Sophia Brous

Brous at the 2012 APRA Music Awards

Sophia Brous (born 1985[1][2]) is an Australian jazz musician.

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] "Lullaby Movement" will be turned into a stage show in 2017.[6]

Brous is of Jewish descent and went to 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. 1 2 Rule, Dan (6 June 2011). "Transcendental Sounds". Broadsheet. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 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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