Sound Design

★ New Piece: “Maze” ★

Listen to “Maze,”

a new orchestral composition featuring strings, brass, and percussion.

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“Overture to an Adventure” digital download is now available on Amazon MP3, CDBaby, eMusic, iTunes, & Rdio.
Want a physical copy? Order Overture to an Adventure – EP  and Ophelia’s Song–EP.

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If you buy my songs as digital downloads through ReverbNation, half of the proceeds go directly to the Fender Music Foundation.

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…Check out more of my music…

…Check out the most recent additions to my Discography…

…Check out Ophelia’s Song – EP…

Ophelia’s Song Preview Video * Overture to an Adventure Preview Video * Ophelia’s Song Lyrics & Credits * Overture to an Adventure Credits * Order CDs * Book a Gig * Download my Mobile App * Additional Links

All Original Music and Recordings ©℗ SARAH VAN SCIVER.

New Video: “Running on Rivalry”

Check out this new short film,

“Running On Rivalry” – watch on YouTube

Running on Rivalry
starring ……………………………………………………………. Alex Rafi & Luke Kelly
camerawork, direction, & visual editing/FX …………………………….. Ivan Moutinho
sound design, sound editing, and original music ………………………. Sarah Van Sciver

>> check out more from BinarySunProductions on YouTube <<

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…Check out more of my music…

…Check out the most recent additions to my Discography…

…Check out my EP CDs Ophelia’s Song and Overture to an Adventure…

Ophelia’s Song Preview Video * Overture to an Adventure Preview Video * Ophelia’s Song Lyrics & Credits * Overture to an Adventure Credits * Order CDs * Book a Gig * Download my Mobile App * Additional Links

All Original Music and Recordings ©℗ SARAH VAN SCIVER.

Order “Overture to an Adventure”…

CDs are arriving, today ~ ORDER YOUR COPY, NOW! 

…OFFICIAL ARTWORK…

Click here for DiscMakers’ 3-D Preview

SPECIAL THANKS TO HANNAH VAN SCIVER FOR HER BRILLIANT PHOTOGRAPHY!

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TRACK LISTING
1. The Final March
2. Days and Days
3. Goodbye
4. Decision
5. Overture to an Adventure
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…RECORDING SESSION PHOTOS…

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Special thanks to
Berenice Leung (cello), David Rosenfeld (oboe), Eugene Chieffo (clarinet),
Geoffrey Baker (viola/violin), Gin Ah Lim (violin), Lawrence Major (violin),
Matthew Roberts (double bass), Sirmina Dremsizova (flute),
Sudarshan Muralidhar (flute), and Yoomi Kwon (cello) … the orchestra
Hannah Van Sciver … photography
William Murdoch … graphic design
Studio Crash … recording / mixing / mastering
DiscMakers & CDBaby … CD production / distribution
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Please stay tuned for announcements regarding:

  • Preview Video for the CD
  • CD Release on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and more
  • Digital Downloads
  • Internet Radio and Streaming

♫ please spread the word ♫

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Looking to finish up holiday shopping?
Order Overture to an Adventure – EP & Ophelia’s Song–EP.

CD Order Holidays

~

Sarah%20Van%20Sciver

If you buy my songs as digital downloads through ReverbNation, half of the proceeds go directly to the Fender Music Foundation.

Sarah%20Van%20Sciver

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…Check out more of my music…

…Check out the most recent additions to my Discography…

…Check out Ophelia’s Song – EP…

Ophelia’s Song Preview Video * Ophelia’s Song Lyrics & Credits * Order CDs * Book a Gig * Download my Mobile App * Additional Links

All Original Music and Recordings ©℗ SARAH VAN SCIVER.

Album Art for New CD…

COMING SOON: “Overture to an Adventure – EP,” featuring 5 original film scoring pieces.

…OFFICIAL ARTWORK…

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Click here for DiscMakers’ 3-D Preview

SPECIAL THANKS TO HANNAH VAN SCIVER FOR HER BRILLIANT PHOTOGRAPHY!

