The Akriti Choir is a group of individuals whose prime objective is to sing beautiful music for peace and happiness. The individuals include students and faculty from Purdue University and people living in the greater Lafayette area.

The Akriti Choir was formed by a group of like minded individuals on a rare sunny morning in January 2002 at the home of Jyoti and Aditya Mathur located in West Lafayette.

"Akriti" is the name of a program of Indian classical music organized about once a month by the Indian Classical Music Association of Purdue.

Want to join Akriti Choir?

You are very welcome! Our goal is to grow the membership to 40 people with a balance between female and male singers. The only eligibility requirement is that you should be willing to sing and be able to sing the notes correctly! Desirable though not necessary: ability to read music written inWestern or Indian notation.

Members of the Akriti Choir

[As of February 4, 2002]

Choir Director: Aditya Mathur

Female singers: Anagha, Jayashree, Madhavi, Renu Bajaj

Male singers: Priyan Patkar, Santhoji Katare, Subra, Vineet Dravid

Performances by Akriti Choir

[Click on the song title to hear. Quicktime player is required.]

Date	Title	Performers	Comments
February 3, 2002	Welcome to Akriti	Anagha, Jayashree, Madhavi, Priyan, Santhoji, and Vineet. Conductor: Aditya Mathur	During an Akriti organized by ICMAP at Professor Rabindra Mukerjea's home. Ragam: Bageshvari
February 3, 2002	Gajananam	Anagha, Jayashree, Madhavi, Priyan, Santhoji, and Vineet. Conductor: Jyoti Mathur	During an Akriti organized by ICMAP at Professor Rabindra Mukerjea's home. Ragam: Mahati.