2005 onwards
After receiving the permission and blessings from her gurus, Sri Tapan Baidya and Padma Shri Vidushi Sumitra Guha, Samia began teaching students in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia in the "Guru-Shishya Parampara" (Master-Apprentice Tradition).
June 30 2009, Gandhi Memorial Center
Solo presentation of selected compositions from a variety of South Asian poets/composers such as Kazi Nazrul Islam, Lalon Fakir, Tulsidas, to name a few. Event: For a Poetry and Art Program for High School students managed by Lisa Pegram and sponsored by the Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution.
April 2nd 2009, Gandhi Memorial Center
Lecture-demonstration on Hindustani (North Indian) Classical vocal music in a course titled: "India: Culture, Traditions, and Gandhi" offered at the Gandhi Memorial Center in Bethesda, Maryland for the members of the Osher Life-long Learning Institute (OLLI) of the American University. It introduced participants to the arts and philosophy of India through lectures and demonstrations.
January 23, 2009, Collegiate School, Richmond, Virginia
A lecture-demonstration for 125 kindergarten students during the school's South Asia AwarenessMonth.
February 2006, University of Maryland, College Park
A lecture-demonstration for students enrolled in a graduate level course on World Music at the Department of Music.
September 30, 2003, New Delhi, India
A lecture-demonstration titled "A Musical Celebration of Unity in Diversity" for yoga instructors and students of Swami Shivananda school of thought.
February, 2002, The American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
A 5-day workshop titled "Application of Indian Classical Music in Fusion Music" held at the American Embassy School for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students.
October 1997, The University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
A lecture-demonstration for students enrolled in a Junior and Senior level undergraduate course on World Music at the Department of Music.
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