Sophia Brous

Sophia Brous (born 1985[1][2]) is a cross-disciplinary performance-maker based in New York and Melbourne, Australia.

Brous at the 2012 APRA Music Awards

Brous was program director of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival from 2009-2011.[1] She has also worked as a presenter on Triple R radio,[3] and as music curator at the Adelaide Festival of Arts.[4]

In 2011, Brous released her debut EP, Brous. According to Craig Mathieson writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, the tracks range from "gilded 1950 exotica and space-age textures to folk mysticism and spooked electronica."[2]

In 2016, Brous went to New York and was appointed artist-in-residence at National Sawdust. She created "Lullaby Movement", a song cycle with lullabies from 25 different cultures.[5][6]

Brous attended King David School, Wesley College and the Victorian College of Arts.[7] At the age of 17 she moved to Boston to study at the New England Conservatory and the Berklee College of Music.[2]

References
  1. Rule, Dan (6 June 2011). "Transcendental Sounds". Broadsheet. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. Mathieson, Craig (11 November 2011). "Chanteuse trips heights fantastic". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. Wells, Rachel; Grigg, Mik (25 June 2007). "Single in the city". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  4. Kron, Zoe (5 August 2015). "Ecstatic over a new arts festival". The Australian Jewish News. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  5. Tandon, Shaun (5 October 2016). "Singer finds universal by learning world's lullabies". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  6. Wood, Patrick (25 October 2016). "Soothing and 'subversive' lullabies from refugees to be turned into stage show". ABC News. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  7. Jacks, Timna (24 January 2012). "Musical layers of intrigue". The Australian Jewish News. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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