Jayashri has sung two Sangam Period songs, Veral Veli (A Kuruntokai poem by Kapilar) and Yaadhum Ure in the album ' Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil', an international collaboration of various artists and Durham Symphony by Composer Rajan Somasundaram. Her quest to interact and experiment with various forms of music has resulted in collaborations with various eminent artistes from around the world. Jayashri also conceptualised 'Listening to Life' – A concert that features the journey of a musician as a lover of music. Jayashri also performed at the MTV Coke Studio(India) Season 1 with Ustad Rashid Khan and Richa Sharma.
She also was a part of 'Mathemagician' with actor V Balakrishnan and written by Gowri Ramnarayan. She performed in 'Bhaire Baanvari', the story of Meera, conceptualised and directed by Gowri Ramnarayan. Krishna, Jayanthi Kumaresh and Abhishek Raghuram. Jayashri has also collaborated with Carnatic Musicians T. Jayashri has sung Thirukkural and an Annamacharya verse in the prestigious audio autobiography – Wings of Fire of former President Shri Abdul Kalam. She has dialogued with artistes in dance like Leela Samson, Chitra Visweshwaran, Alarmel Valli, Priyadarsini Govind and Shobana. Jayashri has performed Jugalbandi concerts with Hindustani Musicians Ronu Majumdar, Shubha Mudgal, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Gaurav Mazumdar. Musical collaboration Musical exchanges and dialogues She has travelled to many places in India including remote places in Uttarakhand, hill districts of Himachal Pradesh, Port Blair, rural and tribal areas of Wayanad and Idukki in Kerala, Goa and many other places to perform hundreds of Lecture Demonstrations to students, introducing them to the Indian classical music. Jayashri has been supporting SPIC MACAY since more than three decades. On 19 September 2017, she performed at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Canada, with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as they gave the world premiere of Mychael Danna's "Life of Pi" suite. She has also performed at The Royal Opera House – Durban, Monash University – Melbourne and Esplanade Theatre – Singapore. Jayashri's Europe tours have included venues such as: Saddlers Wells and Queen Elizabeth Hall – London Festival of Sacred Voices and Museum Rietberg – Switzerland Vantaa Festival and The Russian Opera House – Helsinki, Finland Théâtre de la Ville, Festival of Nantes, The Museum of Sculpture and Arts, Musee des Asiatiques and Citi de la Musique – in France Casa da Musica a Porto – Portugal Sala de Camera – Spain and at the University of Cologne. She has performed in Sydney Opera house (The first carnatic Musician to perform there). In the US, she has performed at the Lincoln centre for the performing arts, Carnegie hall, Kennedy Centre for performing arts World Music Institute – New York University of Arizona – Tucson University of Texas – Austin MIT – Boston University of Louisiana – New Orleans Cornell University and Amherst College. Across India, she has performed for the Spirit of Unity Concerts for National Integration, SPIC MACAY Festivals and All India Radio's Sangeet Sammelan. She has performed also at Saptak, Ahmedabad The Music Academy and Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata NCPA and Sri Shanmukhananda Sabha, Mumbai Chowdiah Memorial Hall and Vasantha Habba, Bangalore Kuthira Malika and Soorya Festival, Trivandrum, The Palace of Mysore and at the Matrimandir Amphitheatre at Auroville. In New Delhi: The Rashtrapati Bhavan, Vishnu Digambar festival, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Sri Shanmukhananda Sabha, India International Centre, Indira gandhi National University and Bhakti Utsav. In India, she has performed in all the major festivals. She has performed at various festivals and venues all across India and in over thirty-five different countries.
Jayashri performed her first concert in 1982. Anthony's High School in Chembur, and holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce and Economics from R.
She was also involved in theatre with the Amateur Dramatic Club, Mumbai. Jayashri learnt Bharatanatyam under Guru K Kalyanasundaram Pillai of Shri Rajarajeshwari Bharatha Natya Kalamandir, Mumbai. Additionally, she also holds a diploma in Indian Music from the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Delhi. Jayashri received her training in Hindustani Classical Music as well, from K Mahavir Jaipurwale and Ajay Pohankar. She also learnt the art of playing the Veena from G. Subramaniam and was later trained by Lalgudi Jayaraman and T R Balamani.
Born in Calcutta, Jayashri received her initial training in Carnatic music from her parents, Smt.
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