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Poh Teng Group - My Funny Valentine mrpercussive 107 views From the Bistro Session, Hayward on Dec 07, 2011... Tenor Sax - Chris Almada Bass - Matt Roads Guitar - Luis Salcedo Piano - Chris Sullivan Drums - Poh Soon Teng
The Poh Teng Group - Solar mrpercussive 127 views From a night at The Bistro, Hayward, CA Tenor - Chris Almada Bass - Matt Roads Guitar - Lu Salcedo Piano - Chris Sullivan Drums - Poh Soon Teng Trumpet - Andrew Wilke
The Poh Teng Group - There Is No Greater Love mrpercussive 196 views From a night at The Bistro, Hayward, CA Tenor - Chris Almada Bass - Matt Roads Guitar - Lu Salcedo Piano - Chris Sullivan Drums - Poh Soon Teng Trumpet - Andrew Wilke
Tchaikovsky with blood cannons mrpercussive 133 views What was done with the access blood after Evil Dead the Musical
The Poh Teng Group - Billie's Bounce mrpercussive 145 views The Poh Teng Group Session at Zuckersuss A video of a session we hosted at Zuckersuss before they closed... Chris Almada - Tenor Sax Matt Roads - Bass Chris Sullivan ...
Dave Hollinden - Cold Pressed mrpercussive 285 views A multi percussion solo with a timbre staff setup by Dave Hollinden. In the words of Artie Storch, "It sounds like a saturday afternoon at Guitar Center" :) www.pohsoo...
Elliott Carter - Improvisation mrpercussive 232 views Elliott Carter's Improvisation from his Eight Solos for Four timpani... www.pohsoonteng.com
Lalo - Dreamwalker mrpercussive 435 views Taken from my senior recital... Bass - David Hunter Drums - Taylor Rankin Vibes - Poh Soon Teng Video by Tom McWay www.pohsoonteng.com
Stephs Marimba thing... mrpercussive 56 views Never thought I'd be doing this on a Sunday evening... :)
The Sulliteng Wilksposito Quartet - 500 Miles High mrpercussive 74 views The Sulliteng Wilksposito Quartet at Freedom Performing Arts Center July 16, 2010.

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Percussionist, Poh Soon Teng is a percussionist/drummer in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed in various ensembles around the world from featured soloist with the Ohlone Wind Orchestra to sideman with the medieval music ensemble from the Gutenberg Institute.

Teng began playing music at the age 16 when he started playing with his high school's marching band. However, being a late starter did not stop his need to becoming a better musician. In 2004 he began taking private lessons with Boon-Kah Lim and started playing anywhere and everywhere he could. By the age of 17, he received his first professional gig freelancing in Penang, Malaysia subbing for his teacher in operas and chamber ensembles.

In 2006 he flew to California to study percussion with Wayne Organ at Contra Costa College. There he nurtured his skills as a percussionist freelancing for multiple orchestras and musical theater. He was also a regular member of the Kensington Symphony and the UC Berkeley Summer Symphony at the time all while doing voice as a second instrument singing in jazz vocal quintets and chamber choirs. He even attended multiple Jazz Festivals all over California as a vocalist. On the side, Teng also playing with award winning indie musician Ben Ross.

In 2008, Teng transferred to California State University East Bay where he was awarded the Anne & Gordon Getty scholarship to study with Arthur Storch. There he played in almost every school ensemble available from Symphonic Band to Orchestra to the East Bay Singers and the Jazz Workshop. He was also playing regularly with the Silicon Valley Symphony while still freelancing for multiple ensembles from regional orchestras to youth orchestras to musical theater. It was then that Teng also debuted as a vibraphone soloist. He was also appointed the position of section leader of the CSUEB Symphonic Band Percussion section. He was also given the position as percussion coordinator at CSUEB. Teng also played as a featured soloist with the Ohlone Wind Orchestra playing Robert Jager's Concerto for Solo Percussionist and Band. Teng has also recorded drumset and percussion for multiple film scores including the award winning movie, All About Dad.Teng recieved the CSUEB Music Scholarship for the his remaining years at CSU East Bay, 2009 and 2010 and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Music Performance in Percussion in Spring 2011.

Currently, Teng teaches private lessons at his own studio, C&L Music and Hayward High School. He is also known for teaching classes or conducting rehearsals and such for Hayward Highschool band and La Honda Music Camp. Teng also plays in the Saint Augustine's Church Orchestra, the Sulliteng Wilksposito Quartet and The Poh Teng Group all while freelancing regularly around the San Francisco Bay Area as a ringer and as a soloist.

Poh has studied percussion with Boon-Kah Lim, Wayne Organ, Arthur Storch, Jeff Marrs, voice with Stephanie Austin and Roger Letson.

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