Shekhar Phatak is Houston based singer specializing in genres like Ghazal, Bhajan, classical and light classical Indian forms of music. Here are a few achievements. Music Education: Sangeet Alankar (Masters in Hindustani Vocal Music) Studied Music Composition and Conducting at the University of Houston Concerts: Over a thousand shows all over the world. Conducted Beethoven's 9th symphony with Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra. Performed with leading classical artists Pundit Ravi Shankar and Anushka Shankar in November of 1997 at the Wortham Center for Performing Arts in Houston to commemorate the 50th year of India ' s independence. Accompanied Pundit Jasraj, Prabha Atre, Shweta Jhaveri and Shobha Joshi on Harmonium. Has performed with leading light music artists like Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Minoo Purushottam, Anup Jalota, Munni Begum, Anuradha Paudwal. Was invited by Ravindra Jain to sing this music director ' s compositions in 2003 Participated as the only Indian Music artist in the International Accordion Festival in San Antonio in 2003 Projects: Telugu folk songs album for Telugu Association of USA. Bengali Bhajans Album for Minoo Purushottam. Various Naat recitals for the Ismaeli Muslim community of Houston . Composed and performed Music for “ Mahabharata ” a musical play in 2002. Acted as Lord Krishna in the musical “ Mahabharata ” in 2002 Performed as one of the lead vocalists in Chinmaya Mission Houston production of “ Ram Katha ” in July of 2005 Radio-TV-Film: Appeared on International “ Sa Re Ga Ma ” show on Zee TV network in New York Appeared on Asiana TV. Houston as a singer Hosted Radio SAINET (South Asian International Network) from 1984 to 1988. Hosted Radio Jhankar in Houston from 1995 to 1997, interviewing many leading politicians, artists and film stars. Produced “ Sur Aur Taal ” , a music appreciation program for “ Music Masala ” radio station. Created many jingles and advertisements for local radio stations from 1984 to 2005. Composed and sang for the movie “ Where ' s the Party Doode?” in 2003 Charity Concerts: Performed for the Indian Senior Citizens Association from 1991- 2005 Performed Ghazals for the annual gala for the Indian Doctors ' Association in 1997. Performed for Marathi Mandal during Ganesh Utsav in 2000. Performed for Gujarati Samaj during Navrathi Celebrations. Organized and Performed at the Gujarat Earthquake Relief Concert in Houston in February 2001. Performed at the fundraiser for Open Forum, a radio talk-show, in Sugar Land in 2004. Performed at the Students ' Appreciation Ceremony for Chinmaya Mission in Sugar Land in March of 2005. Organized and Performed at the Tsunami Benefit Concert in Stafford in February of 2005. Organized and Performed at the Katrina and Rita benefit concert called “Hurricane” in Houston in 2006 Performed to raise funds for Pratham with Playback singer Poonam Bhatia in August 2007. Discography: Following albums are available on CDBaby and their distributors. Ghalib Unravled Mystic Kabir Jazbaat