Summer Swee-Singh

Piano
Current Position
20 Connections | 21 Followers
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Currently Performing
Nikitaa @ The Viper Room Acoustic Lounge
Playing keys + bandleader for Nikitaa
Nikitaa
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Biography

(She/Her) Summer Swee-Singh is a non-music major (B.A. Legal Studies, Music Minor: UC Berkeley) turned composer, music arranger, music dierctor, studio/touring pianist + keyboardist, and string contractor. Her studio and touring/live performance credits include Bebe Rexha, KSHMR, Roddy Ricch, Chief Keef, Circa Survive, Polyphia, Chon, Naia Izumi, Anthony Green, Rob Scallon, Keiynan Lonsdale, Thunder Jackson, Until the Ribbon Breaks, Kings Elliot, Mothe, Psychic Barber, etc. Summer founded all-female orchestral ensemble Summer Swee-Singh & the Heartstrings and co-founded and music directs JAMS. She releases music as a solo artist and with her project GRP.
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Experience

Kings Elliot

2022 - 2022

Touring Keyboardist + Triggers / Piano Accompanist

2022 - 2022
Played keyboard and ran triggers for Kings Elliot for a 6.5 week US/CAN stadium tour opening for Imagine Dragons as well as piano accompanist for private BMG performances. Notable venues performed included Fenway Park, Allegiant Stadium (Raiders' Stadium), T-Mobile Center, Rogers Centre (Blue Jays' Stadium), etc.
Santa Ana, CA, USA

Assistant to Executive Officers and CEO - Temp

2021 - 2022
Worked part-time at CVOC for four months, assisting with administrative work, appointment scheduling and reservations for CEO, room reservations for executives, data entry, event planning, filing, coordinating meeting food and beverages, etc.

Naia Izumi

2020 - 2022

Keyboardist + Rhodes

2020 - 2022
Keyboardist and Rhodes for Naia's debut studio album "A Residency in the Los Angeles Area" as well as for live performances with the Naia Izumi Quartet, notably including a performance at the "2020 World Expo" in Dubai in December 2021.

Splice

2019 - 2022

Composer, keyboardist

2019 - 2022
Co-released two Splice beat packs: "Chords of KSHMR - Vol. 1: Summer Swee-Singh" in 2019 and "Radiance of Sound", curated by Madame Gandhi" in 2022.

Bebe Rexha

2019 - 2019

Pianist for Bebe Rexha on The Ellen Show (October 2019)

2019 - 2019
Pianist in band backing Bebe Rexha for the performance of her song "You Can't Stop the Girl": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7sEADuBhwM 

Chon

2018 - 2018

Music Director, Keyboardist, String Arranger, Backing Vocalist, Conductor, and String Contractor

2018 - 2018
Chon - Holiday Tour: December 2018.

Anthony Green

2018 - 2018

Pianist, Keyboardist, Flutist, String Arranger, and String Contractor

2018 - 2018
For select dates on Anthony Green's summer 2018 Avalon 10 Year Anniversary Tour.

Circa Survive

2017 - 2017

Keyboardist, String Arranger, & String Contractor

2017 - 2017
My first tour was playing with the band Circa Survive - as their keyboardist, string arranger, and string contractor for select dates on their co-headline (with Thrice) in autumn of 2017. Notable venues we performed at included The Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles), Terminal 5 (NYC), and Starland Ballroom (NJ).
Newport Beach, CA, USA

Resident Pianist at Waterline

2014 - 2017
Sunday brunch and event pianist at Balboa Bay Resort / Balboa Bay Club's high-end restaurant, Waterline.

Recruiting and Human Resources Assistant

2011 - 2012
I landed this full-time job after graduating from UC Berkeley; during my time at Jones Day SF, I was still planning on applying to and attending law school. In my time off, I was studying for the LSAT and also writing piano and string cover arrangements by ear as a hobby.

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Summer Swee-Singh

Summer Swee-Singh is a composer, studio/touring pianist + keyboardist, music arranger, music director, orchestrator, backing vocalist, project manager, A&R rep, and social media manager. Summer was classically trained on piano from ages 7 - 17 and flourished on it, placing 2nd in the 2007 Dan Stover Music Competition: Southern California Region, but was discouraged to pursue music beyond high school. As a hobby, Summer continued playing piano and arranging her own covers by ear in her spare time during her undergraduate years; she graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Legal Studies and Music Minor. She then had her sights set on law school, working full-time at an internationally-known law firm as a recruiter, before pivoting to a music career with no music connections. Summer has since taught herself to arrange and compose for full orchestra and and how to music direct and be a bandleader and string contractor. Summer has now racked up many notable studio and tour/live performance credits including Bebe Rexha, Polyphia, Anthony Green, KSHMR, Roddy Ricch, Chon, Circa Survive, Keiynan Lonsdale, Naia Izumi, Rob Scallon, Kings Elliot, Gashi, Thunder Jackson, Until the Ribbon Breaks, Alexandra Shipp, Mothe, Nikitaa, Psychic Barber, TEDx, etc. Summer is currently officially endorsed by Nord Keyboards and Ultimate Ears (in-ear monitors).

Aside from performing, composing, arranging, music directing, and musician contracting, Summer also prides herself in her social media management, recruiting, contract writing, project management, and administrative skills. Summer also is a contracted A&R Lead for the artist-focused, community-based platform We Are Giant, mainly recruiting across a range of emerging indie artists to classical artists to established YouTube music creators on an invite-only basis. She additionally formerly ran two music Instagram accounts (@keysuniversity and @vocaluniversity from 2018-2020), growing them by a combined total of 70,000 followers during her time managing the accounts. Summer also runs her own social media and has acquired over 30,000 combined followers on her personal profiles across Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok. Summer has extensive recruiting experience from Jones Day San Francisco (Summer Associate and Legal Staff Recruiting - Legal Recruiting), Summer Swee-Singh & the Heartstrings (Musician Recruiting), and Cal Women's Volleyball (NCAA D1 Athletic Recruiting). She additionally founded a blog called AAPI Musicians and is it's sole writer and interviewer.

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