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about the album
This album features 6 original compositions and arrangements written for a large mixed voice choral group, performed by The Indian Choral Ensemble, composed and arranged by Kalyani Nair. The choral arrangements have intricate 6-8 part harmonies while the melodies have an Indian flavour which has given rise to a new age, contemporary choral sound to the whole album. In addition, the varied guest feature collaborations in each of the tracks, ranging from world class orchestras like Budapest Scoring Orchestra to well-acclaimed solo instrumentalists from India like The One Man String Quartet and addition of band instruments like Acoustic Guitars, Electric Bass, Drums and Keys by notable Indian musicians, makes the album unique.
listen to the album
film work
In the last 2-3 years, we have worked alongside several film composers, both as small and large ensembles, in some of the most popular films like Manjummel Boys and Kalki to name a few. More details on our film works are below.
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Bougainvillea (17 Oct 2024) - Malayalam - Song : Maravikale / Music Dir.: Sushin Shyam
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BenZ (2025) - Tamil - Songs / Music Dir.: Sai Abyankar
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Manjummel Boys (2 Feb 2024) - Malayalam - Background Score / Music Dir.: Sushin Shyam
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Kalki 2878 AD (2024) - Multilingual - Background Score & Songs / Music Dir.: Santhosh Narayanan
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Suriya Movie Trailer Santhosh
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Maaveeran ( 9 May 2023) - Tamil - Trailer Theme & Song: “Vaa Veera” / Music Dir.: Bharath Sankar
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Maarivillin Gopurangal (2023) - Malayalam - Trailer Theme / Music Dir.: Vidyasagar
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Joe (8 August 2023) - Tamil - Background Score and Songs / Music Dir.: Siddhu Kumar (no youtube links)
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2018 (2023) - Malayalam - Trailer Theme / Music Dir.: Nobin Paul
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Bharath Shankar Female Only Chorus - Dhoora vaane
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Por Sachi Strings 21st Feb 2024 - BGM
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Natchithiram Nagargiradhu - Paruvame, Rangarattinam
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The Village (6 July 2023) - Tamil Web Series - Background Score & Songs / Music Dir.: Girishh Gopalakrishnan
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Story of Things (2023) - Tamil Web Series - Background Score / Music Dir.: Madley Blues (no youtube links)
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1947 (2022) - Tamil - Background Score / Music Dir.: Sean Roldan (no youtube links)
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BP, Keeravani 1st September 2023 (youtube links?) - KALYANI
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Killer Soup (2023) - Hindi Web Series - Background Score / Music Dir.: Aravind Murali (no youtube links)
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Charan Kannada Trailer (15 Aug 2023) (youtube links?) - APARNA
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Iraivan (12 August 2023) - Tamil - Background Score / Music Dir.: Yuvan Shankar Raja (No youtube links)
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TEST song by Sakthisree Gopalan
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Vaergal (Yet-to-be-Released) - Tamil - Background Score / Music Dir.: Kalyani Nair
Film Work
Film Work


Por (Original Soundtrack Jukebox) | Sachidanand Sankaranarayanan | Harish Venkat | Bejoy Nambiar

Maaveeran - Title Teaser | Sivakarthikeyan, Aditi Shankar | Madonne Ashwin | Shanthi Talkies

Paruvame Video Song | Natchathiram Nagargiradhu | Pa Ranjith | Tenma | Kalaiarasan, Kalidas, Dushara

Ta Takkara (Complex Song) (From "Kalki 2898 AD") (Telugu)
independent work
We have also made a prominent feature in several huge independent music projects like Coke Studio Tamil Season 1 and 2. Our portfolio of independent work is below:
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Coke Studio Tamil (2023) - Season 1: Multiple Composers (Sagavasi, Daavula darling, Urudhi, Vendum, Kann moodudho, Tamizhi)
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Coke Studio Tamil (2024) - Season 2: Multiple Composers (Nammaale, Elay makka, Pls purinjiko, Kaakarataan)
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UNO (2023) - Epos 1
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Shubham Gajanana 13 Aug 2024
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Commissioned Work for Composer Mari Sakthi - NDTV Campaign
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Pann (2021) - Dreamverse NFT Project by Pradeep Kumar.
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Pradeep Kumar - Education Department Project (23 Aug 2023)
TICE Independent Work
TICE Independent Work


