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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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Our first show of the season was a beautiful intimate affair at MotherLove Ferments in Kelowna. Cranbrook is next on the list! Huge thanks to our sponsor BetterIT Workplace Chaplains, and to Takumi Minagawa for these super photos of the show. Here’s a fun recap video too! See you out there! 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, and meet the team in this video:   […]

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Dear friends, ASPIRATIONS is out today! So excited to have joined Jessica La & Jeff Faragher in this project- today is the day! Available on multiple platforms, check it out here. Sophie XO

BL3ND Trio’s First Single Out Today

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Hey my fellow busy parents, Ever wonder how to keep up with all the activities with your little ones? Between classes, play dates, and everything else, it’s not easy to keep up with music practice, aural skills, and music theory — but here are some time-savers that have helped us a ton. 🚗 Play their […]

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LOVE DAY IS ALMOST HERE!! Well, we’re already a month into 2020 and it flew by… more restrictions but not creatively! I’m excited to share that I recorded a little love song called Walk With Me — a special piece of music with a story based on an old Irish song which dates back to […]

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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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