Bet you can't guess the longest name of all the musicians who hail from South Brunswick. You would be correct if you said Sanchitha Balasubramanian of Monmouth Junction. She answered the age-old question--"How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?" . . . answer--"Practice, Practice, Practice . . . " She performed there on January 26, 2013, and took first place in the music and voice competition for her age category. At that time, Miss B. was a Sophomore at the Hun School. She had started training on the piano just four years earlier, and training as a vocalist one year earlier. In the Carnegie Hall competition, Sanchitha chose Chopin's Waltz Opus 64, No. 2 for piano, and Handel's Lascia Ch'io Pianga for an aria. Miss Balasubramanian admits coming from musical family. Her mother loves to sing and her father loves to listen. Their gift of a toy xylophone when Sanchitha was little, started her on the pursuit of excellence in music. She always sang. She took up the violin in third grade. By age thirteen she was in competition at Steinway Hall, Performance Hall, and Baruch Hall. After her triumph at Carnegie Hall, Sanchitha performed at the Golden Key Music Festival in April of 2013. She continues to play and contribute to South Brunswick's claim to be a place where musical talent can thrive.
