IAACM is devoted to promoting Indian Classical music in the USA and Canada by organizing concerts by reputed musicians from India, by providing orchestral support for dance performances and conducting instrumental and vocal classes for beginners and advanced students.
Raman Kalyan has collaborated with leading dance gurus and artists, including the Dhananjayans, C. V. Chandrasekhar, Adayar K. Lakshman and Manju Bhargavi.
Raman has collaborated with World Music and Jazz musicians including Grammy Winner Dave Liebman, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Louis Banks, John Beaseley, Darryl Jones, Nicholas Payton, Adam Holzman, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Ndugu Chancler, V. Selvaganesh, Charlie Mariano, Rama Mani, Ranjit Barrot, Karl Peters and world-renowned percussionists such as Jamie Haddod, Glen Velez and Lenny White.
Raman has shared the stage with Carnatic music legends such as Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna Nedenuri Krishnamurthy u Srinivas.
Many percussion maestros like Arjun Kumar, Akshay Anantapadmanabhan, Srimushnam V Raja Rao, H S Sudhindra, Giridhar Udupa, N Amrit, Bangalore V Praveen have accompanied him.