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Sophie Weston is a musician interested in the meditative nature and sonic potential of the flute. Through contemporary repertoire and improvisation, her practice explores the tension between compositional intent and the materiality of the instrument, and the transcendent possibilities therein.
Sophie composed and performed the sound design for Hearth Theatre’s 2022 season of Death of a Salesman. Composing for flute and objects, Sophie’s work was described as “haunting and noirish” by Theatre People. Of this performance Australian Book Review said that “the sheer tones from composer Sophie Weston, or the repeated rasp of air passing through its reed, add a haunting resonance”.
Sophie’s composition “Find the Antidote for improvising ensemble” was featured in the Centre for Deep Listenings’ year long celebration of Pauline Oliveros. The work can be found in A Year of Deep Listening here.
Sophie has performed at Melbourne’s premier improvisation institution the Make It Up Club multiple times, and at the online curations of MPavillion and MIUC Online. Interested in minimalism Sophie performed in Glassworks at the Dots + Loops Liminality Festival at Abbotsford Convent in 2018 and In the Shape of a Square at the Meat Market as part of the 2017 Melbourne Fringe Festival. In 2021 Sophie performed Glass’ Taoist Sacred Dance with pianist Grace Ferguson to a sold out audience. Sophie was invited to perform the Chaminade Concertino with the Australasian Orchestra in 2025. She has also appeared on recordings with contemporary artists Big Strong Brute, Scott Spark, Mystery Guest and Vilde. Further collaborations with Melbourne bands Seagull and the Remotes will be available to listen to in 2026.
In 2018 Sophie participated in the Australian Art Orchestra’s Creative Music Intensive. In 2016 Sophie attended the 9th Summer Course for Young Flutists in Tuscany under the tutelage of Thies Roorda and Rien de Reede. In the same year she was also selected to attend Emily Beynon's Netherlands Flute Academy as one of twelve Young International Professionals.
Sophie completed her Masters of Music at the Melbourne Conservatorium in 2012 with Derek Jones. Her Bachelor of Music was guided by Gerhard Mallon at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 with the Australasian Orchestra, 1 March 2026 (Methodist Ladies College, Kew, VIC)
Single launch with the Remotes, 14 March 2026 (Old Bar, Fitzroy, VIC)
Cosmic Dawn with the Blind Creek Ensemble, 17 April 2026 (St John’s Anglican Church, East Malvern, VIC)
Cosmic Dawn with the Blind Creek Ensemble, 18 April 2026 (Hut Gallery, Ferntree Gully, VIC)
Cosmic Dawn with the Blind Creek Ensemble, 19 April 2026 (Shrebrooke Gallery, Belgrave, VIC)
Album launch with the Remotes, 10 May 2026 (Northcote Social Club, VIC)