The founder of this institution was the last reigning King of Travancore, Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma in 1939.

Earlier, a three-year certificate course in Music - "Gayaka and Gayika" for male and female students respectively was provided in the institute.

Presently the college has entered into new avenues, announcing 8 new courses as part of continuing education programme.

The courses are meant for those who have an aptitude in learning music, those who would like to go for advanced studies in group kritis, ragamalikas, and ragam-tanam-pallavis and for those who are interested in 'music direction'.

K. Natesan, Neyyatinkara Vasudevan, Dr. K. Omanakutty, Pudukkode Krishna Murthy, M. G. Radhakrishnan, Raveendaran (music director) and Parassala Ravi are some noteworthy students of this institution.