Shobhaa Joshi started performing at the age of 15. Since then she has performed extensively in India, USA, UK, Russia, Japan, France, Switzerland, Norway, Holland, South Africa, Kenya, UAE, Musket, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc. in a wide range of concerts. She has more than 1500 concerts to her credit.
Here are a few of her concerts :
* Sawai Gandharva Classical Music Festival in Pune, India
* Calcutta Music Conference, India
* S. G. S. Sabha music festival, Madras, India
* Radio Sangeet Sammelan, Delhi, India
• Royal Albert Hall, London, UK- Solo and also with legendary singer Talat Mehmood
* Wembly Conference Hall, London, UK
* Indian Embassy Concert, Geneva, Switzerland
* Asian Festival, Norway
* Opening of Indian Music concert, South Africa with legendary music director R. D. Burman
* Queen Elizabeth Hall concert in Vancouver B. C. , Canada
* Indian Embassy concert in Singapore
* Youth Festival concert in Japan
* India's 50° Independence Concert in Washington D.C., USA with chief guest Mrs. Hillary Clinton.
* Canada Day concert in Toronto
* Asia Day concert in Toronto
* Bharatiya Vidyabhavan concert in New York
* Millenium Concert of Holland's National Television — Amsterdam
* First Indian vocal artist to perform Indian Classical Music in famous Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow - Russia and many more
Venues Performed:
1) Royal Albert Hall.
2) Wembly Prena.
3) Wembly Conferance Hall.
4) Queen Elizabeth Hall.
5) Tchychovasky Hall Mosco.
6) Mosco Conservetory.
7) Oslow Theaer Norway.
8) Lincoln Theatre New York. and many more.
Recordings:
Shobhaa Joshi has sung for number of films and private albums with top music directors and recording companies. She could display her versatility in all her, more than 75 albums in different categories of music. She has sung for more than 250 films in Hindi, Marathi and other regional films. Her songs from films like Love Love Love - Na Chithiyaan Na Koi Sandesa, Hum - Kagaj Kalam Davat La, etc are very popular.
She also has recorded for private producers in UK and USA. She recently has recorded two CDs in the US for a spiritual organization.
Composing & Experiments:
Shobhaa is also an excellent composer and has composed many of her albums. She has been composing for classical, ghazals, bhajans, geet and other varieties of light music with her own distinct style. She also has composed songs for children. She keeps experimenting with different subjects and poetic forms in music.
The following are details of some of her works :
* Shobhaa Joshi recently composed and presented a concert of devotional songs written by the great women saints of India who have contributed a great deal of philosophy and spirituality to the society. This concert was presented as a tribute to women saints on the Women's Day.
* She also composed many compositions of a great saint 'Meera' and also recorded her devotional songs.
* At present, she is working on composing a very special project and program on 'Vedant' -knowledge of life, which is about 5000 years old and is in ancient language Sanskrit. Vedant explains the knowledge and philosophy of life, which connects with spirituality and peace and Shobhaa Joshi wants to present this through music. She also has designed a programme on 'Nava Vidha Bhakti' — the 9 types of devotion in Spirituality with Bhajans based on each type.
* Shobhaa Joshi also experimented in Fusion music and she has composed many fusion songs in English, based on Indian Classical Raaga music with Western music adaptation. This is a different experiment of Shobha, since very few musicians have experimented with Vocal Fusion Music.
Education & music:
Shobhaa Joshi always looked at music as not only as a tool of entertainment but also as an education and discipline which leads to knowledge of many finer aspects of life and helps to live a very tasteful, enriched and qualitative life. Her mother was always a source of inspiration, initiated and supported for learning all the time and that is why, she is still active in learning different things in music and also in other areas.
Along with performing, she is always connected with the educational aspect of music and also believes, it is very important to educate the audience musically and help them to have knowledge about it in order to enjoy more. And that is why she has been doing lot of educational activities in music through her charitable trust.
Teaching:
* Periodical teaching in very reputed music institutes like Sharada Sangeet Vidyalaya in Mumbai. She has been invited as a guest lecturer by universities and different music organizations to give lecture-demonstrations and also to conduct workshops on different forms of music. Her lessons, lectures and teaching methods are highly appreciated and enjoyed by the students and have made her a very popular teacher.
* She also has lot of students who visit her regularly to learn classical and light music.
* She has written different articles on musical subjects and musical experiences of her tours and has published in local publications.
Workshops:
Shobhaa Joshi has conducted workshops on different forms and subjects of music along with the reputed music personalities in the field. Some of the topics of worshops are as hereunder:
* Workshop on role and importance of Bandish in Raag-Classical.
* Workshop on appreciation of Ghazal- Lutf - e - Ghazal.
* Workshop on Voice Culture (Awaaj — Sadhana — Shastra ) with Pandit Yashwant Deo
* Workshop on light music — skills and techniques —`Sugam Sangeet Tantra & Mantra with Pandit Yashwant Deo.
* Workshop on film music (Hindi) 'Film Music - Yesterday and Today'.