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Sheela Bringi , originally from Colorado, is an instrumentalist and vocalist based in Los Angeles. Sheela plays the North Indian classical bansuri flute and studies under the guidance of master flautist G.S. Sachdev . As the daughter of immigrants from Southern India, she enjoyed a childhood rich with musical experience and training in both the Indian and Jazz traditions. Since moving to California in 2002, Sheela has studied and worked with artists from a variety of backgrounds including Fred Frith, Cecil Taylor, Aashish Khan and Swapan Chaudhuri.

Sheela is currently a freelance musician in Los Angeles, and is developing projects that enable her to draw equally from Jazz and Indian traditions. She is in the studio working on the debut album of the PremaSoul project, a collaboration between herself and performer and composer Clinton Patterson. Sheela was also recently chosen to record at Capitol Records in Hollywood for the 2008 CalArts Jazz Composers Competition with the Riyaaz Quintet . Sheela holds a degree from Mills College and is pursuing a M.F.A. in North Indian music at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).