Sarah Gardiner

Sarah-Jane Gardiner (born 7 November 1989) is a former member of the Australian indie rock band Operator Please. She was the band's keyboard player, and along with Amandah Wilkinson one of the band's two songwriters. She was distinguishable as the shortest of the five members of the band, which include Amandah Wilkinson, Taylor Henderson, Ashley McConnell and Tim Commandeur. Gardiner has written songs for Operator Please such as “One Yellow Button", and the B-side from the first single (‘Just a Song About Ping Pong’), “In Motion”. She has also co-written “Emo Erotica” and “Two For My Seconds”. She is often noted for her stage charisma.

Early life and forming the band
Gardiner was classically trained on piano by her Grandmother from the age of six. She started playing modern pop music at the age of fifteen which coincided with Wilkinson forming a band to enter their high school's Battle of the Bands competition. This band was the foundation for Operator Please.

Leaving the band
On 18 April, 2008, it was announced through several media sources that Gardiner quit the band, based on an unnofficial blog post by Gardiner on Facebook. According to the band, the decision was mutual after Gardiner's two-month break from touring in early January.

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