DATE: Tuesday 15 April, 2025
TIME: 10.30am-1.30pm
FOR: Ages 12 – 18
COST: $10
Details
Presented in conjunction with the ANU Community Music Centre. In this workshop, participants will spend a day learning the basics of songwriting in a supportive and inclusive environment. The workshop will be devoted to inspiring creative practice from everyday experiences, showing that anything can be turned into a song. Participants will be equipped with the tools to take their music to the next level.
About the Artist
Sophie Edwards is an award-winning performer, songwriter, producer, and dynamic creative person with a passion for crafting engaging music for her listeners. Taking inspiration from incredible Australian artists that she grew up with, Sophie writes music that is unapologetic and fierce. A self-produced artist, Sophie has a passion for story-telling through her production and lyricism.
After studying her Masters of Songwriting and Production at the Berklee College of Music in New York, Sophie returned back to Australia and began releasing a steady stream of music that excited her home country. Her music is regularly played on Triple J Unearthed, and has strong support from the Australian independent radio network. Sophie and her band won the Triple J Unearthed Spilt Milk competition in 2023, playing her first major festival. She has also performed at Stonefest, Groovin the Moo, and regularly sells out her favourite home-town venues in Canberra. In 2023 Sophie was a nominee for Young Australian of the Year for her artistic output and advocacy for Women in music.
Sophie Edwards press image courtesy of the artist