Portfolio

Music Therapy

Balinese Music Workshop
The Manfred & Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research (CIMTR), 3rd International Music Therapy Conference at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2011, Presenter   "Balinese Music and Music Therapy" Paper Abstract, 2011, Author:
Collective & Solo Performance: Styles of Improvisation
The Manfred & Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research (CIMTR), 3rd International Music Therapy Conference at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2011, Performer with MMT class    
Music Therapy in Nepal
A rare glimpse inside a music therapy session, 2013, Music Therapist with Anita Ayling 

Performances

Banff Centre Residency
Piano Destructions, Andrea Buttner Exhibition, 2014, Pianist Banff Centre Podcast:​​​ "Artists Gone Wild: Piano Destructions", 2014, Interviewed by Ariel FournierCBC News Clip, 2014: 
University of Calgary World Music Ensemble Concert
"Pemoengkah" from Balinese Ceremonial Music by Colin McPhee, 2014, Pianist with Michelle AuTulang Lindung, 2014, Balinese gender wayang player with Dr. Rod Squance, Michelle Au, and Chris Santos
Taiko Drumming
Otafest, May 2015, Performer
Harbour Symphony
No TRUMPeting or Hilary's Pneumonia, by Delf Hohmann, September 2016, Performer

Books

Barcelona Publishers
Song Resources for Music Therapists, 2015, Edited by Colin Andrew Lee and Sara Pun
  • Price $22

Composition and Improvisation Resources for Music Therapists, 2015, Edited by Colin Andrew Lee, Sara Pun, and Aimee Berends
  • Price $28

Writing

National Music Centre
The Power of Music Part 1: How music brought life back to Eve, 2015, Author The Power of Music Part 2: What happens behind closed doors? The music is revealed., 2015, Author Let's Talk: Connecting through Music (commissioned for the Bell Let's Talk Mental Health campaign), 2016, AuthorPower of Music: Music Saves Lives, 2017, Author ​
​Society of Ethnomusicology Student News Publication 
Sound Symposium
Transported to Many Worlds: The CCRMA Grail with Fernando Lopez-Lezcano (live electronics), Chris Chafe (celletto), and John Granzo (3D printers), 2016, Author

Compositions

University of Calgary World Music Ensemble
Puspa Ungu (Purple Flower), 2014, By Sara Pun and Dr. Rod Squance
​Jingle
The Sleeping Barber Podcast (listen to the end), 2012, Composer

Film

Research Centre for Music, Media, and Place (Memorial University)
Documentary:
​We Dream Big, 2016, by MG Productions by Sara Pun, Jane Rutherford, and Jing XiaCircus Glorious Teaser by Wonderbolt Circus, 2016, Filming by Sara Pun, Editing by Jane Rutherford and Jing Xia

Radio

Banff Centre Radio
Peak Condition, A Health and Wellness Series, 2014:
  • Physical Recovery              
  • The Benefits of Kids Playing Outside 
  • The Mind's Role in Recovery  
  • Altitude Sickness 

Presentations and Conferences

Canadian Association for Music Therapy (CAMT)

Focus on Canada: Keynote (Colin Andrew Lee, Sara Pun, Aimee Berends)
Using Orchestral Instruments and Influences of Ethnomusicology in Contemporary Clinical Practice (May 2016)​

Articles

Cochrane Times
Japanese Drummers Part of Canada Day Fun, 2015

Additional Resources

Midnight Taiko Drumming
http://www.midnight-taiko.ca

Music Therapy Associations
National Music Centre
http://www.nmc.ca

Royal Conservatory of Music
Exam registration: https://www.rcmusic.ca

Volunteer Society Nepal