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Original Album, “Ophelia’s Song – EP,” will be released this summer!

I am in production to release an EP of original songs by the end of the summer. Vocal, piano, and string tracking are done; drums + bass + guitar will be added by the end of the month.

Thrilled to be working with Michael Harmon at Studio Crash on this project, and with a great team of musicians. Songs feature all original music, arrangements, piano/keys/vocals by me; and original lyrics by me (plus one song each featuring lyrics by Harry Van Sciver and Hannah Van Sciver).

Track listing TBA! Stay tuned for more updates. The album wil be:

  • available digitally on iTunes, Amazon, Facebook, CD Baby…
  • available (physical CD copy) directly from me…
  • playable on Spotify, Rhapsody… and…
  • released by the end of the summer.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

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New Piece! A Road Tripping Country Song

this rural highway road trip ends badly, but I hope you enjoy the piece just the same.

the piece was inspired by a friend recounting finding a pair of crosses along the highway bearing the names “Mitch” and “Hog.” Consider this song these characters’ final highway adventure.

the song features tambourine, drums, guitars, mandolin, and pedal steel guitar.

Listen, HERE.

New Movie: PRE-MEDitation // Sound Editing and Film Scoring

“PRE-MEDitation”

*FEATURING*
Jon Lee Andrade …as… JON
Sarah Elizabeth Zerod …as… SARAH
Thalia Stanberry …as… PROFESSOR STANBERRY, PARTY-GOER #1
Tyler Altenhofen …as… PARTY-GOER #2, himself
Sarah Van Sciver …as… PARTY-GOER #3, herself
Chadwick Prichard …as… himself

*WITH*
STORY, SCRIPT, CAMERA WORK …by… Chadwick Prichard, Sarah Van Sciver, and Tyler Altenhofen
VIDEO EDITING and VISUAL EFFECTS …by… Chadwick Prichard and Tyler Altenhofen
SOUND EDITING and ORIGINAL MUSIC …by… Sarah Van Sciver

*SPECIAL THANKS TO*
Professor Ellen Reynolds,
the DV Lab and its staff,
the Rodin Cafe and its staff,
Final Cut Pro 7,
Logic Pro 9,
Finale 2012,
…and…
everyone at the Equipment Cage and Addams Fine Arts Building.

Hope you enjoy this final project for Penn’s Video 1 course.

Dischord Retrospective: Four Years of A Cappella at Penn

Graduating, soon, I have been thinking a lot about my time at Penn, specifically acting as an arranger, conductor, music director, soprano/mezzo, studio producer, and board member of Dischord A Cappella. Dischord is a co-ed group that was founded at the University of Pennsylvania back in 1998. The group performs a cappella covers spanning all genres – pop, indie, rock, country, jazz, folk, world, and fusion. Under my direction, the group has featured many mash-ups and medleys in its covers.

You can read a full account of my arranging credits for the group, here: Sarah Van Sciver, ’13, Soprano

Solo performances at our semesterly concerts:

I am an arranger for hire! Professional or non-professional vocal groups of all experience levels — all-male, all-female, or co-ed — contact me if you are interested in having something arranged.

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A Cappella Arrangements – Live Performances Spring 2013

my UPenn a cappella group, Dischord, just had a spring concert last weekend on 4/6. Here are links to songs I arranged or co-arranged with other members that were performed at the show:

Fade Into You

Feelin Good

Glitter in the Air

I Want it That Way/Boy band Mashup

I Won’t Give Up/Mraz Mredley

Locked Out of Heaven

Morning Song (<– I’m the soloist on this one)

Soldier

When Love Takes Over

find out more about Dischord HERE

…Just Added Two More Tracks to my Music Page!

check these out:

I co-produced Baltimore Ave and was the only producer for Lights Out, and I can’t wait to be in the studio again this spring with Dischord!

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♫ Breakeven (Falling to Pieces) // a string quintet arrangement of the hit song by the Script â™«

Listen to my newest addition to my string quintet pop arrangements here: Breakeven (Falling to Pieces) – SQ

for those who miss / love / don’t know the original song and want to check it out, here’s the official music video: the Script Vevo – Breakeven / YouTube