Award-Winning Performances
Shohini has been involved in many projects outside her own regular ongoing projects of creating her own compositions. She is extremely active in her school choir and has plans to pursue this for all four years of her High School. Many of her performances and videos have won awards and recognition.
Award-winning and Recognized Performances and PSA Videos
Autumn Leaves | Eva Cassidy | YoungArts Winner - Voice Popular, 2024 - ballad selection in any style
Something's Got a Hold On Me | Christina Aguilera | YoungArts Winner - Voice Popular, 2024 - Up Tempo Selection
Tell It Like It Is | Heart | YoungArts Winner - Voice Popular, 2024 - popular song written between 1950-1979
When I Was You Man | Bruno Mars | YoungArts Winner - Voice Popular, 2024 - contemporary popular song written after 1980
2024 National YoungArts Winner - Voice Popular
YoungArts has been the sole nominating agency for U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students in the arts. It identifies exceptional young artists, amplifies their potential, and invests in their lifelong creative freedom.
This year, winners were selected from more than 9,000 applications across 10 artistic disciplines – Classical Music, Dance, Design, Film, Jazz, Photography, Theater, Visual Arts, Voice, and Writing. Award winners are selected through a blind adjudication process conducted by an independent panel of highly accomplished artists in their fields. For the duration of their careers, YoungArts award winners are eligible for exclusive creative and professional development support; microgrants and financial awards; presentation and performance opportunities with major venues and cultural partners; and all-expenses paid learning intensives.
August 2024 - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Video Challenge
This video was the runner-up and won $100 cash prize.
Original Background Music: "Dream" by Shohini Chakraborty
August 2023 - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Video Challenge
The video won $400 cash prize award.
Original Background Music: "Shattered" by Shohini Chakraborty
July 2022 - Banshi Shune Ki | First Runner Up | NABC Idol 2022
A famous song, originally sung by Hindi playback singer, legendary, Asha Bhosle, which brought Shohini the second prize in NABC Idol 2022 where competitors participate from all over North America by audition.
May 2022 - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Video Challenge | Say NO to Alcohol
The video won $500 cash prize award.
Original Background Music: "Life" by Shohini Chakraborty
May 2022 - SEVA 2022: PSA 9-12 - Folsom High School | Defeat COVID-19 - Get Vaccinated
This video was the finalist in the PSA Grades 9-12 category.
Program Idea: This PSA is for people to know that getting vaccinated for COVID-19 is safe and is really important for the well-being of each individual and also for the community as a whole. Every eligible individual should be vaccinated from COVID-19 to protect themselves and people around them.