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MUSIC EDUCATOR

Music Educator Background

MUSIC EDUCATOR

Meagan Pandian — Music Educator & Mentor

Meagan has been teaching music in private lessons since 2005. She joined as the music teaching faculty at the Fazlani La Acadamie Globale international baccalaureate school at the age of 18 where she taught keyboard to grades 2 to 6. She was mentored in the Carl Orff method by her violin teacher and founder of the Bombay Chamber Orchestra Ms Jinni Dinshaw through assisting Ms Jinni in her Orff classes. Meagan also assisted at the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation Discover Music Series for children ages 3 to 8. Meagan has taught violin and piano to both children and adults as well as successfully sent students for exams with both Trinity College London and the Associate Boards of the Royal Schools of Music.

In 2018, Meagan began the Harp India School where she offered lessons to budding harpists in Mumbai as well as supporting them in buying the harp. In 2020, the Harp India school went online as a result of the pandemic resulting in students inquiring for harp lessons in India and internationally. Meagan with the support of her husband Vijay who handles the complete harp import, sale and maintenance of harps, help their students buy harps, provide rental options as well as offer harp maintenance services.

Meagan currently teaches the harp both online and in person at The Harp India School in Mumbai, where she works with students ages five to seventy-five at different stages of their musical journey including preparing them for international harp exams. She has a particular passion for sharing the knowledge, encouragement and mentorship that she herself has received from her teachers. At The Harp India School, Meagan’s work with the harp extends beyond teaching technique and the requirements of the graded exams. She seeks to help students discover the beauty and versatility of the instrument while developing musicianship, musical independence and confidence.

Meagan has given harp workshops at Christ University (Bengaluru), Hindustan International School (Chennai), Alliance Française (Panjim), The Museum of Christian Art (Panjim), Sharada Mandir School, Miramar (Panjim), Pillar Music Academy in both Goa and Mumbai, the Homeless Street Children’s Project of Scot’s Kirk (Mumbai) and kindergartens and schools - both Montessori and traditional across the country.

At the heart of Meagan’s work is a simple belief: music education should cultivate the musician as a whole. Technical ability matters, but so does curiosity, listening, confidence, diligence, creativity and the courage to express oneself. Her own journey across harp, piano, violin and cello, together with her Montessori training, allows her to approach each student as an individual. For Meagan, teaching is more than transferring knowledge. It is about opening doors, nurturing potential and walking alongside a student as they discover what music can become in their own lives.