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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, The moment travel restrictions to Australia lifted, we booked tickets that very day. If you follow me on Instagram, you already know — 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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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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You guys!! I just had the three most magical, and challenging days here in beautiful Scotland. I should always start to expect the unexpected, because I could never have guessed how this was going to go. I had in my mind, that we were going to film an epic music video…. And I think we […]

Glasgow to Isle of Skye, Scotland

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Hey you guys! So… this was an interesting shoot you guys! I was so excited to shoot here on the pristine salt flats with the beautiful backdrop of the mountains. The Bonneville Salt flats are one of the largest salt flats in the world- it is the largest of many salt flats located west of […]

Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA

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Hey guys! The last few days, Dionysius and I have been planning the next few months, and which gigs to do or not do, and whether we take the entire family… and it started a huge conversation about which cities we’d love to visit with our kids! It also got me reminiscing about all the […]

My Top 5 Cities I’ve visited

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Hey guys! Traveling for concerts? As a musician that has traveled around the globe in over thirty different cities worldwide, I am very familiar with the thrills of international travel and performance, but also the trials you can go through, and I want to share some of my tips that have helped me have more […]

My tips for musicians traveling for work

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Hey guys! Last night, I performed at the top of the Banff Gondola, and wow, was it an amazing experience! I arrived for a special event, and wow was the ride up the mountain beautiful and a little scary at the same time! I have to admit, my violin didn’t love the air pressure up […]

Live in Banff! My highest-altitude performance yet!

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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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