MIT Ohms, the South Asian a Capella group at MIT, presented their fall concert on Dec 7 at MIT 10-250. Its popularity has grown steadily over the past few years with many of their songs having become quite popular on YouTube and on the web.
Singers trained in various genres of music come together, take popular Bollywood and American songs and create a blended composition suitable for a capella performance. The event is always interspersed with some comic routines that keep the audience entertained.
This year’s concert featured the following lineup
* Crazy Liar (Crazy Kiya Re (Dhoom 2) / Beautiful Liar (Beyonce, Shakira))Soloists: Divya Panchanathan, Archana Ram, Anisha Gururaj
* Saibo (Shor in the City)
Soloists: Tamanna Islam Urmi, Rik Sengupta
* Bollywood Romance Then (Medley)
* Saiyyan (Kailash Kher)/I Won't Give Up (Jason Mraz)
Soloists: Arthi Vezhavendan, Anisha Gururaj, Ishwarya Ananthabhotla
* Lion Kuchh Ankahee Si (The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda)/Baatein Kuchh Ankahee Si (Life in a Metro))
Soloists: Rik Sengupta, Vipul Vachharajani, Tamanna Islam Urmi, Anisha Gururaj
* All of Me (John Legend) /Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)
Soloists: Tejas Sundaresan, Aishwarya Narayan, Suvinay Subramanian
* Bollywood Romance Now (Medley)
* Yunhi Chala Chal
It was a fabulous presentation with several outstanding solos. It is hard to believe that these very talented students, despite the academic pressure at MIT put so much effort to express their musical and creative talents.
Check out the MIT ohms on facebook and youtube.
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