RUTH LING 林雅慧 Producer / Music Director / Composer / Arranger

Ruth was an Associate Artist of the Repertory Theatre from 2013-2017.

Ruth graduated Summa Cum Laude in Music Production, Engineering and Orchestration at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, USA. She obtained distinction honor for her Masters in Contemporary Music Performance from Academy of Contemporary Music, UK. Whilst in London, she studied Electronic Music Production and Live Sound Engineering at top DJ school, Point Blank.

Conferred the Young Artist Award by the National Arts Council in Oct 2013, Ruth is recognized for her versatility in compositions and arrangements. She is the sole Orchestrator for Stiles and Drewe’s Trilogy of Threes, the first of which, The Three Little Pigs, has played in Chicago, New York, Finland, Israel, China and opened at the Palace Theatre in the West End last August. She orchestrated 9 arrangements for superstar on the popular China TV music show “The Next 2” and was involved as producer/arranger in Joanna Dong’s arrangements on “Sing! China 2”, propelling Joanna into 2nd runner up position.

She has arranged for Pop orchestras, as well as the Golden Horse Awards, National Day Parade and Youth Olympic Games 2010. Her growing list of productions with SRT include Romeo and Juliet, The LKY Musical, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Nightingale, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Twelfth Night, Jack and the Beanstalk, Fried Rice Paradise, Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and The Three Bears and Bear and Chicken Go to School.

As a performer, Ruth has toured for over a decade with international superstars A*Mei, , Karen Mok, Angela Chang, , Li Rong Hao, A- and more to over 60 cities. Her songs can be found on stars , and Fiona Sit’s records. Aside from established acts, she has arranged for emerging popular China Artistes Hua Chen Yu (Huahua), Timmy Xu and Hao Mei Mei. She has music directed concerts for numerous artists such as Liu Jia Chang, Joanna Dong, Qi Yu, Wan Fang and Jimmy Ye, as well as festivals such as Sing Lang (Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre), Rhapsodies (RICE Company) Chong Feng and series (TCR Music Station).

A multi-talented artist, Ruth has released 5 albums and started her own label, Red Roof Records in 2012. The company currently represents Artistes Joanna Dong and Becka. Amongst others, the label has released an official SEA Games 2015 song, a UnionPay TVC featuring a contemporary version of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”, as well as composed the soundtrack to Miss J Contemplates Her Choice starring . Red Roof Records is the Executive Producer of the Sing, Love album, a project featuring local musicians including Stefanie Sun, Corrinne May, The Sam Willows and Charlie Lim in celebration of SG50.

Ruth has completed a Specialist Certificate in Music Business Leadership from Berklee College of Music and is currently based in Beijing. She runs Red Roof Records and is in the midst of performing on Karen Mok’s World Tour.