BIOGRAPHY
Santhastic!
Singer, Dancer, MC, Speaker, Teacher.
Santha Tsang (aka Samantha Lai) is of Malaysian Chinese descent. Santha has been a singer and performer for over 30 years, Santha sings songs in a wide variety of genres such as pop, R&B, Broadway, Disney, classical/opera, Golden Oldies, and jazz.
Santha has a vocal range of 4.5 octaves and can sing many songs by Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, ABBA, Celine Dion, Tina Turner, et cetera. She has a versatile voice and sings R&B, Rock, Pop, Broadway, Golden Oldies, Jazz, Blues, Opera, and Country in fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, and French. Santha frequently sings upbeat danceable songs and is very charismatic at getting audiences to get up and dance while she sings.
Santha is currently based near Toronto. She performs regularly at many small to large events and venues, weddings, corporate and private functions, fundraising events (including the Dragon Ball, Phoenix Ball, Cathay Ball, for up to thousands of audience), major cultural conferences and tribute shows (eg. World Hakka Conferences, ABBA Tribute shows, Canada Diversity Celebration Concerts, Excelsior Concerts), and occasionally with live bands. She is a regular performer and Master of Ceremonies for various annual celebrations at the Flato Markham Theatre, Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Chinese Cultural Centre, and Clearview School of Arts & Culture. Santha sings many Chinese songs to the diverse Chinese communities.
Santha has been a lead singer and recording artist for numerous songwriters such as Robin Jayasekera, Milky Whites and The Bluesmen, and Kalsen Cheung. She has partnered performances with artists such as Toronto Redkey Band, Music Box Productions (Becky and William), Dan Hill, Magic Chris, Robin Jayasekera, Robin Mendis, and numerous others.
She performs often for Tina’s Talent Agency at many retirement homes in the GTA.
Santha is a dancer and a Ballroom and Latin Assistant Dance Teacher at Dance Art Studio in Richmond Hill. She has performed hip hop, Latin (Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cha Cha, etc.) and ballroom dances.