Edgemont Freshman Sings at Carnegie Hall

Edgemont High School freshman Ananya Gurumurthy was selected to perform at the American Protégé International Music Competition at Carnegie Hall on December 26, 2015. She performed "Juliet's Waltz" from the opera Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod.

Ananya has trained with vocal coach Anna Veleva for classical training and voice development for the past 3 years. She is passionate about music and sings many different styles, including classical, jazz and blues. She was selected by her school to participate in the Jazz Chamber Choir and will perform February 2016 with the school choir at the Berklee Jazz Festival in Boston. She has completed five levels of certification in the New York State School of Music (NYSSMA) festival for voice and piano. She performed "Alleluia" by Mozart in Weill Recital Hall, in the American Protégé International Vocal Competition on July 5th, 2015.

Musical accomplishments aside, Ananya was recognized by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth ("CTY") on October 18th, 2015 as one of the brightest middle school students from around the world, after participating in CTY's International talent search testing. She is co-founder of her school's robotics team and likes to spend her free time relaxing with her younger brother, friends and family.