Sowmya Somanath holds a degree in music from the University of Texas at Austin. At the age of 4, she entered the world of dance. She is trained in Western Classical music, as well as both Hindustani and Carnatic vocal styles. Having completed two arangetrams, she is trained in the Indian Classical dance styles of both Bharthnatyam and Kuchipudi. She also studied Kathak for few years.
Sowmya completed her Arengetram in 2006 under Smt. Shobana Bhalchandra, a member of the Trio Sisters of Chennai and the first disciple of the Dhananjayans. She has also taken workshop with several stalwarts, including the Dhananjayans, Smt. Priyadarshini Govind, Nirupama and Rajendra and Smt. Padmini ravi. Sowmya has a passion to fusing her two passions of music and dance.
She has experience being the primary Bharathnatyam instructor in a Sunday school at Dallas. Currently, Sowmya is pursuing singing/songwriting in Austin.
