Gitanjali Mathur

Soprano

Gitanjali was born in India, and immigrated to the United States at the age of 8.  She studied with Prof. Camilla Williams and finished her Bachelor, Masters, and Performer Diploma in Voice Performance from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN, where she supported herself by being an Associate Instructor in the Mathematics Department.  She has sung with noted conductors such as Paul Hillier, Nigel North, Stanley Ritchie, and Jan Harrington.  She has sung at the Aspen Music Festival, the Victoria Bach Festival, and the Amherst Early Music Festival.  She attended the Bloomington Early Music Festival in 2000 and was the cover for the role of Alcina in the opera "Alcina" by Handel.  Gitanjali performed "Exultate, Jubilate!" by W. A. Mozart with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra in Indiana after winning the Keller Competition. Mrs. Mathur currently sings and is the soloist with various professional groups in Austin, such as Conspirare, conducted by Craig Hella Johnson, and the Texas Early Music Project, conducted by Daniel Johnson.  She regularly sings with Dr. Kenny Sheppard in the Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble.  Gitanjali has previously been the soloist for "The Messiah" and "Judas Maccabeus" by Handel, Mozart's "Requiem", and "The Midsummernight's Dream" by Mendelssohn with the Austin Symphony Orchestra and Peter Bay.  She sings for the Saint David's Episcopal Church with conductor Dr. David Stevens.  In the summer of 2003, Ms. Mathur was chosen for one of the lead roles at the Amherst Early Music Festival's production of the opera "La Purpura de la Rosa" by Thomas Torrejon y Velasco, conducted by Andrew Lawrence King.  In the summer of 2004 she sung with the nationally acclaimed Santa Fe Desert Chorale.  In Summer 2005, Gitanjali will sing the role of Despina in "Cosi fan Tutte" at the Rome Festival in Rome, Italy. Ms. Mathur runs a private voice studio at her home in Austin and also teaches private voice lessons at McNeil High School.