Murthy's Music Compositions

He graduated from high school at the tender age of 12 and obtained two master degrees by the age of 20.

Murthy is an actor and director with many decades of experience on the stage in India and USA. He has acted in numerous roles encompassing a wide spectrum of styles from comedy to serious characters. He has also done professional make up, costumes design, stagecraft, sound and light effects. His is a musician, music director, musicologist, composer, researcher and inventor in music. His compositions have a wide range of music genres to include Indo Jazz, Western Jazz, Indian Classical, Indian Light, Indo-Western Classical Fusion, Chinese and New Age. He has also developed detailed ideas for revolutionary new musical instruments, incorporating novel features and paradigms.

He is an accomplished public speaker. He has spoken on diverse topics to include music, theatre, literature, science, technology, corporate governance and social topics.

He has lectured, led delegation of world's leading technology experts and has been featured in the press, radio and TV in numerous countries of many continents of the world. He has been a keynote speaker for many international conferences in technology and management areas.

Murthy’s Passion: Acting, Directing, Costumes Design, Make up, Stage Craft, Background Music, Sound Effects, Lighting and Creativity

Murthy has enjoyed theater and volunteering ever since he could barely walk or talk. He has experience in acting many types of roles, costume-design, make-up, lighting, direction and production of simple as well as extensive productions. He has experimented in theater all his life. He has lectured on theater and music in many parts of the world. He has done stand up comedy. He has composed, directed and sang in music groups, including music for dramas, and musical dramas. He has acted and directed in village dramas and modern dramas in India. His work includes mythological, historical, musical, social, and neo-modern plays. He has acted and directed in Maha Bharata (the great Indian mythological epic, and the longest and most ancient poetry in the world), Ramayana, Story of Buddha, Birth of Jesus Christ, and many other plays. He has done leading roles, supporting roles and special appearances in plays. He feels more at home on the stage and the green room, than in his own house.

He has acted in a diversity of roles / characters. Some examples of dramas in Kannada are: banDvaaLvillada baDaayi (TP Kailasam) – became very popular for my role as mudmaNi and was discovered by the famous actor and director Shivaanand, son of gubbi veeraNNa. Received many accolades from make up naaNi, daasharathi deekshit and others for this role.

Nanna thangigondu ganDu koDi (Lankesh) – acted opposite the famous actress Lakshmi Chandrashekhar

Bahishkaara (TP Kailasam) – acted with Gubbi Veeranna’s son Shivanand

Smashaana Kurukshetram Kuvempu (KV Puttappa JnanaPeth awardee) - Direction of this drama many times in India and USA Acting in many roles– Hero Duryodhana; Krishna, Dwaapara, Kali, Ashwathaama

Many Kailasam dramas (TP Kailasam Karna, Keechaka, Ekalavya)

Saththavara Neralu (Popularized by BV Karanth and GV Iyer) – Direction, Music Singer and Seenappa role.

Naagarika (Srinivasa Murthy)- acted in hero role and direction

Echchama Naayaka (Hiranniah- Father of the famous satirist and dramatist Master Hiranniah) –acted in Echchama and Chandkhaan roles

Ellaranthavanalla nana ganda – Music direction and singer

Mahaarathri (Story of Buddha - Kuvempu (KV Puttappa)

Purandara Daasa (parvatha vaaNi) – Hero roleAliya Devaru (Daasharathi Dixit) –narasimhiah’s role

Literature: He has been writing poetry and other forms of literature since his childhood. He has developed some novel paradigms and concepts in literature, which are also applicable and extendible to theater, movies and TV programs. Some examples include Twin Poems, Poem in a Poem, and Novel Communication Concepts (a rare interplay between interaction and indifference).He has taught many courses in English and Kannada (a leading South Indian Language) literature, lectured on a variety of genres on the same stage and panel with many leading authors and professors of literature in India, including some who later on won Jnana Peeth (the highest award in literature in India) award, in his early teen years.

He feels lucky that his poems are taught in American colleges and universities along with legendary poets like: William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Milton, William Shakespeare, Percy Blythe Shelly, Sir Phillip Sidney, Walt Whitman, William Words Worth

Art: He has won numerous Rangoli competitions, and invented novel techniques and added creative dimensions to the traditional Indian art of "sacred" white stone powder design and display.

He has also done Mehendi artwork body decoration in many international art fairs.

Music: He has done some fundamental inventions in Indian Classical Music to include Raaga and Taala illusions. Murthy has developed / invented many new paradigms covering many areas including literature, theater, art, music and brainstorming.

He has taught theory (literature) and music part of Gamaka Vaachana courses for Master and Vidvath levels.

Public Speaking: He has shared stage with the following luminaries:

Sir CV Raman – Nobel Laureate

John Bardeen – Two times Nobel Laureate

Many Presidents of IEEE

Mr. Sam Pitroda (Chairman of Indian Telecom Commission, DOT, C-DOT, and Advisor to Rajeev Gandhi)

Prof UR Rao (Chairman of Indian Space Commission, ISRO and Advisor to Indira Gandhi and Rajeev Gandhi)

Naani Phaalkiwaala – famous attorney, Indian Ambassador to USA, BOD of Tata

FC Kholi – Founder of Tata Consulting Services, BOD of Tata

Swaami Chinmayaananda

Swaami dayaananda Saraswathi

Susheel Kumar Muni – Chief of the Jain Religion

Pramukh Swami Maharaj – Chief of the Gujaraathi Bochaswami Swaami Narayan Group.

Vice Chancellor. H. Narasimhiah, (Ex-Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University) was a founding committee member of the group, which exposed some religious leaders and "miracle makers" in 1970s

Vice Chancellor Chandrashekhara Kambaara - very famous author and dramatist

Subhoda Ramarao – Legend scholar and publisher of Daasa Saahithya

Prof. SK Ramachandra Rao – Expert in many literary genres and topics.

KS Narasimha Swamy – Famous Poet

DV Gundappa – Legend poet famous for manku thimmana kagga

Prof. G Venkatasubbiah

Vice Chancellor VK Gokak – jnaana peeth award winner

You may search in GOOGLE search engine with key words "KRS" and "Murthy" to see numerous references to his work, encompassing many areas.

He has developed numerous techniques and many paradigm shifts in Indian Classical Music. Some techniques and paradigm shifts apply to all traditions of music around the world.

He currently has for over 500 compositions to his credit, all original employing his paradigms and techniques. The compositions range from 5 minutes to 50 minutes, with most of them in 10 to 15 minutes range.

The compositions are in the following Yahoo music groups:

1. RhythmicDiversity

2. DivineMusic

3. Natana

4. Naarada

5. Alaapana

6. Exoticrhythms

7. Sweet_Music

8. Naarada

9. ChineseMelody

You need to sign up and be a group member (FREE) of any one or all of the above music groups to listen to music in this group

You will be able to listen to my music compositions by choosing any one or more music group and going to 'Files'

There are many folders containing music. You need to have any one of the following media players, downloadable FREE from many websites like www.download.com

1. Windows Media Player - Even though this is one of the better players, it is better for you to save the MIDI file for a particular composition on my website onto your computer and then play.

2. WinAmp

3. Apple QuickTime Player - This player seems to launch readily and quickly.

Please make sure to choose one of these player as the DEFAULT player in the selection options on your computer.

Murthy’s works on the internet

http://murthy2001.tripod.com/theatre/index.html