While a student at the University of North Texas, Myranda was involved in as many percussion ensembles as the hours in the day would allow. Studying music at UNT gave her a strong foundation in Western classical and marching percussion while also providing her an...
Myranda often says that the best part of pursuing her PhD in Ethnomusicology at UT-Austin was serving as teaching assistant for the ethnomusicology ensembles at Butler School of Music. In this role, she performed at concerts and events with other ensemble members while also functioning...
Myranda has been the percussionist for Ask-i Mesk for more than a year. She plays doumbek, riq, and frame drum in this ensemble that explores the challenging and intricate repertoire of urban and classical Turkish music, similar to the way you’d hear this repertoire performed...
Myranda played drumset and cajon in the group Sangat, a collaborative music project that was organized alongside an exchange program at UT’s South Asia Institute through grant funding from the U.S. Department of State....
Taka Doom is a relatively new music project that is still taking shape. Started in 2015, the original impetus behind the ensemble was to combine the rhythmic improvisational processes of Hindustani and Karnatak music with the underlying metric foundation of Turkish rhythmic modes and drum...
For two years now, Myranda has been the percussionist and community outreach coordinator for the Austin-based world fusion group ETHNOS. ...