Sarah Van Sciver

*Professional vocals, piano, harp, and ukulele for any occasion
*Set lists customized for your event audience, occasion, setting, and sensibilities
*Experienced studio vocalist, pianist, harpist, arranger, engineer
*Adaptable, friendly, outgoing, punctual
*Creative, communicative, collaborative, organized
*Great arrangements and compositions for any ensemble - all instruments and skill levels

*As a performer, arranger, composer, producer, and instructor, I am nimble, knowledgeable, adaptable, and dependable. Count on me as a creative, collaborative contributor for projects and performances in all styles and settings for any occasion and audience.

SUMMARY
Avid musician eager to contribute to all kinds of events, gigs, projects, performances, and other opportunities.

BRIEF BIO
Singer, pianist, harpist, ukulele player, composer, songwriter, lyricist, arranger, orchestrator, audio/video/music producer and engineer, music director, conductor, accompanist, bar pianist, improviser, sound designer, and more with stylistic specializations that include but are not limited to rock/pop/jazz/folk/country, a cappella, musical theatre, film/tv music, and teaching. Teacher, mentor, and tutor in private/solo and classroom/group contexts, pre-K/kids, collegiate/adults, and all the in-betweens.

A BIT MORE ABOUT ME
I compose, conduct, craft, and arrange scores, songs, and sound for film/TV, theatre, dance, opera, concert, and studio album productions in all genres. I record, edit, mix, master, and engineer music, audio, and video. I perform vocals, piano, harp, and ukulele live and as a session musician, as a 'piano bar' singing pianist, and in many other idioms. I lecture on arts-based business, as well as music engineering, performance, and composition. I also mentor fellow creative professionals to build art-business intersectional skills. As a performer, arranger, composer, producer, and instructor, I am nimble, knowledgeable, adaptable, and dependable. Count on me as a creative, collaborative contributor for projects and performances in all styles and settings for any occasion and audience.

PAST GIGS INCLUDE
*Performances at 100s of Museums, Gardens, Restaurants, Festivals, Private Parties, Auctions, Birthday Parties, Kids' Parties, Quinceañeras, Weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Funerals
*Direction, musical direction, conducting, accompaniment, composition, arranging, sound design, stage management for Musical Theatre and Theatre productions (including community, college, high school, middle school, and community productions of Broadway, opera, and light opera repertoire)
*Teaching for colleges, universities, Sunday Schools, public schools, private schools, after school programs, community centers, private students
*Recording, editing, mixing, mastering, session musician performing, sound design, dialogue editing, foley art, scoring, songwriting, sound crew for dozens of music videos, studio albums, short films, full-length film projects

EDUCATION
California Institute of the Arts (a.k.a. CalArts) '16, M.F.A. Performer-Composer
University of Pennsylvania (a.k.a. UPenn) '14, B.A. Music
Berklee College of Music (Online) '14, General Music Studies Professional Certificate

PERFORMANCE MODALITIES
Indoor and outdoor in-person events; available for remote bookings as well.

PERFORMANCE GEAR
Can provide my own amplification via microphones and a PA system as well as my piano keyboard, electroacoustic harp, and ukulele. Can perform acoustically as a vocalist/harpist/ukulele player if a gig is going to take place in an outdoor space with no electrical access.