The Sangeet Millennium Ensemble, a project founded and led by sitarist Amie Maciszewski, fuses traditional Indian music with jazz and other world music. This work follows the precedent set by her guru, Sarode Maestro Aashish Khan, and his elders, in which players of diverse instruments collaborate to compose, arrange, and perform loosely structured pieces, often based on classical ragas, allowing for considerable improvisation. The ensemble’s artistic work receives support from the City of Austin and Texas Commission on the Arts, among others. The Sangeet Millennium Ensemble was selected among the Top Ten Best Performing Bands/World Music 2010-11 in the Austin Chronicle Readers’ Poll. Their recent CD, “Sangeet Safar,” (2010) is available on CD Baby, abstractlogix.com, and at Waterloo Records in Austin, TX. The ensemble’s first CD, “Shimmering,” was selected as a Texas Top Ten in the Austin Chronicle Music Critics’ Poll 2007 year-end listings.
Sangeet Millennium Ensemble at Whip In 0510
(l-r) Paul Klemperer, Amie, Shiv Naimpally
At Momos World Music Night 0211
(l-r) Jason McKenzie, Amie, Paul Klemperer
Happy to be playing music 0311
(l-r) Amie, David Spann, Jay Srinivasan
At Nehru Centre, London, 0710
(l-r) Yusuf Ali Khan, Louise Elliott, Amie
At Blue Chair Cafe, Edmonton, Alberta 0310
(l-r) Jeremiah McDade, Shannon Johnson, Nikhil Rao, Amie