Preetha started learning music at the age of 5 with her mother, Smt. Kalyani Seshadri. Later she continued her training with Sri. A.S.Panchapakesha Iyer, Smt. T.R. Balamani and Smt.Radha Warrier, in Mumbai. Currently she is pursuing her music studies with Smt. S. Sowmya. Preetha has won many prizes and has performed in many places. She was a lecturer at the San Jose State University, School of Music and Dance, teaching a class called “Combined Arts and Improvization”. She is also a seasoned Bharatanatyam dancer. She is the director of Kalaniketan School of Indian Music and Dance in Cupertino and has been teaching both Carnatic vocal and Bharatanatyam for the last 8 years.
Nagaraj started his music education more than 10 years ago at the Vijaya College of Music, Bangalore, India. He continued his advanced music education under Sangeetha Kalarathna Prof.H.V.Krishnamurthy, Principal of the Vijaya College of Music and his son, Ganakalashree Sri.H.K.Venkatram. Nagaraj is currently furthering his musical interests with the bay area's leading musician Smt.Asha Ramesh.
Nagaraj has accompanied artists both in India and in the USA Along with his guru, Sri.H.K.Venkatram, Nagaraj has developed multi-media presentations on the "Life and Times of Sri Muthuswami Dikshithar", "Panchabhutha krithis of Sri Muthuswami Dikshithar" and "Navagraha krithis of Sri Muthuswami Dikshithar". He has also co-authored a multi-media CD on Saint Thyagaraja's Pancharathna krithis.
He had his initiation into the mridangam under Sri M.A.Krishnamurthy in Mysore in 1980. He then continued to learn under Sri M.K.Venugopal, a student of H.P.Ramachar in Bangalore ; during this time, he started playing ghatam as well. In the bay area he received training as well as lot of exposure under Sri Shriram Brahmanandam. Currently he is furthering his knowledge under Sri Neyveli Narayanan.
Ravi has accompanied various artists such as Lalgudi Srimathi Brahmanandam, Prof. T.V.Gopalakrishnan , Sri Papanasam Ashok Ramani, Sri Vidhya Bhushana and his own mother, Ranganayaki Sridharan. Ravi has accompanied Srikanth Chary and Shriram Brahmanandam in Srikanth's CD titled "Tiger and Silk". Ravi has performed in AIR Chennai and on Sun TV.