Mysore, Jan.17
Youngsters, especially girls, are evincing keen interest in instrumental music nowadays, and do not hesitate to form bands to showcase their talents.

The 16-year-old Jammada Simran Ayanna, a class XI student (Commerce stream) of St. Hilda’s School, Ooty and an alumnus of St. Joseph’s Central School, Vijayanagar (passed out in 2012), is one such outgoing young lass who is both an avid vocalist and percussionist. She is also a member of the band ‘Humble Harmony.’

Simran, the only girl percussionist in Mysore city, developed interest in music at a very early age and started drumming seriously for the past 5 years ever since she attended a Shivamani concert at the Mysore Dasara festival. She has been groomed in music by John Siri of J.B. Musicals-fame in Gokulam.

Presently, she is under the tutelage of the renowned percussionist of Chennai Muralikrishnan, who runs the famous percussion school Jus Drums at Chennai. Simran also performs with her band ‘Humble Harmony’ where she drums and doubles as a vocalist. The band performed at the Mall of Mysore on Jan.5. Simran is fond of English music and also sings Hindi and Kannada numbers with equal flair. TWhe band Humble Harmony has Suraj as vocalist & lead guitarist, Manoj as vocalist and percussionist and Varun as bass guitarist.

Simran, who was in city on a month-long vacation, also sang Rolling in the Deep, the Grammy Award winning number of 2012 originally sung by Adele, at the MTV Unplugged show of Benny Dayal held on Jan. 11 at Windflower Resorts, Mysore.

Apart from her interest in music, she is also a good table tennis player who has represented her school in the Nationals. Now she plays for Hilda’s School and is District Number 2 in Nilgiris.

Simran is the second daughter of Jammada Ganesh Ayanna and Sandhya Ayanna (Kokkalera), residents of V.V. Mohalla here and grand-daughter of Jammada M. Poonacha & Gangamani Poonacha.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> General News / January 17th, 2013