Education
Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York City, September 2010

Dissertation: “Pannalal Ghosh and the Bansuri in the Twentieth Century.” Advisor: Peter Manuel.

D.M.A. studies in world music at the New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts, September 2000-May 2001

M.F.A., Jazz Instrumental Performance, 1990, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California

B.M., Jazz Composition and Arranging, summa cum laude, 1987, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts

Private studies in North Indian Classical music theory and performance with Nityanand Haldipur (Mumbai, India, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 ), Devendra Murdeshwar (Mumbai, India, 1992-93), Amiya Dasgupta (Valencia, California, 1988-1990), Steve Gorn (New York, 1991-1992, 2000-2001), Dr. George Ruckert (Boston, Massachusetts, 1998-2001)

Private studies in jazz with Jerry Bergonzi (1983-1987), Joe Viola (1985- 1987), George Garzone (1984-1985), James Newton (1988-1990), and Joe Lovano (1987)
 

Professional Experience

College Instructor:
* Online course instructor, Jazz Arranging, Boston University, Boston, MA (2007, 2008, 2009).
* Adjunct Lecturer, Fundamentals of Music, Union County College, Elizabeth, NJ,  (2008).
* Adjunct lecturer, taught Jazz and Rock at John Jay College, New York, New York, 2004
* Guest lecturer in Indian music, Brooklyn College,
Brooklyn, New York, May 2003
* Guest lecturer for “Rhythm and Groove” class, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999
* Assistant teacher, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts, September 2000-May 2001
* Assistant teacher, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, April 1989-May 1990
* Recital and lecture/demonstration on bansuri (Indian flute) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1998

Studio instructor (woodwinds):
* Independent private instruction, saxophone and bansuri (1989 – present).
* The Roosevelt School, Hyde Park, Massachusetts
* The Rivers School, Weston, Massachusetts
* The New School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts
* Independent private instruction on saxophone and bansuri

Professional Performer:
* Currently performing freelance in New York and Boston
* Performance tour in India (2010).
* Performance tour in Germany (2009).
* City of the World series at Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, New York (2009).
* The Indigo and Blues Jazz Festival, Bangalore, India (2009).
* The Mumbai Festival, Mumbai, India (2008).
* The Mood Indigo Festival, Mumbia, India (2007)
* The American Center, Mumbai in Rajkot, India (2007).
* Performed at Jazz Yatra Festival, Bombay, India, 2002
* Performed with Crosscurrent at the Regattabar Jazz
Festival, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998, 2000
* Performed with Divya at:
* The CRY Jazz Festival, Bombay, India, 1997
* Thailand International Jazz Festival, 1996
* Jazz Yatra festival, Bombay, India, 1996
* Tokyo Summer Jazz Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 1993
* Malaysian Jazz Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1993
* Performed with James Newton at the Boston Globe Jazz Festival, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990

Selected Indian Classical Performances:
* Bansuri performance at Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY (2009).
* Bansuri performance at William Patterson University, Patterson, NJ (2007).
* Bansuri performance for Pannalal Ghosh’s birthday celebration at Sangit Mahabharati, Mumbai, India (2005).

Managing editor of the newsletter for the Institute of Studies in American Music, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, 2004-current
 

Selected Recordings
* The Indica Project. Full House. Mumbai, India: The Indica Project (2009).
* Carl Clements. Forth and Back. New York: Saraswati (2005).
* Crosscurrent. Rituals. Boston: Laugh and Jangle Records (2000).
* Eric T. Johnson featuring Crosscurrent. By the Sea. Boston: Laugh and Jangle  Records (1997).
* Divya. Kumbamela. Bombay: Earthbeat Music (1997).
* Steve Kirby. Point of Balance. Amsterdam: A-Records (1997).
* Eric T. Johnson featuring Crosscurrent. The Island. Boston: Laugh and Jangle Records (1996).
* Crosscurrent debut album. Boston: Laugh and Jangle Records (1996). 
 

Publications

* “John Coltrane et l’Integration des Concepts Indiens dans le Jazz Improvise.”  In a forthcoming book publication by Outre Mesure. Paris, France.October, (2008).

* “John Coltrane and the Integration of Indian Concepts in Jazz Improvisation.” In Jazz Research Journal2(2): 155-175 (2008).

* “Indian Concepts in the Music of John Coltrane.” In The Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter, ed. Jeffrey Taylor and Ray Allen. Brooklyn, NY: Institute for Studies in American Music (2007).

* “Musical Interchange between Indian Music and Hip Hop.” In Critical Minded: New Approaches to Hip Hop Studies, ed. Ellie M. Hisama and EvanRapport, 125-41. Brooklyn, NY: Institute for Studies in American Music (2005).