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TRACK LISTING
1. The Final March
2. Days and Days
3. Goodbye
4. Decision
5. Overture to an Adventure
~

…RECORDING SESSION PHOTOS…

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

~
Special thanks to
Berenice Leung (cello), David Rosenfeld (oboe), Eugene Chieffo (clarinet),
Geoffrey Baker (viola/violin), Gin Ah Lim (violin), Lawrence Major (violin),
Matthew Roberts (double bass), Sirmina Dremsizova (flute),
Sudarshan Muralidhar (flute), and Yoomi Kwon (cello) … the orchestra
Hannah Van Sciver … photography
William Murdoch … graphic design
Studio Crash … recording / mixing / mastering
DiscMakers & CDBaby … CD production / distribution
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Please stay tuned for announcements regarding:

  • Preview Video for the CD
  • Pre-Orders
  • CD Release
  • Digital Downloads
  • Internet Radio and Streaming

♫ please spread the word ♫

~

Looking to finish up holiday shopping?
Order physical copies of Ophelia’s Song–EP.

CD Order Holidays

~

Sarah%20Van%20Sciver

If you buy my songs as digital downloads through ReverbNation, half of the proceeds go directly to the Fender Music Foundation.

Sarah%20Van%20Sciver

albumart

…Check out more of my music…

…Check out the most recent additions to my Discography…

…Check out Ophelia’s Song – EP…

Ophelia’s Song Preview Video * Ophelia’s Song Lyrics & Credits * Order CDs * Book a Gig * Download my Mobile App * Additional Links

All Original Music and Recordings ©℗ SARAH VAN SCIVER.

Teaser Photos for New Album…

In the next few weeks, I am releasing my second album, “Overture to an Adventure,” an EP of film scoring pieces for a variety of ensembles.

…TEASER PHOTOS…

SPECIAL THANKS TO HANNAH VAN SCIVER FOR HER BRILLIANT PHOTOGRAPHY!

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TRACK LISTING
1. The Final March
2. Days and Days
3. Goodbye
4. Decision
5. Overture to an Adventure
~
Recording Session Photos:

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Special thanks to
Berenice Leung (cello), David Rosenfeld (oboe), Eugene Chieffo (clarinet),
Geoffrey Baker (viola/violin), Gin Ah Lim (violin), Lawrence Major (violin),
Matthew Roberts (double bass), Sirmina Dremsizova (flute),
Sudarshan Muralidhar (flute), and Yoomi Kwon (cello) … the orchestra
Hannah Van Sciver … photography
William Murdoch … graphic design
Studio Crash … recording / mixing / mastering
DiscMakers & CDBaby … CD production / distribution
film background

Please stay tuned for announcements regarding:

  • Album Art
  • Preview Video for the CD
  • Pre-orders
  • CD Release
  • Digital Downloads
  • Internet Radio and Streaming

♫ please spread the word ♫

~

If you’re still looking to finish up holiday shopping,
consider ordering physical copies of Ophelia’s Song–EP.

CD Order Holidays

~

Sarah%20Van%20Sciver

If you buy my songs as digital downloads through ReverbNation, half of the proceeds go directly to the Fender Music Foundation.

Sarah%20Van%20Sciver

albumart

…Check out more of my music…

…Check out the most recent additions to my Discography…

…Check out Ophelia’s Song – EP…

Ophelia’s Song Preview Video * Ophelia’s Song Lyrics & Credits * Order CDs * Book a Gig * Download my Mobile App * Additional Links

All Original Music and Recordings ©℗ SARAH VAN SCIVER.

