Hi, my name is sam.

I started playing violin at age four, before I learned to read. I have spent my life studying how artists engage in their process andpractice.

 I believe music has the power to change hearts and minds and is a common language humans use to drive emotion and meaning of a story.

​Collaborating on creative work can be a vulnerable process, which is why working with someone you trust and connect with is so vital.

As a performer, composer and producer, here's some of what I bring to the creative process:

TECHNIQUE & EXPRESSION

  • 30+ years performing internationally

  • Graduate of the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory

  • Technical skills to hear and execute extremely detailed intonation, phrasing, and articulation decisions

  • Music theory knowledge to compose meaningful arrangements in multiple genres

  • Passion for new music and extended techniques to create non-traditional textural and atmospheric gestures

  • Listen to samples of past work

TEAM & TALENT

  • Ability to quickly contract and schedule additional talent for different ensemble arrangements

  • Access to many of the principal and solo performers of the Bay Area

  • Prioritize working with femme, minority and ally artists

  • Offer all contracted artists fair industry recording rates

  • All talent is familiar with multi-genre performing and studio recording and multi-layer tracking

  • Read their bios here

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

  • 10+ years project management contracting

  • Previous clients include Susan Stryker (Emmy-award film director and trans historian) and Tim Collins (former manager of the rock band Aerosmith)

  • Clean and efficient file organization, naming and exporting practices

  • Seamless and compassionate communication and organization from start to finish

SAFE SPACE & DIVERSITY

RVS is a queer POC woman owned company that recognizes that less than 2% of the audio industry identifies as non-male. We recognize the creative process can be deeply vulnerable and personal and are committed to providing safe collaboration spaces, scholarships and discounts for minority artists.

Contact us for more details.

  • Samantha Bounkeua

    FOUNDER | VIOLIN | VIOLA | COMPOSER | ARRANGER

    Samantha Bounkeua is a recipient of the California Arts Council Emerging Individual Artist Fellowship for 2023 and specializes in cross-media collaborations that amplify queer/femme voices that often explore themes of mental-health and social activism. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Samantha has performed internationally as a guest artist with the Southern Arizona Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Britten-Pears New Music Festival, Festival de Opera San Luis, the Rogue Theatre and the Re-Presence Artist Residency at Stanford University (2022). She is a recipient of multiple grants from the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona as well as the Arts Council of Santa Cruz County and in 2020,  Samantha was the 2nd place finalist in the competitive University of Arizona FORGE Business Accelerator. She has been commissioned to write music for the Binational Encuentro (an event about the female migratory experience), ChamberLab, LuftBassoon, Hawkins Dance Company and more. Her work has featured in the International Meg Quigley Vivaldi Bassoon Symposium, Kerala Short Film Festival, Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance Festival, and more.

  • Emmett Marsh

    DESIGN DIRECTOR

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  • Eleanor Parks

    SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR

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