Vibhuti has been learning music from her father since the early age of 5. Coming from a musical family, she is a holder of Sangeet Vishaarad (B.Mus) degree in Hindustani classical vocal .She has taken lessons from Late Shri Sharad Gadre and Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty. She is presently taking lessons from Srivani Jade. Vibhuti has given performances with the musical group Swarvedh in India and is now a member of many musical groups in Seattle. She recently won Swarangan a Singing contest organized by eprasaran for people in North America.Her biggest audience so far has been around 50,000 during the function Maharashtra Kesari in Nagpur. Apart from singing she is Cosmetic Engineer by profession and loves dancing & painting.
Gaurav Chanda
Gaurav Chanda began his musical training at the age of seven from Smt. Anita Roy. He then learnt from Smt. Shanti Sharma for a considerable period of time at the Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra, New Delhi where he developed a Kirana-Indore style of khayal gayaki. Since he moved to Seattle in 2005, he has been learning from Shri. Sharad Gadre, who has helped him imbibe rich Gwalior traditions in his music. Gaurav holds degrees in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and IIT-Delhi. He works as a software developer for Amazon.com.
Anjali Joshi
Anjali Joshi is well known in the Seattle area as a solo Santoor artist; as an accompanist on harmonium to vocal and tabla artists ; as a music teacher for different instruments; as the founder and lead of her music group Vadya Vrinda; and as the music director of the Children's Orchestra, Yuva Mehfil.
Anjali started learning music on Harmonium at age 9 with Warana Children's Orchestra in India. She played various instruments in the orchestra such as Jal Tarang, Hawaiian Guitar, Organ, Mandolin etc. under the guidance of her guru Shri Shankarrao Kulkarni.
For the last few years, she has concentrated her energies on Santoor. Anjali uses her own modified version of chromatic style of tuning the Santoor.
Anjali has performed solo and with orchestras, on numerous occasions at various places, in India and the US. She has also accompanied many renowned vocalists and tabla soloists on harmonium.
Besides being a performer, Anjali teaches musical instruments to students of all ages. She is a faculty of the Seattle Indian Music Academy.
For music classes information, please contact her at anjalij@gmail.com.
Manoj Biswas
Manoj Biswas is a promising Tabla player based in Seattle. He began his studies in Tabla under Sri. Kuntal Roy, a student of Pt. Shankar Ghosh in 1991. Subsequently, after his move to Seattle in 2000 he has continued his studies under Smt. Annie Penta, and with the young virtuoso Sri. Vishal Nagar. He performs regularly in Seattle and the northwest as an accompanist for both classical and light music programs. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science and is presently employed as a software engineer at Microsoft Corporation.
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