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Sophie Matthews began playing flute at the age of ten but is now more well-known for her prowess on the English border bagpipes and has become one of the foremost players of the instrument in the UK. She also plays a variety of early woodwind instruments such asshawm, rausch pfeife and recorder. She’s also one of a handful of British players of the baroque musette, an 18th century French bagpipe similar to the Northumbrian small pipes. Sophie is also recognised as a superb interpreter of narrative song with a clear, pure and unaffected soprano voice.
When not touring with modern-day balladeers Green Matthews, Sophie also makes instruments (she made her own baroque oboe) and works with respected luthier Tony Millyard on his flutes. She has previously worked withT he Oxford Waits as well as the respected early music collective Piva. Sophie is self-taught on all of her instruments.
All images courtesy of Sphie Matthews.
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