A stage every month.
Music is meant to be performed. At the end of every Nepali month our students step out of the practice room at the ECA Monthly Programme, singers compete in ECA Idol, and our anniversary and festival shows fill the hall.
- Monthly Programme
- 2 seasons of ECA Idol
- 21 national achievers
3rd anniversary showECA Idol Season 2 grand finaleDeep Jyoti Banquet · January 2025ECA Monthly Programme
The ECA Monthly Programme is held at the academy in Chabahil at the end of every Nepali month. It is part of how we teach: a regular stage that builds every student's capability and confidence for performance, and every course takes part: vocals, guitar, keyboard, tabla, madal, flute and dance. It began in 2024 and is exclusively for ECA students: every learner, from the children's vocal batch to adult beginners, gets a turn on stage alongside our gurus, and classes rehearse their items in the weeks before.
The Open Mic session is one part of the programme. "Open Mic sessions like these give our students an opportunity to step out of the practice room, share what they have been working on, and experience the feeling of performing in front of an audience." From guitar and vocal performances to instrumental sessions and dance, every programme brings something new.
- Every course on stage: vocals, guitar, keyboard, tabla, madal, flute and dance
- Solo and group performances, plus an Open Mic session
- Teachers perform too: ghazal, bansuri, guitar
- Exclusively for ECA students
Recent Open Mic moments
From 2024 to today.
ECA Idol
Our own singing competition, with senior and junior categories, judges and a live house band. Its champions have gone on to Nepal Idol.
Season 1
Won by Ujjwol Bhattarai, who went on to reach the Top 12 of Nepal Idol Season 6 in 2025.
Season 2 · 2025
The grand finale was the centrepiece of our 3rd anniversary at Deep Jyoti Banquet in January 2025. Pittu Gahatraj won with "Pohor Saal Khusi Faatda", and went on to a four-chair turn on The Voice of Nepal and Nepal Idol Season 6.
Junior category
Young singers compete too. In Season 2, Tsuzil Ruwali was junior 2nd runner-up with "Bir Gorkhali", sung with Aayush Tamang.
Our 3rd anniversary, on the big stage
In January 2025 we celebrated three years of ECA Academy at Deep Jyoti Banquet in Boudha, together with the ECA Idol Season 2 grand finale.
The programme included a flute orchestra of more than 20 bansuri players led by Guru Nagendra Bikram Rai, Raga Patdeep with Jagannath Dhaugoda on tabla, songs by Guru Subash Chandra Joshi, Bidur Dahal, Samir Pariyar and Binamra Subedi, cultural dances such as Damphu Ma Selo and Chhadke Salam, solo dances, and even a beatbox act.
In January 2026 we celebrated our 4th anniversary: "More than an academy, we became a family."
21 national achievers in three years
ECA students who have reached national reality shows, as listed by ECA Academy in July 2025. Since then, our teacher Tikaram Shrestha has earned a four-chair turn on The Voice of Nepal Season 7.
The Voice of Nepal
- Beebek Ruchal (S3)
- Samir Pariyar (S4)
- Ashish Ranapaheli (S5)
- Nitant Dahal (S5)
- Prashant Siwakoti (S5)
- Sushil Khadka (S6)
- Rubi Shrestha (S6)
The Voice Kids
- Binamra Subedi (S2)
- Jemsh Mahara (S2)
- Aayush Giri (S2)
- Avishree Baduwal (S2)
- Nayan Pathak (S3)
- Chesang Tamang (S3)
- Prajwal Kafle (S3)
- Bishwom Pathak (S3)
- Alisha Sharma (S4)
- Diliza Ruwali (S4)
- Aaryashree Lakandri (S4)
Nepal Idol
- Ujjwol (Maheshwor) Bhattarai (S6)
- Pittu Gahatraj (S6)
Singing Star Nepal
- Bimala Lama
Music for every festival
Through the year our students and teachers mark Nepal's festivals and honour its legends in song.
Dashain & Tihar
"Dashain Aayo", "Diyo Bali Saanjhko" (123K views on TikTok), Deusi-Bhailo, our Tihar song "Cheli" and Dashain cultural programmes.
Narayan Gopal remembrance
Songs by the ECA family on the Swar Samrat's memorial day each year, from "Mata Laliguras Bhaechhu" to "Yeti Dherai Maya Diye".
Maha Shivaratri & Guru Purnima
Our team sang "Shamba Sada Shiva" at Kirateshwor Sangeet Ashram, and "Om Namah Shivaya" filled the academy on Guru Purnima.
Saraswati Puja & Holi
Our little ones' Saraswati Stotram (66K views) and phagu songs by the children's batch.
Buddha Jayanti & Christmas
Children's bhajans on Buddha Jayanti and "Jingle Bells" by the little stars of ECA.
Tributes & World Music Day
A musical tribute to the victims of Nepal's flood disaster (2026), and World Music Day celebrations.
Beyond our hall
Municipal training
A three-month harmonium, vocal and tabla training for Gokarneshwar Municipality Ward 9, coordinated and run by ECA, ending with a certificate ceremony (2026).
Schools
School students train at ECA, and we prepare school teams for inter-school singing competitions.
Students from abroad
Families from China, the United States and Australia have learned bansuri and keyboard with us during their stays.
Take 2–3 demo classes, then decide.
Meet your teacher, try the class and see our studio and stage. Open Sunday to Friday, 9 AM – 6 PM, opposite Chabahil Stupa.