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Spotlight: Vocal Arranging

Check out some live performances of the vocal arrangements I have put together throughout this past year:

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Angel With A Shotgun (The Cab)

Burn (Ellie Goulding)/Lose Myself (OneRepublic)

Bust Your Windows (Jazmine Sullivan)/Why Don’t You Love Me?(Beyoncé)

Counting Stars (OneRepublic)

I Really Want It (A Great Big World)

I Want You Back (Jackson Five)

Miss Me (Andy Grammer)

You and I (Johnnyswim)*

*…the original artist, Johnnyswim, liked this arrangement!

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For an up-to-date listing of arrangements I have done, check out Vocal Arranging.

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Happy holidays to you and yours!

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Holiday shopping left to do? CDs make great gifts! iTunes * CDBaby * Amazon

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…Check out more music… more films…

All Original Music and Recordings ©℗ SARAH VAN SCIVER.

Finalist in the Penn Student Film Festival!!

In this year’s UPenn Student Film Festival, my film “Running on Rivalry” has made it into the final round!

“Showcasing the work of Penn’s student filmmakers from across the schools, the Penn Student Film Festival gives artists and audiences alike an opportunity to share and enjoy the creative output of fresh cinematic voices. Co-sponsored by and hosted in the College Houses, this four-night festival welcomes short film submissions from any student at Penn and invites the whole Penn community to watch and appreciate their work.”

Come watch “Running on Rivalry” – along with 8 other films , (the remaining 3 finalist films are TBA tomorrow night) as we compete in the final round on Friday night April 4th in Harrison College House’s Heyer Sky Lounge! The top three finalists are picked by a panel of judges but 4th place prize goes to the Audience Favorite so please come and bring friends! 🙂

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…and don’t miss the third night of qualifying rounds in the festival, tomorrow night, Thursday April 3, 8:00 pm @Ware College House in McClelland Hall in the Quad.

…Read more about the festival here…

Running on Rivalry

***Special thanks to Alex, Ivan, Lucy, and Luke, without whom this film would never have been made.***

You can listen to the original music I wrote for the film here –>

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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.

Video: National Anthem Soloist at the Palestra

Check out the video:

Special thanks to Joshua Craggs and Penn Athletics for giving me the opportunity to sing at the Palestra for UPenn Men’s Basketball. Go Quakers!

Video credit: Will Murdoch.

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

CD Order Holidays

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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

…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.

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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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.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream ♬♪♫♪

Next week, 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…

albumart…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.

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

NEW TRACKS! Inspired by/Commissioned for Stim Children’s Theatre’s Production of ROBIN HOOD

  1. Enter the Hero for trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, and percussion
  2. The Sheriff for harmonica, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, and percussion
  3. The Final Fight for piccolo, flute, harp, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, and two percussionists
  4. Through Brush and through Briar for flute, oboe, harp, and mandolin
  5. Chase for violin, viola, cello, and contrabass

come see the show! –> RSVP here

thanks for listening!

…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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New Project: Sound Editing and Mixing

For an assignment in Professor Terry Adkins’ Sonic Measures course at UPenn this spring, our first project was to choose an audio source, then to deconstruct and make something unrecognizable from it (so the end result is not obviously tied to or traceable to its original audio source). I chose Bobby McFerrin’s a cappella track that plays under the Pixar short film Knick Knack. We used Logic to use editing and mixing functions to create something entirely new by recycling and modifying our sound source. Mixing tools were used to enhance the environmental/other qualities of our projects.

My goal was to create a sound scape evocative of biking through a construction zone or busy city, like the Big Dig or Boston, MA more generally.

…Sonic Measures Project: “Knack Knick”…