My music journey started when I was just 2 years old after my grandad bought me a piano. Growing up in Hong Kong, I loved listening to Cantopop and Mandarin classics. Then during my high school years in the UK, I was exposured to western style music including operas and musicals.
After moving to Sydney, I studied Musical Theatre at Western Sydney Institute of TAFE Nirimba under Broadway Director Stephen Helper and Sarah Matthews. I received the Performing Arts Outstanding Achievement Award at graduation.
Since then, I have been gigging either as a solo artist or with my band Scarlet Fusion.
As a songwriter, I collaborated with Australian Idol / XFactor coach Erana Clark on some original music. Samples are available on the Music page.
Apart from singing, I also work as a voice over artist and MC presenter. I have worked on TV advertisements and CD recordings both in Australia and overseas. My clients include Qantas, Spotify. BaptistCare, Groupon Australia & NZ and the NSW & Victorian Government.
For many years, I was the judge/host of The Star Karaoke, one of Sydney's most lucrative karaoke singing competitions held at the Rock Lily lounge - The Star Pyrmont. I also performed as one of the lead singers of Scarlet Fusion, a contemporary Jazz duo band with Samuel Hanson. We would often perform at the Star Sovereign Room.
Over the years, I directed numerous musicals for the community and Western Sydney Institute of TAFE. I also wrote and performed my own musical cabaret at The Sydney Fringe Festival in 2011.
I was the Creative Director at a Sydney church, I then taught at the Music and Dance Centre Chatswood. Finally, I went full circle and taught the Cert III, IV and Diploma courses in Theatre & Screen and Musical Theatre at Western Sydney Institute of TAFE Nirimba where I was first trained.
In 2021, I started Aaralyn Productions, producing live shows and events. The most memorabe show I co-produced was Bond In Concert, featuring 25 orchestral members and 3 singers of which I was one of them. The debute show attracted more than 500 patrons at the Cremorne Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace.
If you speak Cantonese and want to know more about me, this is my interview with Ivan Leung on SBS Cantonese Radio.