Projects
Street Symphony
A Project Grounded in Dignity, Listening, and Shared Humanity
As the founding artistic director of Street Symphony, Vijay is a nationally celebrated leader in how music can be a transformative force for humanity, connection and hope. From prisons, county jails and LA’s Skid Row to concert halls, campuses, and companies across the world, Vijay’s work is the embodiment of the generous, generative power of music to heal the world - and ourselves.
visit websiteDarshan Piano Trio
The Darshan Piano Trio, co-founded by Vijay with pianist Dominic Cheli and cellist Yoshika Masuda, is an innovative ensemble that combines deep musical storytelling with intellectual rigor, cross-cultural programming, and engaging narrative frameworks. The trio’s work features multimedia components, thematic concerts, and artist dialogues designed for campus residencies, chamber series, and interdisciplinary forums.
Through performance, masterclasses, and lecture-recitals, Darshan Trio provides presenting organizations with a versatile vehicle for artistic excellence and thoughtful inquiry. Their programs have appeared in major cultural venues and festival series with critical acclaim for their depth, accessibility, and creative frame.
Artist-in-Residence & Institutional Collaborations
Vijay’s record as an Artist-in-Residence highlights his capacity to embed artistic practice deeply within institutional ecosystems. Most recently, he served as Educational Artist-in-Residence with Music Worcester, an organization that fosters inspiring musical experiences and educational opportunities throughout Central Massachusetts. His residency involved collaborations with local schools, community partners, Worcester County Jail & House of Correction programs, ensemble concerts, workshops, and community performances at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA. Through this residency, Vijay sustained a laboratory for exploring music’s impact in educational settings, correctional institutions, community groups, and concert audiences alike.
Visit WebsiteSpeaking, Lecture-Performances & Keynotes
Vijay is a sought-after speaker and thought leader whose talks weave insights from neuroscience, social justice, musical practice, and human flourishing. He has delivered keynotes, lecture-performances, and invited talks at academic institutions, professional conferences, medical and public health forums, and corporate leadership gatherings. His presentations frame listening, attention, care, creativity, and resilience through the lens of systematic research, artistic practice, and lived experience.
Vijay’s speaking engagements enrich curricula, spark campus dialogues, and offer presenters compelling content for convocation series, leadership seminars, and interdisciplinary forums.
Restrung: Book-Anchored Residencies & Workshops
Anchored by Vijay’s forthcoming memoir Restrung, this project interweaves themes of practice, failure, vocation, attention, and transformation into formats that include readings, panel discussions, masterclasses, performance segments, and reflective workshops. Restrung residency programs invite students, faculty, and communities to explore how narrative and sound intersect in making meaning. These engagements are designed for humanities departments, writing programs, arts and social justice initiatives, and interdisciplinary residencies that seek to combine scholarly inquiry with creative exploration.
Teaching & Educational Intensives
Vijay offers intensive educational experiences that support advanced performance students, interdisciplinary learners, and institutions seeking innovative curriculum design. These intensives include performance labs, seminar series on listening and cognition, practice methodology workshops, and co-designed modules that bridge artistic craft with broader intellectual inquiry. Delivered as multi-day or week-long engagements, these programs enrich conservatory training, university music departments, first-year experience programs, and liberal arts initiatives that value deep engagement with craft and meaning.
Interdisciplinary & Special Projects
Vijay’s work continually extends beyond traditional performance models to include cross-arts collaborations integrating dance, literature, and visual media with sound and narrative. These large-scale creative platforms are shaped for festivals, civic humanities initiatives, and institutional series that foreground hybrid forms of inquiry and expression. By crafting experiences that connect musicians with scholars, dancers, writers, and community advocates, these projects offer presenters a model for residency programming that is rich, inclusive, and future-oriented.
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