The Karnataka College of Percussion (KCP) is a music school in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, which is dedicated to the teaching of the Carnatic percussion and vocal music of South India. It was founded in approximately 1964 by the mridangam player T. A. S. Mani.

The college features a percussion ensemble called Tala Tarangini, which has performed throughout Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia, and which has collaborated with numerous jazz rock musicians, including Charlie Mariano, Okay Temiz, Iain Ballamy, Dissidenten, and Embryo.

Karnataka College of Percussion

Discography

1979/80 Reise Schneeball with Embryo

1981 Sangam (Eigelstein) with C. Mariano and Louis Banks

1983 Jyothi with C. Mariano

1980 Life with Embryo and C. Mariano

1982 Germanistan with Dissidenten

1983 Germanistan Tour 83 with Dissidenten

1994 The Jungle Book with Dissidenten

1995 Shiva Ganga with Dr. Raghavendra

1997 Blue Glass with C. Hinze

1999 River Yanuma

2000 Bangalore Wild with David Rothenberg

2002 The Great Train Journey with Dr. Ragavendra and C. Mariano

2005 Om Keshav with C. Mariano

2013 Yoga Music on Sitar and Veena

External links

Karnataka College of Percussion page

Karnataka College of Percussion page

Video

Karnataka College of Percussion videos

Carnatic music

Music schools in Bangalore

Colleges in Bangalore

Educational institutions established in 1964

Percussion organizations

High schools and secondary schools in Bangalore

1964 establishments in India

Karnataka College of Percussion