Track Listing for New Album…

In the next few weeks, I am releasing my second album, “Overture to an Adventure,” an EP of film scoring pieces for a variety of ensembles.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Final March

2. Days and Days

3. Goodbye

4. Decision

5. Overture to an Adventure

~
Recording Session Photos:

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

~
Special thanks to

Berenice Leung (cello), David Rosenfeld (oboe), Eugene Chieffo (clarinet),

Geoffrey Baker (viola/violin), Gin Ah Lim (violin), Lawrence Major (violin),

Matthew Roberts (double bass), Sirmina Dremsizova (flute),

Sudarshan Muralidhar (flute), and Yoomi Kwon (cello) … the orchestra

Hannah Van Sciver … photography

William Murdoch … graphic design

Studio Crash … recording / mixing / mastering

DiscMakers & CDBaby … CD production / distribution

film background

Please stay tuned for announcements regarding:

  • Teaser Photos
  • Album Art
  • Preview Video for the CD
  • Pre-orders
  • CD Release
  • Digital Downloads
  • Internet Radio and Streaming

♫ please spread the word ♫

~

If you’re still looking to finish up holiday shopping,
consider ordering physical copies of Ophelia’s Song–EP.

CD Order Holidays

~

Sarah%20Van%20Sciver

If you buy my songs as digital downloads through ReverbNation, half of the proceeds go directly to the Fender Music Foundation.

Sarah%20Van%20Sciver

albumart

…Check out more of my music…

…Check out the most recent additions to my Discography…

…Check out Ophelia’s Song – EP…

Ophelia’s Song Preview Video * Ophelia’s Song Lyrics & Credits * Order CDs * Book a Gig * Download my Mobile App * Additional Links

All Original Music and Recordings ©℗ SARAH VAN SCIVER.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – This Weekend!

This weekend, don’t miss iNtuiton’s Experimental Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Hannah Van Sciver.

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Photos by Hannah Van Sciver 

I composed an original song for the production, a lullaby the fairies sing to their queen Titania. The play is sure to be the perfect addition to your Halloweekend!

Shows (@ Houston Hall, Class of ’49 Auditorium)

Thursday, 10/31, 7:00pm
Friday, 11/1, 6:00pm
Saturday, 11/2, 2:00pm
Saturday, 11/2, 9:00pm

Tickets cost $7 for PennCard holders, $10 general admission.

…RSVP and Invite Friends on Facebook…

…Photos from the Play, in Rehearsals…
…iNtuitons Experimental Theatre…
…the Performing Arts Council at UPenn…
…Hannah Van Sciver…

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…Check out more of my music…

…Check out the most recent additions to my Discography, (Ayumi Perry)…

…Check out my new album…

EP Preview Video * EP Lyrics & Credits * Order CDs * Book Sarah for A Gig * Additional Links

All Original Music and Recordings ©℗ SARAH VAN SCIVER.

Bells on College Green – a Sound Design Project

This is the second of my two final projects for “Sonic Measures,” a Sound Design course I took this spring with Professor Terry Adkins and Marc Blumthal.

The assignment was to take some video footage which was primarily visual in nature (and natural – not a performance) and to use sound design to enhance the raw footage. In Logic, to enhance the audio already present from the video (which was full of ringing church bells which inspired the sound design,) I used raw waveforms generated in Audacity and used time, pitch, and layering effects and reverberation to create a soundscape full of sounds that are evocative of bells or otherwise mimic bells’ characteristics.

The video footage was taken on College Green at Penn, and between 36th & 34th Streets // between Locust Walk and Walnut Street over the course of several afternoons at around the same time, thus having clock bells tolling in all of my footage.

the Wading Bird – a Sound Design project

This is one of my two final projects for “Sonic Measures,” a Sound Design course I took this spring with Professor Terry Adkins and Marc Blumthal.
The assignment was to take some video footage which was primarily visual in nature (and natural – not a performance) and to use sound design to enhance the raw footage. In Logic, to enhance the audio already present from the video (which was very distorted,) I used percussion, foley water sounds, and other effects and reverberation to create a soundscape to highlight this bird, stalking prey along the shoreline.

The video footage was taken on my Droid cellphone in Sarasota, Florida.