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Dr. Jayashree Roy
Born in a family of musicians where music has been handed down from generation to generation, Jayashree was naturally drawn to music at a very early age under the tutelage of her illustrious father & Guru, Late Prof. Jeeban Dhan Mazumdar of Allahabad – a stalwart amongst musicians of yester years, a violinist of great repute & a composer who was a disciple of Late Baba Allauddin Khan Saheb of Maihar. She acquired proficiency both in vocal & instrumental (violin) music, but inherited an obsession for playing violin from her father & the same has been abiding. Later, after the demise of her father, Jayashree continued her training under Shri Guru Prasad Sharma (Allahabad) & Prof. Gopal Chandra Nandi of Marris Music College, Lucknow. Jayashree has obtained the degree of Sangeet Visharad from the Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapeeth, Lucknow in Violin and Hindustani Classical Vocal as well. Thereafter, She obtained the degree of ‘ Master of Music (Violin) ‘ – thus being conferred a Gold Medal, under the tutelage of Dr. Rajabhaau Sontakke (a disciple of the great maestro “Sangeet Martand” Pt. Omkar Nath Thakur) from the Banaras Hindu University. Her quest of learning, dedication & devotion to music was rewarded with the title of ‘Doctor of Music (Violin)’, conferred on her by the Banaras Hindu University, which she achieved under the most able guidance & supervision of Dr. (Prof.) R.P.Shastri, a violinst of great name & fame. She has also obtained the degree of ‘Sangeet Praveen’ from the Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad and secured Ist class IInd position in the merit. “Sur-Singar Samsad”, Mumbai has honoured her with the coveted title of ‘Surmani’. Jayashree has a wide repertoire of Ragas, which in conjunction with tuneful sound, breath taking technical virtuosity, sound control and an attractive style of performance by combining Gayaki with Tantrakari ang, has endeared her to lay-audience & cognoscenti alike. Her devotion to music apart, she is also a sophisticated woman of her time with a systematic university education – She holds a “Post Graduate” degree in ‘Ancient History’ of Allahabad University. Jayashree is an accredited performing artist of AIR / Prasar Bharati (earlier Varanasi) Kolkata. While Jayashree specializes in playing violin, she is as well a vocalist, a harmonium accompanist and a composer. To her credit, she has authored two books on music named “Sangeet Siddhant” and “Sangeet Manjari” under the prescribed course of CBSE pattern for +2 standard. Jayashree has recently toured Sri Lanka for a month for her concerts and also as a delegate examiner recruited by the Bhatkhande University of Music. Jayashree has been a regular examiner of Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad (Praveen) and has been regularly paying visit to Allahabad’s Annual Music Competition organized by Sangeet Samiti as a Judge. Some of Jayashree’s noteworthy performances are: •	Maatri Udbodhan Ashram (Patna). •	Siddhapeeth Sangeet Sammelan (Bhadohi). •	Kal-ke Kalakar (Allahabad). •	Sangeet Parisad (Varanasi). •	Kal-ke Kalakar – Sur Singar Samsad (Mumbai). •	Sparsh (Lucknow). •	Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan (Mumbai). •	Jhankar (Kolkata). •	Indian Cultural Society (Delhi). •	Navrang Sangeet Samsad (Kolkata). •	Sangeet Sankalp (Allahabad). •	Bangalore Sangeet Sabha (Bangalore). •	Durga Mandir Sangeet Mahotsav (Varanasi). •	Raginee (Kolkata). •	Shri Kashi Sangeet Samaj (Varanasi). •	Sangeet Sankalp (Jullundhar). •	Swar Sadhna Sangeet Sammelan (Mumbai). •	Sangeet Sankalp (New Delhi). •	Shiv – Kali Sangeet Sammelan (Varanasi). •	Sangeet Sankalp (Jabalpur). •	Vidya Vardhaka Sangha, Lalit Kala Academy (Bangalore). •	Gritma (Varanasi). •	Sangeet Sankalp (Varanasi). •	National Centre For Performing Arts (Mumbai). •	Sangeet Sankalp (Kanpur) •	Mirzapur Sangeet Sabha (Mirzapur). •	Ustad Alladiya Khan Sangeet Samaroh (Mumbai). •	Pranav Sangeet Sabha (Mughalsarai). •	Sangeet Sabha Kashi (Varanasi). •	Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (Allahabad). •	Sangeet Sankalp Saptak (Ahmedabad). •	Vishnu Gangadhar Kavle Smriti Samaroh (Nagpur) •	Sangeet Sankalp (Patna). •	Mandali Shatabdi Mahotsav (Varanasi). •	Chirayoto (Haldia). •	The Classical (Tamluk). •	Lecture – Demonstration at Mankunwar Bai Degree College (Jabalpur). •	Sankatmochan Maasik Sangeet Samaroha (Varanasi). •	Uluberia Madhubanti (Uluberia). •	Sri Lanka to name a few…

Jayashree has a daughter, Deboshree Roy (Chakraborty) who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Music, in a acollege in West Bengal.