Coke Studio Tamil | Sagavaasi | Arivu x Khatija Rahman

Coke Studio Tamil | Daavula Darling| Gaana Ulaganathan x Gaana Vimala

Coke Studio Tamil | Urudhi | Sanjay Subrahmanyam x Arifullah Shah Rafaee
concerts
We have performed several live concerts, both on invitation basis and as self produced ones, in
Chennai City over the last few years. Some of our prominent concerts are listed below.
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Echoes & Dreams - A Postcard from TICE : Our upcoming production is a live concert at the iconic Madras Literary Society, featuring two back-to-back performances on January 4, 2025. This unique, unamplified, and immersive experience will showcase the talents of our 30-voice ensemble and a 5-piece band. Designed as an intimate, floor-seated event, the concert promises to create a special connection with a select audience, making it an evening to remember.
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Ula @ MGM Margazhi season : Kickstarting the Margazhi season of 2024, the team took center stage at the MGM Health Centre on December 21, 2024 as part of the MGM Margazhi season of 2024. It was an enchanting evening, graced by a lovely bunch of audience.
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Ulā Museum Theatre - 3 August 2024 ULA, our live concert organised by us in partnership with The Chennai Art Theatre was an attempt at giving the audience an opportunity to experience the power and vulnerability of voices through our original repertoire of new age choral music presented by over 40 unamplified voices, conducted by Kalyani Nair and Karthik Manickavasagam, backed by a 5-piece band, in an intimate setting of THE EGMORE MUSEUM THEATRE, CHENNAI on 3rd AUG 2024.
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Madrasana Music Festival 25th Dec 2023 This concert was part of the Madrasana Music Festival 2023 and was our first, experimental unamplified show. This was a 90 minute, fully original set of music performed by us in a unique presentation style to a houseful audience of the Chennai Margazhi season at the MS Subbalaksmi Hall, Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. The ensemble consisted of nearly 40 singers and four instrumentalists, with the singers spread throughout the auditorium to create a true surround sound experience for the audience.
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Covelong Classic - Live at SurfTurf - 13th August 2023 This is one of largest Indie music festivals organised in Chennai featuring Indie bands from all over the globe and The Indian Choral Ensemble was invited to perform as one of the main-stage acts along with some popular Indie bands like Avial, Jatayu, When Chai Met Toast, Wild Wild Women and many more.
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Magic of Musicals 13 - 6th August 2023 The Indian Choral Ensemble was invited as a guest choir to perform at the Magic of Musicals 2023, organised by the popular Chennai choir The Mellow Circle at Lady Andal.
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Ula pogum neram - Medai (11th June 2023) This was our first, full length, self produced, ticketed show organised at Medai - The Stage, Alwarpet, Chennai, where we showcased our repertoire to the public.
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Indian Dance Festival 22 Jan 2023 This concert was part of the cultural festival organised by the TTDC and the Tamilnadu Government
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Mixtura Vizha 18 July 2022 In collaboration with AR Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory, Greater Chennai Corporation and powered by SPI Edge and Balwan CyberTek, Mixtura Vizha hosted TICE at their music festival organised at The Anna Nagar Tower Park, Chennai.
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An Evening of Music - Aura (5th Feb 2023) An independent production organised at Aura Studios, Chennai, where we performed a few of our songs featuring the student string ensemble from AR Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory and a 3-piece band.
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Fete de la musique (21 June 2021 and 2022) We were part of the World Music Day celebrations organised by the Alliance Francais of Madras (AFM), in 2 consecutive years - virtually in 2021 and by way of a live concert in 2022.
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Bastille Day (International French Day) 18 July 2022 Organized by the French Consulate, we performed the Indian National Anthem & the French National Anthem in the presence of top dignitaries from both the embassies including the French Consul General & Ministers from The Indian Finance Ministry.
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Dakshinachitra - 19 Mar 2022A memorable evening of performance at the open air theatre in Dakshinachitra Heritage Museum along with the student string ensemble from AR Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory on the occasion of Lang Fest 2022.
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Khelo India 19th Jan 2024 We sang at the opening ceremony of Khelo India 2024, a national level sporting event organised by the Government at the national level
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Kalainjar 100 - 6 Jan 2024 TICE was invited to perform at the centenary celebration of Kalainjar, where we presented a medley of his film songs, arranged by our choir director Karthik Manickavasakam.
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Maaveeran Audio Launch 2nd July 2023 We were invited to perform at the special Audio Launch function of Maaveeran. We performed a Sivakarthikeyan Medley and Vaa Veera song, originally performed by us in the film on this special occasion.Talluri Show 2nd July 2023MRC 18th November 2023
workshops
Knowledge is power” and as a community we conduct workshops where we invite highly qualified and skilled guest artists to come and spread this knowledge with people in and outside the choir. Two such Choral workshops organised by us are as follows:
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Workshop on Choral Singing by Lijo K Jose and Alisha T Mathew - 30th Sept and 1st Oct 2023 This was an intensive 2 day workshop organised by TICE in collaboration with Whiteshadows, which brought together several enthusiasts of choral singing from different parts of the country. The workshop focused on several critical topics such as the anatomy of voice, singing techniques, resonance, tone along with choral singing sessions based on the repertoire of TICE.
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A Singing Workshop by Ms Alexa Burnston - 25 Feb 2023 This was another open-to-all workshop organised by us at Aura Studios, Chennai which featured Ms Alexa Burston, a Fulbright-Nehru Independent Research Scholar and an award-winning Arts & Music Industry Professional, who covered a wide range of topics of interest to singers, right from general tips of improving one’s vocal health to specific singing techniques that could help singers.