Radha
was born to perform and has been doing so since she was 5 years old. She was a
member of the Messenger Group, music, poetry and drama organization in Guyana,
studying diction and performance under her mother and teacher, Rajkumari Singh.
She won accolades in many national competitions for verse speaking and drama.
An accomplished dancer, Radha studied Kathak and Ballet with her brother, Sri
Gora Singh.
Radha
who was born in Guyana moved to New York with her family at a young age of where she currently lives.
In New York, she continued dramatic studies at
Herbert Berghof Studios, Sullivan Walker and Pace University. Radha went on to
specialize in voice at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. She studied under
renowned vocal teachers, Andrew Frierson and Bonnie Kirk.
Though
her musical emphasis has been on rhythm and blues, Radha infuses traditional
Indian motifs into her compositions, using Indian drums and Vedic hymns with
riveting Latin percussion and primordial sounds. Her musical style has
multi-national appeal and she has been well received in concert venues across
Europe, Canada and the United States.
Radha's
recorded works have been rated and reviewed by the DJ record pools across the
U.S. She has performed live in popular New York clubs - CBGB's, the China Club,
SOB's, The Fez, and the Mega 95 FM Summer Concerts.
As a
solo singer and bandleader, she received rave reviews from Village Voice, Daily
News, NY Times, Associated Press, and magazines as, India Abroad and
mainstream, contemporary journals.
Her
recording, “You're The One,” was a hit at the Lincoln Center OUT-OF-DOORS
Indo-Caribbean Festival of Music Dance in Damrosch Park.
She
has performed in series of concerts with a Jazz and Blues ensemble in New York
metro and Tri State venues, as well as producing and collaborating on a Vedic
Chants CD.
Her
theatre credits include: The Seagull, A View from the Bridge, Antigone, Karna
& Kunti, Sullivan Walker's Caribbean Woman and Godspell. She also wrote
original works and performed in Kitchrie 1998 – 2002, Kitchrie 03 drama,
"Chaykay" marked her directorial debut.
She
received a composers' commission from the New York Council on the Arts for a
collaborative, original sound score for a new work by Pritha Singh, Women of
the Mahabharata and will be directing the upcoming production of Women of the
Mahabharata.
She
has served on the Board of Trustees of the Rajkumari Cultural Center, and in
fundraising, administration, drama coaching/instruction, choreography, music
directing, and as a sound and lighting technician on productions.
She
conceptualized and spearheaded “Art Interpreted-A collage of artistic
expression.” A weekly event showcased in New York forums, which gave and
opportunity for variety of artists who performed their creative works. Radha
has also been involved in studies in musical theater workshops and auditioning
for center roles
Radha
has currently just released her latest single which is available on Cd Baby as
well as other digital music selling sites around the world.
The
Single titled “wrong Man’s land high lights the ills of society in relation to man’s
wickedness against his fellow man in way of racial, religious and cultural
beliefs which makes them wage “war” against each other.
The
single which has been played on radio stations worldwide is currently #1 on
Africa’s No.1 pan African radio station iGroove Radio which is based in Lagos
Nigeria.
Radha
is now making music her first love to
come to the front line of her scheme of things considering that she is also
works in the hospitality business in New York City. She has returned to the
klieg lights
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