"I draw strength from the traditions of all those who, with every reason to despair, have refused to do so. " Adrienne Rich, poet
Nisha Purushotham is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and artist educator based in Boston, MA. She is a classically trained pianist who learned and performed works from the Baroque, Romantic and Classical periods. Since 1998, she has studied Afro-Caribbean and North Indian percussion traditions with master drummers from Cuba, Dominican Republic, and India including Robertico Arias, Daniel Alfonso Hererra, Reynaldo Gonzalez, Nitin Mitta and Christorpher Pereji. She is a Folk Arts Fellow of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and former Fellow of the Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.
In 2000, she founded The Rhythm and Roots Project which builds community, animates creative expression, nurtures cultural knowledge, and inspires social change. Since its inception, the project has engaged hundreds of participants in over 50 schools, universities, non-profit and arts organizations, churches and retreat centers through the North East of the US. For more information about Nisha's work, past and present, please visit her linkedin site. Please contact Nisha to book workshops, residencies, presentations, and performances.
