Studio 06
Create, Communicate & Collaborate with Music
Tap into creativity through music and the performing arts
Six days of listening, writing, music-making, instrument-building, and a final group performance.
When
20–25 July 2026
Six full days · 10am–5pm
Where
CU Global Campus
Devanahalli, Bengaluru
You earn
2 Credits
Certificate of Completion
for external participants
Open to
All Students
UG, PG, PhD across schools + external participants
What you’ll do
Engage with music and the performing arts as a way to develop your creative, communicative, and collaborative abilities. The course is a series of activities designed to encourage you to think and feel like artists do — where creativity is treated as a muscle developed through regular practice. You’ll also have space for reflection through writing, listening, and mindfulness, with the aim of bringing more clarity to your academic and life journey.
What you’ll make
A portfolio comprising:
- A piece of writing (e.g. a story or poem inspired by a piece of music)
- A piece of music created from sound samples using free software
- A simple musical instrument model made from found objects and materials
- A group performance
Your six days
| Mon | Introductions, ice-breakers, active listening and writing. Understanding your creative strengths; sharing talent. |
| Tue | Knowledge deep-dive — genres, musical elements, history. Elements of a performance; ideating on the final presentation. (Ideally this session at the IME museum.) |
| Wed | Rasa — theory, evolution, expression in music. Interpreting a traditional story using music, movement, and theatre. Scripting and dividing work for the final performance. |
| Thu | Music software — basics of DAWs, using sound samples and a free online tool to create a piece of music. Starting rehearsals for final performance. |
| Fri | Musical instruments — principles, classification, listening. Creating an instrument model from found objects. Performance rehearsals. |
| Sat | Final presentation. |
Mornings and afternoons are differently themed each day. Sessions run full-day (approx. 10am–5pm).
How you’ll be assessed
On in-class participation, the process of developing your portfolio, and the final portfolio itself.
Your instructor
Manasi Prasad
Founder Director, Indian Music Experience Museum
Manasi Prasad is a Carnatic vocalist with over two decades of concert experience and the Founder Director of the Indian Music Experience Museum, India’s first interactive music museum. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Science and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore — famously turning down a campus offer from Goldman Sachs to pursue her passion for music.
Her gurus include Ganakalabhushana R. K. Padmanabha (Bangalore) and Dr. Sriram Parasuram (Chennai). She has performed across six continents at venues including the Madras Music Academy December season, the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival, Shanmukhananda Fine Arts Mumbai, and Bangalore Gayana Samaja. She is an empanelled artist of the ICCR, has received the Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar from the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and the Ganakalashree Award from Karnataka Ganakala Parishat.
Registration Opens
20th May 2026
- Free for CU students
- Paid for external participants
Questions about a Studio?
Reach out to the Studios Coordinator. Happy to talk through any of the courses, what to expect day-to-day, or whether a particular Studio fits where you are in your learning right now.
Studios Coordinator
Anand K Sharma
cu.studios@chanakyauniversity.edu.in
+91 88930 33233
Campus
Chanakya University Global Campus
NH-648, Haraluru–Polanahalli
Near Kempegowda Intl. Airport
Devanahalli, Bengaluru — 562165