Coast Music Conservatory
300 Pacific Coast Highway
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
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Sharmila GuhaSharmila Guha is a multifaceted vocalist able to easily move through a variety musical styles. She frequently performs as a soloist and ensemble member in both jazz and classical settings, is a private voice instructor, works as a studio singer, is a member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and is a member of the Ron McCurdy Collective.Sharmila was a music student at the LA County High School for the Arts and continued on to study classical voice at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she discovered her passion for jazz. After college, she was accepted into the “Jazz in July” program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and worked with the legendary jazz singer Sheila Jordan. Since then, she has been a featured performer at a number of jazz festivals in Southern California. Sharmila has extensive experience singing in many languages, including: Latin, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Bengali, and Hindi. In 2008, she released her debut solo jazz album, “If Music Be the Food of Love,” featuring guitarist Larry Koonse, and bassist Kevin Axt. The album showcases her affinity for exploring repertoire that strays from the jazz standards, like the title track by Baroque composer Henry Purcell, a song by the alternative rock band The Cure, and a Bengali folk song. Her most recent project involves jazz reinterpretations of Bengali songs by Mohiner Ghoraguli, an influential 70's rock band from Kolkata, India. |
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