About the artist   "Sonorous and Soulful" - Indian Express "Rao - A staple in the New England Music scene" - India New England "Shuchita Rao is a rare art critic - one that conveys the depth of an artist, by asking insightful questions only an artist herself could ask. " - Deepti Nijhawan, President, MITHAS comments in e-zine Lokvani "We were mesmerized by Shuchita's performance at Sharon Tsunami Fundraiser" - Hiten Mehta "Hypnotic and amazing vocalist" - Ellen Freeman     Shuchita Rao, was born in a family of music lovers in Hyderabad, India. Her initial training in Hindusthani Vocal Classical music was with N.K.Karhade. Later, she trained under the noted Gwalior Gharana exponent Smt. Malini Rajurkar. She has also received guidance from Padma Vibhushan Dr. Prabha Atre, Pandit Ajay Pohankar and Pandit Vinayak Torvi. Shuchita is proficient in Hindusthani classical music as well as Hindusthani light classical music. She began performing at a very young age and was regularly featured on All India Radio, Hyderabad. She has won several honors and awards for her singing. Shuchita has given public performances at the following locations • MIT, Cambridge, Mass, • Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass • Tsai Performance Center, Boston, Mass • University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado • University of Pittsburgh, PA & Venkateshwara temple, Pittsburgh, PA • Maharashtra Mandal, Hyderabad, India Shuchita is a freelance writer and has written for Indian newspapers such as Times of India and Indian Express. In the U.S, she is a correspondent for the newspaper India New England and regularly writes on the subjects of on Indian Music, Dance and Culture. Shuchita has worked for Tata Consultancy Services in India and Pricewaterhouse Coopers in the U.S as a software consultant. Currently, she teaches Classical Music at Learnquest Academy of Music, Waltham, MA and works as an Instructional Technology specialist and Computer Applications teacher at Medfield High School, Medfield, MA.