Discipline: Music Composition

Kamala Sankaram

Discipline: Music Composition
Region: Bronx, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2013

Kamala Sankaram worked on her second opera, THUMBPRINT, based on the life of Mukhtar Mai. Her first opera, MIRANDA, premiered at HERE Arts Center in January 2012, and was praised by The New York Times as "strikingly original."

Studios

Watson

Kamala Sankaram worked in the Watson studio.

Built in 1916 in memory of Regina Watson of Chicago, a musician and teacher, this studio was donated by a group of her friends, along with funds for its maintenance. Originally designed to serve as a composers’ studio with room for performance, Watson was used as a recital hall for chamber music for a…

Learn more