Samson Trinh
Biography
Samson Trinh is an orchestrator, conductor, producer, arranger, and saxophonist. He’s worked with Nellie McKay, Sara Bareilles, Jason Mraz, k.d. lang, Chris Kaswell, Paul Williams, Rob Thomas, Rene Marie, Al Jarreau, The Temptations, Christina Perri, and Colbie Caillat. Samson participated in MUSE’s One-on-One mentorship program, where he studied and collaborated with Broadway orchestrator John Clancy.
Samson founded Uke ‘n’ Roll, featured in USA Today, which publishes ukulele resources; co-authored The Complete Ukulele Method; and is a recipient of Richmond Magazine’s Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts. He earned his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies and Master of Music in Education at Virginia Commonwealth University and is a music educator at Westside Neighborhood School in Los Angeles, CA.
Professional Experience
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Education
- TV/Film
Regions
- LA/Southern California
Interested in touring?
- No
Hireable as
- Orchestrator
- Vocal Arranger
- Dance Arranger
- Incidental Music Composer/Arranger
- Music Copyist
- Music Transcriber
- Sound Designer/Composer
- Music Producer/Record Producer
- Home Studio Whiz
- Classroom music teacher at an educational institution
My Primary Instrument
- saxophone
My Instruments
- Bass - electric
- Clarinet
- Flute
- Guitar - acoustic
- Guitar - electric
- Piano
- Saxophone
- Ukulele
Software
- Finale
- Logic
- Sibelius
- QLab
Affiliations
- ASCAP
- NAfME
Pronouns
- He/Him