and you can up your skills from the comfort of your home. The SMA app looks and feels much better thanks to the exclusive features available on Windows 8 PC devices. With this app, you not only get free courses, but also learning material in a digital format as well as a ‘Riyaaz Recorder’ that helps gauge your progress. So whether you want to pursue music seriously or just learn for fun, this app has options for everyone – from courses in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music to religious chanting and Indian folk music to Bollywood songs. A highly structured curriculum provides a clear path for progression in music learning with one 45 min online class every week for 12 weeks. Shankar shares, “I am amazed at the clarity and convenience that I just experienced using this app on a Windows 8 device. The richness of my academy's app is superb that helps students take music learning from the desk to convenience of the couch or for that matter a bench in a park. I am extremely happy that we have partnered with Microsoft in bringing this to our current and potential students."


- Dharmishtha Dagia