Bandish School of Music

Bandish School of Music is a Music School in Aurora, IL, located at 3411 Bradbury Cir. The school teaches Indian classical, contemporary, devotional, folk, and Bollywood music to all age groups, serving beginners, intermediate, and advanced students. It offers both in-person and online music classes, with a curriculum focused on strengthening fundamentals in Indian Raga music, including concepts of ragas, sargam, taal, and ornamentations. Services include vocal training, genre-based singing styles such as classical, semi-classical, Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrul geeti, Bollywood songs, folk, devotional bhajans, and Bangla adhunik songs, as well as vocal grooming techniques and audio recording in their music studio. The school holds a 5.00 rating based on customer reviews.

The school was founded by Swagata Dey Banerjee, an Indian classical, contemporary, devotional, folk, and Bollywood singer. She holds a Sangeet Visharad degree from Sarva Bharatiya Charukala Mandir in India and trained in Hindustani classical music under notable artists including Padma Bhushan recipient Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Sri Jayanta Sarkar, and Smt. Alakananda Chowdhury. Her performance background includes appearing as a contestant on Indian music reality shows Zee Bangla Saregapamapa in 2012, where she received "best performer of the day" four times, and Colors Bangla Great Music Gurukul in 2015. In 2019, she won the Voice of Chicago contest organized by the Bengali Association of Greater Chicago. Since 2012, she has performed in live music concerts and television shows across the United States and India.

The curriculum provides guidance to strengthen skills in vocal training, genre-based singing, and vocal grooming techniques. Students learn the history of Hindustani classical music, basic concepts of Sargam and Taal, and Riyaaz techniques, practicing with electronic tanpura and tabla. The school offers a 30-minute complimentary first session that includes a free skill assessment. Operations run from Monday to Sunday, 10am to 8pm Central time. Contact is available by phone at +1 4846862056 or +1 4846862572, or by email at [email protected].

The school is recognized for its positive rating from customers who have reviewed it, reflecting the quality of instruction and student satisfaction. With a founder who has performed alongside notable artists and won regional contests, the school brings professional-level expertise to its local students in Aurora.

Bandish School of Music brings professional Indian musical training to Aurora, IL, combining rigorous classical fundamentals with accessible contemporary styles for students of all levels.

Bandish School of Music sits on Bradbury Cir in Aurora, IL, about a quarter mile from the FedEx Ship Center and East New York Street. The location is also near Frontenac Park, which lies roughly three tenths of a mile away.