Music

Sophie Cooper is a sound artist who Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) refer to as “A crucial member of Yorkshire’s far-reaching experimental music scene”.

In recent years, Sophie has been working on the production of long term, collaborative project-based works that are positioned in community facing locations. Working across composition, sound design, spatialized sound, music education and performance, Sophie creates emotional and thought provoking experiences that always take into consideration a real connection to audiences. She uses literature and site-specific narratives to inspire new works, often in collaboration with visual artists.

She has had work exhibited at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Wordsworth Grasmere Museum, Bury Art Gallery, Hereford Courtyard Art Centre and Gallery Frank as well as music venues including Cafe Oto and hcmf//.

Sophie is currently studying a part-time MRes Music at the University of Huddersfield and her supervisor is Monty Adkins.

Immersive Reservoirs, project with Babs Smith: in-situ until Nov. 2025: https://www.immersivereservoirs.co.uk/

“a wonderful British musician who plays lightly deranged guitar and/or keys while singing like she sees bats everywhere” 

Bryon Coley, The Wire

Curation

Sophie is heavily involved in the UK underground DIY scene promoting regular shows in Todmorden, West Yorkshire under the name Tor Bookings and is the founder of Tor Festival. 

Education

Sophie is a creative facilitator specialising in music technology, creative mentoring, composition and music for early years. Recent clients include, hcmf//, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Yorkshire Sound Women network, NYMAZ , Sound and Music and Rhythm Time. 

Sophie is a member of Ebor Studio. 

Awards