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Founder and Artistic Director of Shivaranjani School of Music LLC, managing:

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• Artistic direction and curriculum leadership

• Educational quality and faculty oversight

• Institutional vision and long-term strategic direction

• Oversight of performance initiatives, participation and learning certificates, and ethnomusicology programs

• Community and cultural partnerships with temples and organizations

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Smt. Srividya Yagnaraman started her vocal music training at the age of 5. She learnt in the Mysore bani from Sri Satya of Pranava Music College, Bangalore and Smt. Rathna Shivashankar, H.O.D of Music, Maharani's College, Bangalore and specialized in learning the Mysore compositions of Sri Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar and Sri. Mutthaiyya Bhagavathar. She is under the tutelage of  Smt. Lalgudi Rajalakshmi, a highly respected violin and vocal musician and guru of the Lalgudi lineage and Smt. Vidya Subramanian, a renowned music educator and entrepreneur. She also underwent special Layam training under Sri Kolkata Srinivasan.

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She regularly participated and won several accolades at The Gayana Samaja, Kamala Music Academy and other prestigious platforms in Bangalore.

 

She is one of the founders of the Milwaukee Tyagaraja Aradhana committee established in 2006 and has been working diligently to generate and motivate Carnatic Music interest in children and music enthusiasts. She has performed in various concerts in and around the Greater Milwaukee and Chicago areas and the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex.

 

As part of Shivaranjani School Of Music's several initiatives, she instituted a program called the "Poorva Peetika", a debut Carnatic Music concert series. This program also identifies upcoming accompanying artists and trains them toward the concert.

 

Srividya also regularly provides vocal support for Bharatanatyam arangetrams, Salangai Poojais and dance productions in prestigious platforms including the Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana, Milwaukee Tyagaraja Aradhana.

 

Outside of her music career, she holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering and currently works as a Manager of Software Engineering.