About Uthra's Contribution and Association

She has brought her extensive solo performance experience in South India from The Rasika Ranjani Sabha, Karaikudi Kamban Vizha, Ramakrishna Mutt, and elsewhere to Melbourne and has presented concert length performances at the Carnatic Music Circle, Laya Vidya Centre, Indian Music Academy of Melbourne, Sydney Music Circle, and several Indian Dance school concerts. Uthra has overseen and directed 11 annual concerts of the Keerthana School of Music.

She has also collaborated and performed with Dr. Priya Srinivasan in contemporary performances at the Treasury Building for Mapping Melbourne Festival, Jaipur Literary Festival in Melbourne (Fed Square), Immigration Museum for the Triennial International Asian Festival AsiaTOPA which included intercultural experimentation with Iranian singer Tabassom Ostad as well as performances at the Showroom Gallery in London, Royal Central School of Drama. She also collaborated with Yiddish singer Inge Mandos, choreographer Dr. Hannah Schwadron and Dr. Priya Srinivasan in Hamburg and Berlin for site specific works at the Gangeviertel, Berlin Wall Memorial, and Church of Reconciliation. Her compositional work includes setting classical and contemporary music for vocalists and dancers alike, including soundscapes for experimental artists.

She is a leader in Indian Migrant Communities of Melbourne and just completed her term as the Secretary of Federation of Indian Music and Dance Association of Victoria. Her primary goal is to work both for the South Asian communities of Melbourne and for wider communities to open minds and hearts through music.