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Musician/CONDUCTOR/Composer/educator
Sonya Lopes has been a professional musician since 2001, playing, teaching and conducting.
She began playing trombone at the age of nine and at eighteen attended the Pan Pacific International Music Camp, at which she won a Rotary Scholarship to Brazil, performing on her trombone in the orchestra for the International Winter Festval of Music, Campos de Jordao.
Sonya graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, studying under Ron Prussing (Sydney Symphony Orchestra) and Greg van der Struik (Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra). She toured Russia, Estonia and Finland as principal trombonist with the SBS Youth Orchestra and served for seven years in the Royal Australian Navy Band, travelling to
Gallipoli, Soloman Islands, Brunei and performing at the Edinburgh Tattoo in Sydney.
Sonya is a multi-instrumental music teacher and conductor and freelance musician in the Northern Rivers, New South Wales.
Sonya's interest in conducting led her to studies with Jerry Novak in 2008 and Luke Dollman in 2016 as part of the Symphony Australia program. She enjoys conducting the Lismore Symphony Orchestra after a number of years performing as a member.
She began playing trombone at the age of nine and at eighteen attended the Pan Pacific International Music Camp, at which she won a Rotary Scholarship to Brazil, performing on her trombone in the orchestra for the International Winter Festval of Music, Campos de Jordao.
Sonya graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, studying under Ron Prussing (Sydney Symphony Orchestra) and Greg van der Struik (Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra). She toured Russia, Estonia and Finland as principal trombonist with the SBS Youth Orchestra and served for seven years in the Royal Australian Navy Band, travelling to
Gallipoli, Soloman Islands, Brunei and performing at the Edinburgh Tattoo in Sydney.
Sonya is a multi-instrumental music teacher and conductor and freelance musician in the Northern Rivers, New South Wales.
Sonya's interest in conducting led her to studies with Jerry Novak in 2008 and Luke Dollman in 2016 as part of the Symphony Australia program. She enjoys conducting the Lismore Symphony Orchestra after a number of years performing as a member.
