About
Sophia Jones is in her second year of study at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and the Melbourne University Conservatorium of Music, studying with Adam Chalabi.
Her childhood was spent in Brisbane, where she attained her LMusA and AMusA with distinction in 2020 and 2018 respectively, and placed fourth (2022) and second (2023) in the Queensland Symphony Orchestra Young Instrumentalist Prize. In 2021, she was a Recitalist in the John Curro National Youth Concerto Competition.
She was a member of Queensland Youth Orchestras (QYO) from 2014 to 2023. During her 10-year membership at QYO, she was appointed concertmaster of the Junior String Ensemble (2016 and 2017), concertmaster and soloist of QYO2 (2019) and QYS principal violin (2023). In 2024, she performed across Germany and Austria, most memorably in the Musikverein with QYS on the International Tour.
2025 marks the fourth year of various Australian Youth Orchestra programs Sophia has participated in, her first being National Music Camp in 2022. In 2024 Sophia was Associate Concertmaster of the Bishop Orchestra and has performed with AYO in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, Ballarat and Bathurst.
Photography: Pia Johnson
Australian Youth Orchestra
