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CASE 01
OIS Fest
2025
A high-energy rendition of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at the school's flagship music festival.
Blending performance, leadership, and analytical depth in music.
About
What started as a Secret Santa gift at age six became a lifelong pursuit. Through years of self-directed learning in chords, rhythm, and fingerpicking, Aarnav built an intuitive foundation that formal education would later deepen and refine.
The transition to electric guitar at thirteen opened new dimensions of tone, technique, and expression. A second electric at sixteen expanded his sonic vocabulary further. Now an IB Music HL student, he merges analytical rigour with instinctive performance — equally at home dissecting harmonic conventions and commanding a crowd of five hundred.
Selected Work
Six standout moments across competitions, concerts, and unplugged sets.
A high-energy rendition of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at the school's flagship music festival.
A celebratory take on Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love for a private wedding reception.
A rip through Bryan Adams' Summer of '69 at the country's most storied rock festival.
A guitar-forward delivery of Guns N' Roses' Sweet Child O' Mine — riff, lead, and solo.
The Eagles' Hotel California — twin-guitar harmonies and the iconic extended outro solo.
A first-place performance of Guns N' Roses' Knocking On Heaven's Door — won the competition outright.
Complete original finished song
Live improvisation · Guitar
Interpretation · Guitar
Composition · Piano
Composition · Theatrical Score
Achievements & Experience
50+ live performances across school and public venues
Audiences reaching up to 500 people
Developed a commanding, composed stage presence
Joined high school band in Grade 9
Appointed Lead Guitarist in Grade 10
Elected President of the High School Band
Directed rehearsals, coordination, and performance
Cleared Trinity Guildhall Grade 6 — Guitar
1st Place — OIS Spotlight (Knocking On Heaven's Door)
Performed at Shillong Rock Festival 2025
Consistent IB Music HL score of 7
Certified · Trinity College London
Internationally recognised graded music examination — passed with formal assessment across technical proficiency, repertoire, and musicianship.
The Journey
A Secret Santa gift. The origin of everything.
Chords, rhythm, fingerpicking — built from scratch through relentless practice.
A shift toward deeper tonal exploration, technique, and expression.
Formal studies deepening theoretical and analytical understanding.
Refined tone and expanded sonic vocabulary across genres.
Merging performance skill with academic rigour in harmony, melody, and analysis.
Music Analysis & Research
IB Music HL student with consistent 7s. Strong focus on harmony, melody, and the evolution of musical style across decades.
Investigating how two foundational figures of 20th-century popular music continue to shape contemporary sonic aesthetics — tracing threads from mid-century recordings through harmonic conventions, melodic phrasing, and stylistic idioms into modern production.
Shared tonal frameworks across eras
Vocal contour and instrumental adaptation
Foundational artists shaping modern idioms
I Think They Call This Love
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