This presentation by Cory Maxwell, an undergraduate student at Harvard University, was created as part of his final project for a course on classical Chinese ethics and philosophy. Cory began studying Karnatak music in the autumn of 2024 at Harvard University and later undertook a six-week intensive training in vina and vocal music with Dr. Karaikudi Subramanian at Brhaddhvani in the summer of 2025. Following a note by Dr. Karaikudi Subramanian, Cory speaks about how this experience, along...