Neecia Majolly
Neecia Majolly is an Indian concert pianist, conductor, singer, teacher and composer.
Education
Majolly holds an Associate of La Salle from the SIA College of the Arts, Singapore in both performance and principles of teaching, an Associate of the London College of Music in music theatre, a Licentiate of the Trinity College, London in piano, voice and principles of teaching, a Licentiate of the Royal School of Music, London in piano, and the Fellowship of the Trinity College, London in piano.Music career
Majolly had several solo performances in Malaysia, Singapore, Western Australia, Brunei, Sweden, USA and India, and accompanied Russian-American violinist Galina Heifetz through India.As a piano teacher and vocal coach, Majolly has taught at the Delhi School of Music and the Bangalore School of Music. She mainly teaches privately in Bangalore, where she has been living since 1995. Majolly was the President of the Bangalore Society of Performing Arts, which she founded in 2000, but had to be shut down because of bankruptcy, and was an artistic adviser to the National Philharmonic of India. She also worked as radio presenter of Western Classical Music in New Delhi from 1993 till 1994, as well as critiquing for Deccan Herald and The Indian Express, from 1995 till 1996. She was an All-Karnataka representative of the London College of Music Examinations.
Majolly is the Founder-Trustee of the Majolly Music Trust. The Trust was founded in 2011, to teach young people classical music, fund scholarships for students, open a stage for new artists and provide a pension for retired artists.
Under her baton, two choirs, Madrigals, Etc which specializes in music from the Renaissance period and the Camerata, have "earned a firm reputation in India for being unique in their choice of repertoire and quality of presentation". In 2001 the Camerata-choir staged Handels' "Messiah" in a "mammoth performance" in Bangalore, a comparable event didn't happen in India since then. In October 2009 the choir launched the first ever western classical music album in India, called The Renaissance Begins.
Neecia Majolly's piano album titled "Pure Spa Gold Coast" was published with Universal Audio, USA in 2012, followed by her alternative rock indie-album "Please" in 2017, which was released by her band The Majolly Project. Her third choir, Femusica, which was formed in 2019, is an all-women choir exclusively performing music by women composers. They made their debut in Chennai in September 2019, their performance included the world premiere of Majolly's song "Haiku 1" for mezzo soprano and piano.
In 2021 she founded the Neecia Majolly Centre for Performing Arts in Bangalore.