Shruti Venkat, Alto

Meet Shruti

Shruti Venkat began training in Indian classical Carnatic singing at the age of four. During her high school years in New Jersey, she branched out into Western classical, contemporary, jazz, and musical theater. She was a top-ranked alto in the CJMEA Regions, NJMEA All State, NAfME All-Eastern, and ACDA All-National Honor Choirs. An avid singer of Indian film music, Shruti has been featured in many performances of film compositions abroad. She has also dabbled in composing; in 2020 she released an original extended play.

Shruti graduated from Princeton University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and certificates in Statistics and Machine Learning, Finance, Vocal Performance, and Conducting. At Princeton she was manager and student conductor of the University Glee Club and Chamber Choir and a member of the Consort Singers. She wrote and performed a Carnatic-inspired choral piece as part of her senior music research and led Princeton University Swara, the university’s premier Carnatic and Hindustani classical ensemble.

Shruti lives in New York City and works as an investor at Insight Partners, a software-focused private equity firm. She volunteers at the Brooklyn Youth Choir and sings at open mics on weekends.