Online Sufi Songs Course - Foundation and Level-up

Q: How much time should a student devote to self-practice on a daily basis?

This course will require practice time outside of lessons. Time spent practicing may vary from 15 minutes per day to an hour, depending on a student’s level of interest. Students who wish to become professional singers will need more hours of practice per day using a different set of exercises and materials than students who are seeking to learn msinging as a hobby. A detailed structure of practice for each student will be discussed and explained during class.

Q: What if a student is unable to attend an upcoming class?

The student is required to inform the teacher about his/her absence from a particular session, two days prior to the class. In such a case, the teacher will reschedule the class and conduct the rescheduled class on or before the end (i.e. Saturday) of the ensuing week or such other time as may be mutually decided between the teacher and the student. In case the student misses to give two days prior notice about his/her absence to the teacher, then the decision to conduct another class for that student is completely based on the teacher’s discretion.

Q: How long will a teacher take to revert to students’ queries after class hours?

Students should get a response within 24 hours if the teacher is not preoccupied or traveling.

Q: What if the teacher wishes to reschedule a class?

If the teacher is unavailable for the scheduled class, he/she will inform the students two days before the class. The teacher will conduct the rescheduled class on or before the end (i.e. Saturday) of the ensuing week or such other time as may be mutually decided between the teacher and the student.

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by Radhika Sood Nayak

12 Years Experience

An ICCR empanelled artiste and an Akashwani artiste, Radhika Sood Nayak has been honoured with the 'Sur Mani' and 'Radio City Super Singer' awards.

US $24 per class |

for 1-on-1, 60 mins class

Recommended: 1 class per week | 12-16 weeks to level up

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Course Summary

A world of wisdom resides in the Sufi poetry of our land. This poetry centers around our search for who we are, our identity beyond the boundaries of religion, caste, gender, our body, the ephemeral nature of life, and the role of the 'Murshid' to show us the path to the divine.

This course delves into the poetry of our Sufi mystics - Baba Farid (13th century), Shah Hussein (16th century), Baba Bulleh Shah, and Hazrat Sultan Bahu (17th century).

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Radhika Sood Nayak

Experience: 12 Years

From: India

Teacher Skill Keywords
Indian Classical Music, Vocal Training, Hindustani Classical Music, Sufi, Sufi Music

About the Course

The highlights of this course include -

Introduction to Sufi Poetry through the beautiful couplets of Baba Farid
The concept of 'Faqeeri' in Sufi poetry - Shah Hussein
Beyond man-made identities and dualities - Baba Bulleh Shah
Our body, a pot of clay - Baba Bulleh Shah
The 'Charkha', a metaphor for the body - Shah Hussein
'I know not who I am' - Baba Bulleh Shah
Role of Murshid - Hazrat Sultan Bahu

About the Teacher

Radhika Sood Nayak - a celebrated Sufi vocalist and composer - discovered her love for Sufi music for the first time through the kalaam of poets Baba Bulleh Shah, Shah Hussain, and Sultan Bahu.

Her journey as a performer started with the Mumbai Kabir Festival. She has since performed at Rajasthan, Malwa & Telangana Kabir Yatras, Kala Ghoda - Make in India Festival, World Sacred Spirit Festival at Nagaur in Rajasthan, Sama’a Festival of Sufi Music at NCPA Mumbai, Old World Theatre Festival at India Habitat Centre in Delhi, Mystic Kalinga Festival in Bhubaneshwar, Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai and Lotus Temple Auditorium in Delhi.

Creating musical narratives around Sufi poetry, and making it accessible beyond the boundaries of language has been Radhika's endeavour since she stepped into the realm of Sufi poetry. She has also presented folk music from Punjab in specially curated concerts. Her interest in Punjabi poets Amrita Pritam and Shiv Kumar Batalvi has led her to curate and weave their work and life stories through music.

Radhika released her first Single ‘Ishq Kamaal’ as Singer and Composer in 2019. In 2020, as she was on the cusp of releasing her first

Music Video ‘AsāN‘, the pandemic changed the course of the music video, which then became a fundraising medium for the ‘Goonj Rahat Covid 19’ campaign. In early 2021, she released ‘Rabba Sacheya’ (a Nazm by Faiz Ahmed Faiz) as a dedication to the farmers of our land.

Radhika's collaborative journeys have led her to Lahore-based artists, Huma Safdar and Abuzar Madhu (Theatre, dance and movement artists), to create two Music videos ~ ‘Sunn Jind Ni’ and ‘Kyon Albeli Katte’, against the backdrop of her composition and vocals with poetry by 16th-century Sufi faqeer Shah Hussein. Another step to unravel the poetry of this Sufi mystic was a music-dance collaboration ‘Faqeer Nimaana’ with Kathak exponent Sanjukta Wagh and musicians Vinayak Netke and Hitesh Dhutia. Radhika has also performed with artists Kailash Kher, Sachin-Jigar, and Anup Jalota as part of a Music ensemble to launch the online ‘Bhakti’ Channel of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur (SRMD).

An Akashvani artiste (India’s National Broadcaster) and ‘Sur Mani’ awardee, Radhika won the ‘Radio City Super Singer’ Award in 2013, run by FM Radio Channel Radio City. Radhika was awarded the 'Distinguished Alumnus' Award in 2017 by her alma-mater XLRI Jamshedpur, a premier Business School of India. Radhika is also an Empanelled Artist with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).

Trained in Hindustani Classical Music at the ‘Gandharva Mahavidyalaya’ in Delhi, Radhika has been a disciple of Shri Dayal Thakur for the last 12 years. After her MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, she worked with Unilever and ANZ Grindlays before immersing herself in music.