Short Biography

Sophie Van Dijk is a composer who writes music to offer reflection on the world around her, inspired by community, nature, friendship and faith. She is energised by collaboration with musicians and the broader arts community.

Sophie has participated in mentoring programs including Omega Ensemble’s CoLAB, Australia Youth Orchestra’s Composers Stream, Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra Composer Workshop and Coro Innominata Women Composers’ Development Program, and partnered with visual artists on the short documentary Merge. Recently, she has written for chamber ensembles including Ensemble MUSE and Ensemble Terra, as well as Trinity Grammar School and Radford College.

Sophie holds a Bachelor of Music (Composition) with first class honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She is a copyist for Jigsaw Music and a member of the Music Arrangers Guild of Australia.

Full biography is available here.