A Cappella Arrangements

Here are some a cappella arrangements I’ve written or co-written. Many arrangements are mashups of an English song with an Indian-language song (most often Hindi). Most of these pieces were written for the MIT Ohms but I’ve written pieces for other groups as well. My work has been featured on Voices Only, BOCA, and been nominated for the CARAs.

• Jiya Re (o.p.b. A.R. Rahman): YouTube and Spotify, performed by CWRU Dhamakapella. Featured on BOCA 2024, nominated for best jazz/big band song and runner up for best folk/world song in the 2024 CARAs.
• Mayya/Emperor’s New Clothes (o.p.b. A.R. Rahman and Panic! at the Disco): PDF, YouTube, and Spotify
• Aaj Ki Raat (with Rupayan Neogy) (o.p.b Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy): YouTube and Spotify. Featured on Voices Only 2021 Vol. 2.
• Permanent/Ennodu Nee Irundhaal (with Dheekshita Kumar and Smrithi Raman) (o.p.b. Kygo, JHart, and A.R. Rahman): PDF, YouTube, and Spotify
• Naina/Imperfection (with Smrithi Raman) (o.p.b. Vishal Bhardwaj, Evanescence): YouTube and Spotify
• Pehli Baar/(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life (o.p.b. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Bill Medley, and Jennifer Warnes): YouTube and Spotify
• Power in Thodi (o.p.b. Amit Heri, Mani Sharma, Kanye West): YouTube and Spotify
• Power (o.p.b. Kanye West): YouTube and Spotify
• Gangsta (o.p.b. Kehlani): YouTube and Spotify
• Bhare Naina/Sledgehammer (o.p.b. Vishal-Shekhar and Rihanna): Audio
• Sucker (with Hannah Loizzo) (o.p.b. Jonas Brothers)
• Here We Go Again (o.p.b. Demi Lovato)
• Wildest Dreams (o.p.b. Taylor Swift)
• Mitwa/Fireflies (o.p.b. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Owl City)
• Wait For It/Alvida (o.p.b. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pritam)

Miscellaneous

I was a music concentrator (i.e. minor-minor) at MIT, and had a chance to take lots of music and theatre classes, with a particular focus on composition.

• A string quartet loosely inspired by carnātic music (classical music of South India) for 21M.310 (20th Century Composition), taught by the marvelous Charles Shadle: PDF