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Join my family and I as we travel around the globe discovering other cultures and musical sounds, and to my stage where the concert violin is splashed with world beat flavour & transformed into a theatrical tale. Read my personal blog sharing our travel, my music and more. Listen to my music, watch my videos, study with me and join me for the ride! Enjoy exploring! 

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With our first fall date done, and Cranbrook next on the list with the whole family in tow, it’s a busy week ahead! I want to say a huge thanks to BetterIT Workplace Chaplains for sponsoring the tour and making it all happen. This show is all about love and relationships and we think it’s […]

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Dear friends, I am so excited to share that my children’s book The Music Thief, is on the short list in the Whistler Independent Book Awards! Winners will be announced during the Whistler Writers Festival, 30 October – 2 November, 2025. See you there! Got your copy yet? Grab one here. Sophie XO

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Hey friends! I’m excited to share some very exciting news with you: Heart Strings will be touring the beautiful British Columbia in Canada this fall! Not in BC? Don’t worry, we will be heading to other provinces in 2026. You can check out the tour dates here. In other news, we’ve been visiting libraries with […]

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Honoured to see my The Music Thief win this award! Grateful to the people I’ve worked with on the book, especially Pearl Bates, my fabulous illustrator! Kelowna, BC, Canada — The INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD, one of the most prestigious book award programs globally for independent authors, publishers, and illustrators, recognized The Music Thief by Sophie […]

Music Thief Wins in the INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD®

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Award Winning Violinist, Composer, World traveller Sophie Armstrong is also a mother of three young children, a wife, educator, author, performer, humanitarian with a passion for living! Sophie has travelled the globe with her music career, and shares her story and her faith with her global audience, inspiring audiences to feel. 

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