Sophia Sanford CV
-2024 - Violet Gave Willingly - Nominated for Canadian Screen Awards
-2024 - Launch Noise Machine label with support of Aloaded, a Swedish distribution and label services. qathet, BC
-2023 -2024 - Yes Sydo - Danielle La France - poet - I am part of the federal grant awarded - hosting a group of poets artists in my space & composing sonic responses to Homer’s Odyssey. qathet, BC & Vancouver, BC
-2023 - 2024 - Nagualismo -Claudia Medina - 2023 composition, mix and installation at Crucible Gallery. April 2024 - live performance. I am part of an awarded federal grant. qathet, BC
-2015 - 2024 - Music Technology - Teaching / Mentorship / Tutoring - Montreal, QC; Vancouver, BC; London, UK; qathet, BC
-2023 - Viva Sounds Sweden - pitching/ recruitment for Noise Machine - selected to be part of Women In Music Canada’s delegation representing Canada’s independent music scene. Gothenburg, Sweden
-2023 - Launch Noise Machine residency space - hosting local, provincial, national, and global artists to improve musicians mental health while diversifying rural Canadian arts. qathet, BC
-2023 - Women In Music Artist Entrepreneur Accelerator mentorship program. online.
-2023 - EP release event for Generation Having Fun EP @ Noise Machine Studios - showcase of local musical acts and poets. qathet, BC
-2023, Independent Release. Generation Having Fun EP. Collaboration with Miedo Total, qathet, BC & London, UK.
-2023 - Artistic Director - Sunshine Music Festival - qathet, BC. planning and implementing a long-term vision for the organization, talent booking, scheduling, communications. qathet, BC
-2022 Recipient - Creative BC Career Development Grant. Releasing 4-song, 2-video EP, website development: sales and fund-raising platform, income stream increase, proposed live circuit. qathet, BC
-2022 - Violet Gave Willingly - All voice compositional score for Claire Sanford’s short documentary about our mother, Deb Dumka. qathet, BC & Montreal QC
-2021, Deer Crossing Art Farm. Submerged sound design & live and video performances. Mentorship of youth in sound design & music technology. qathet, BC.
-2021, Richard Saltoun Gallery. Laima: Elemental Interlude audio piece, 10:00 minutes recorded voice & sound design project with Laima Leyton. London, UK.
-2019-2021, Powell River Arts Council- board member - provide support for the planning and execution of exhibitions, events, workshops, and grant applications. I have been instrumental during the pandemic in transitioning shows to online spaces and adapting & orienting new technology in the gallery. I advocate for representation of the sonic arts.
-2020 - 2021, Independent Release. Soft Vertigo EP, Powell River, BC. - live streams
2021, Independent Release. Salt music video, Powell River, BC.
2021, Independent Release. Know Hate music video, Powell River, BC.
2021, Independent Release. Scummy music video, Powell River, BC.
-2020, The Art Centre Public Gallery. Remember You Must Die exhibited in “Memento Mori” Powell River, BC. Audio piece, 7:00 minutes. - livestream
-2020 The Art Centre Public Gallery. The Long Walk. “Memento Mori” Powell River, BC
Producer and mixing engineer for commission piece by Lesley Sutherland - live sound
-2020, The Art Centre Public Gallery. Soft Vertigo Livestream EP Release, Powell River, BC. 35 minutes. - Live performance.
-2020 The Art Centre Public Gallery. Crybaby. “What The Plus” Powell River, BC
10-minute voice and field recording soundscape installation.
-2019, NYX Electronic Drone Choir - Hyde Park British Summer Time presents Sigur Ros - Liminal Sleep Live choral performance, London, UK
-2019, Pride Parade Performance. qathet, BC
-2018, Independent Release. R.F.O.M. (Room Full of Mirrors) music video, Texada Island, BC.
-2018, Independent Release. Situation music video, Murcia, Spain.
-2018 Royal College of Art & Imperial College. Musician's Mirror piano composition. London, UK
-2017, Sarah Truman Graduation Performance - sound design, wardrobe, choreography, performance - Goldsmiths University, London, UK
-2016 Goldcorp Centre for the Arts For You I Wait 15-minute track sound composition commission for contemporary dance work choreographed by Action at a Distance (Vanessa Goodman) and performed by Warehouse Dance Collective. Vancouver, BC
-2015, Independent Release. No Home music video, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.
-2015, Independent Release. Paralyzed music video, Texada Island.