COLLABORATIONS
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Arranger, Orchestrator, Conductor
SELECTED CREDITS
(ARRANGER & ORCHESTRATOR)
With Simone Scazzocchio (Asst. Prof., Berklee): a South-East Asian medley in Rhythm of the Universe (ROTU)'s multicultural production, for Boston Common's OUT OF THE BOX Festival ('13).
Resident arranger ('22-) with MUSICAL TOUCH's Pop Orchestra, Singapore's first events orchestra for hire, charting requested hits in various genres.
With Singaporean artist NyaLi: 2022 livestream show, her originals (In My Head, Falling Forward '15) and covers (Cruz '14, Fly Away '15, Kite '16), in Boston.
Eugene Seow's original, Looking Back: for jazz orchestra ('15).
Teresa Teng 邓丽君 medley: for large ensemble, at Louisa Foong and Xingyu Yao's Mandarin Pop tribute concert ('16).
Julian Moreen's originals (The Wall, Aurora): for the Julian Moreen Quartet & SJII Band (faculty & selected students).
*Organizer of the Julian Moreen Quartet's show at SJII on their inaugural Asia tour ('18).
(CONDUCTOR)
Sarah's own arrangements on shows with: MUSICAL TOUCH Pop Orchestra, NyaLi, Eugene Seow, Louisa Foong and Xingyu Yao.
Trained in:
- orchestral (concert and musical theatre pit) conducting with Eric Stern
- film scoring conducting sessions with George Monseur
Arrangements: Selected Live Previews
Session Musician
SELECTED CREDITS
(Piano)
Two compositions for Yamaha School albums ('01 and '03), JoLe's album (Epigraph, '15).
EP and single releases by NyaLi (Your Own, '17; Sunshine for Christmas, '19; Pancakes, '20), Nathan Hartono (Wait for Me, '12), Anna Moela, Phoebe Lee (This Time Around; Listen to Me 听我唱 '17), Bernard Duc (3 Dessins d'enfants, '17) and Kelsey Joanne Rogers (Fluctuations, '16).
Cover sessions with Sanjana Raja (Liane La Havas - What You Won't Do, '17; Adele - Million Years Ago, '18).
Big band recording sessions for Pranav Pokhriyal and Premiere Mason.
Film scoring sessions for Jina An, Yvonne Teo, Yung-Hsin Chen, Yu Fong Chen, Angelina Park, Carol Kusuwanto, Roy Salguero, Joseph Su, Pablo Flores, Jeremy Huey, Ishita Sinha, Juan Pablo Trillo, Daniel Vitale, and more.
Engineers involved include Daniel Wong (Pancakes), Nathaniel Mah (Sunshine for Christmas), Tyler J. Scott (Wait for Me), Kenneth Jin (3 Dessins d'enfants), Simon Mongtrison (This Time Around), and Tim Liao (Listen to Me 听我唱).
(Other Instruments)
Irish penny-whistle and bodhrán on various Berklee film scoring sessions.
Vocals and ukulele on Manuel Marxer's commercial demo reel.
Vocals on Yu Fong Chen and Kino Lee's film & video game scoring sessions.
Sessions: Selected Reel
Sessions: studio preview reel
Performing Artist
SELECTED CREDITS
(Piano)
Esplanade Theaters on the Bay (Singapore) with YAMAHA School of Music ('01) and Nathan Hartono ('14); biannual concerts at Boston's Old South Church with Berklee's Society of Composers ('13 to '18).
Premiered concert works by Manuel Marxer, Carlos Virgilio, Anton Ariki, Javier Morales, Jose Ortiz, Bernard Duc, Dai Haraguchi, Roman Soto, Linda Dallimore, Kelsey Joanne Rogers, Matthew Wong, Tina Kayal, Eli Roberts, Dmytro Gordon, Bailey Cunningham, Garrett Wallace, Isaac Johnson, Matt Scutchfield, and more.
Sharing the stage with NyaLi (voice), Anna Moela (voice), Sanjana Raja (voice), Mahoko Taniguchi (voice), Jina An (viola, voice), Priyant Sundas (guitar, voice), Manuel Marxer (drums), Juan Mejia (drums), Bryan Deister (keys), Lily Lyons (violin, voice), Simon Fagerstedt (bass), Alex Gasser Londono (bass), Artie Sadler (bass), Jaison Buo-Shu Whuang (bamboo flute), Matthew Wong (saxophone), Bebe Hyeryun Kim (violin), Nathaniel Pasague Taylor (cello), Peder Barratt Due (violin) and Roman Soto (cello), Dan Hoffman (percussion), and more.
Musical Theatre rehearsal & pit keyboardist with Needham Community Theatre (NCT) on Precious Bane (World premiere, Feb '17), and OLIVER! (Nov '17); with SJI International on West Side Story ('11), Pirates of Penzance ('11), Sound of Music ('08), Joseph ('07), and A Lasallian Story ('07 to '15).
(Other Instruments)
Irish penny-whistle and bodhrán for Lily Lyons's show ('17), and on Sarah's own show projects.
Member of the SJII Balinese Gamelan troupe ('08 to '11).
Tenor saxophonist in the SJII Jazz Band ('09 to '10).
Shows: Selected Live Previews
Videographer & Video Editor
CREDITS
Priyant's Darjeeling Groove - HEARTSKY (Official MV)
Filmed with Go Pro, iPhone 10 S, and SONY HD Exmar.
Manuel Marxer - Boy Meets World (Official MV)
Filmed with iPhone 10 S.
Videography: Selected Reel
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