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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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Dear friends, I have exciting news: I’m playing again. Not quite ready for the stage yet, but I just recorded a new music video with a brand-new piano trio formed during the pandemic β€” BL3ND! We shot the video last week at the Porsche Centre of Kelowna, sponsored by Maaco Kelowna. We are also featured […]

BL3ND Piano Trio at Porsche Centre of Kelowna

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Dear friends, The moment travel restrictions to Australia lifted, we booked tickets that very day. If you follow me on Instagram, you already know β€” we just got back from a whirlwind two weeks visiting my family Down Under! Home is where the heart is, and my heart is with my family. It was just […]

Reunited in Down Under!

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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 β€” but here are some time-savers that have helped us a ton. πŸš— Play their […]

5 Simple & Easy Ways to Teach Kids Aural Skills

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Hey friends, Looking back, it’s not always the biggest gigs that warm your heart and soul. Although it’s been amazing to play some fab gigs across the world, with some great people, here are the gigs that have the best feel good vibe when looking back and here’s why:   1. The Basement in Sydney […]

Top 5 Fave Concerts of My Career (So Far!)

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Dear friends, The song “Trapeze” is a fun little ode to my days performing in Istanbul, where I had the freedom to experiment with my show. I’d often start the show atop a trapeze, then come down and roam the room and the podium while everyone sat at dinner tables, performing right among them for […]

Trapeze- The New Single!

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Hey friends! Here’s a little bit of my journey to Calgary from Kelowna with our family to perform with the Calgary Civic Symphony as a support act for the Pavlo Show! It’s such an honour to perform with a full symphony, and this time especially as it was the first time I was able to […]

Road trip British Columbia to Alberta!

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Happy December you guys! What a year 2020 has been – I can’t believe December is already here! We have finally settled in to our new home in Kelowna BC. The past few months have been filled with packing/unpacking, getting the kids settled in a new school and getting our bearings in our new city! […]

We Moved Across Canada!

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πŸŽ‰ Good morning, and a happy International Women’s Day to all the amazing women out there! Today’s celebration is extra special for me as my daughter Victoria turns three. Her arrival on this empowering day has been the reason for my quieter presence during past festivities. As life goes on, I’ve had to reevaluate my […]

International Women’s Day 2020 + The Future of EWF

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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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