Dr. Felicia Youngblood, Associate Professor, Western Washington University (2026):

"...she offers something that is not only presently poignant but continues to grow and settle into their minds and bodies over time. She is indelible—a brilliant musician, a keen scholar and educator, and a thoughtful individual that is dedicated to serving her communities."

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Gus Denhard, Artistic Director, Early Music Seattle (2025):

"Her work as the driving force of the nonprofit Ragamala has tapped into a kind of community building through music that is rarely achieved. I discovered in the process of knowing Srivani Jade that the power of music to bring people together is truly boundless."

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Dr. Patricia Campbell, Professor Emerita UW Ethnomusicology program, for Smithsonian Folklife/World Music Pedagogy (2024):

"Her manner and style of teaching is just so thoughtful, so insightful of what beginners really need, so encouraging. Her sequencing was just beautiful, all the way to the moments when she offered us an opportunity to understand what can happen to a “plainsong” when one ornaments it and improvises upon it. It was an altogether exquisite experience!"

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Jeremy Richards in Think Like an Improviser (2023):

In this episode, Srivani joins Jeremy to share how improvisation is core to her composition and performance--and how those improvised insights inspire every aspect of her life: Letting the Music Speak.

 

Paul Rauch for All Things about Jazz (2016):
"Tagore's cry for freedom is a notion present in all of human culture. In concert with the music of Boshnack, and the genius of Srivani Jade, Prarthona leaves the listener feeling a deep sense of spiritual and cultural clarity...Between verses, and gradually throughout the piece, the mood spirals upwards, colors change, the musical fabric loosens and frees the remarkable instrument that is the voice of Ms. Jade." Read more...

Roxanne Ray for International Examiner (March 2015):
The importance of discipline emerges for Jade as part of music’s independence from each individual musician who practices it. “Music has a mind of its own,” she said. “You don’t ever master it. You learn and practice, but hope and pray that it may one day master you!”
“It’s quite humbling really,” she said.  Read more...
 

Interview: Srivani Jade and Alaia Alessandro discuss Meera's love (includes audio clips, 2013). " Meera shows us that there is a place for passion in everyone's life."
Video here.

Interview: KUOW's Jeremy Richards talks to Srivani about her transition from Engineering to Music, and feeling at home as a Hindustani musician in the Pacific Northwest (2009).
Listen here.