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Mr. Indranath Chattopadhyay (Mr. Chat)

Indranath Chattopadhyay (known to students as "Mr. Chat") is a Central Jersey centered musician and educator. He received his Bachelor of Music from Rowan University where he studied classical and jazz music, ultimately majoring in Jazz Studies shortly after graduation from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School where he received his diploma. 

Professional music performance focuses include composition, vocal, and woodwind performance in genres such as jazz, classical, funk, blues, rock, hip-hop, etc. Mr. Chat has extensive experience playing in parade bands, jazz big bands and small groups, classical ensembles, Broadway musicals, (including productions at Perth Amboy High School as a hired professional musician), blues bands, funk bands, rock bands, etc. Hobbies include playing, teaching, composing, theorizing, analyzing, listening to, living and breathing the magic we call music.

In the realm of education, Mr. Chat has been in public education since January 2018. He first started substitute teaching, taking on roles as a long-term substitute general music teacher, band director, and choir director (as well as other subjects) for various elementary, middle, and high schools, while working towards his certification to be a public school music teacher.  Later in November 2021, he was given his first opportunity to teach music as an official teacher in Union County, and later came to Perth Amboy, New Jersey in February 2024. Mr. Chat seeks to use the language of music to educate his students about life and create upstanding, productive, empathetic and wise people in society as his previous mentors had done for him. In addition, he continues participating as an active professional musician as his second career, which he often enjoys bringing real world experience from, to utilize in the classroom. He is very excited to find ways to contribute to the growth of the community of Perth Amboy New Jersey by being on staff at Perth Amboy High School.