Sophie Mathieu
Sophie is a composer, cellist, educator, and arts administrator based in Austin, TX. She is currently pursuing a masters degree in composition at UT and works for Austin Chamber Music Center, where she coaches both youth and adult chamber ensembles, and for Golden Hornet, where she does grant writing and teaches in its Young Composer Program. As a composer, Sophie’s work is ethereal and textural, often exploring the concepts of vastness and timelessness, as well as the intersection of beauty and danger as it relates to the natural world. She has won numerous awards for her work, including an ASCAP Morton Gould Award for her orchestra piece, moons. As a cellist, Sophie is passionate about bringing the works of living composers to the forefront and exploring as many genres as possible. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at USC, she also studied baroque cello and viola da gamba, eventually earning a scholarship in early music performance and an ensemble award for her participation in USC’s Baroque Sinfonia. Outside of music, Sophie enjoys cooking, playing Sid Meier’s Civilization V, and watching psychological horror films.
Check out her works at sophiemathieumusic.com