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Enya Sophya is a trained Lyric Soprano who is currently studying BMus in/at Royal Holloway, University of London. Enya also sings in Symphonic and Chamber choirs in United Kingdom, Italy and her native Portugal. Enya also performs regularly as both a soloist and a member of early music choirs.
After completing her Conservatory studies in Violin, Piano, Classical singing, Composition, Music History, Choral studies, Acoustics, and Analysis and theory; Enya has also won two awards regarding her performance of two of her original pieces for piano and voice, and has also been distinguished for her academic results.
In addition, Enya has also signed a contract with Downtown Artists Limited as a Musician and Co-producer.
Aside from being a performer, composer, blogger and songwriter, Enya is also a fashion model inspired by all the different directions that the human being can explore in the art field.
- Screen name:
- enyasophya
- Member since:
- Jul 02 2016
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 10
- Gigs played:
- 10 to 50
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
Influences
Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Bjork, Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn, Led Zepplin, John Butler, Tori Amos, Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters, Yann Tiersen, Keaton Henson, Ben Howard, Laura Marling, Bobby Mcferrin, Erykah Badu, Alicia Keys, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Ben Harper.
Instrument experience:
- Vocalist:
- Expert
- Vocalist - Soprano:
- Expert
- Background Singer:
- Expert
- Keyboard:
- Advanced
- Piano:
- Advanced
- Vocalist - Alto:
- Advanced
EQUIPMENT
Voice, Violin.
MUSIC
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Enya Sophya - Out Of The Blue
Enya Sophya - Out Of The Blue'Out of the blue' - a reflection of values and choices not only in our own personal lives, but also as members of a community, of society of the world. Everything is a choice? Everything as an origin and an effect on the environment we are in and the people we are with BE KIND
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Enya Sophya - She
Enya Sophya - She'She' is one of the tracks of the 5 songs I have written as part of my first EP, which is yet to be released. All songs have been recording by my colleague and friend Tasha Caesar who also plays the bass in this track. For this EP 'Passing Through', I wanted to keep it very connected to its roots and energy. Also, I did not want to be influenced by any external pressure or comparison. To make sure this did not happen, I decided to make this project come true by only collaborating with Tasha Caesar as the producer and mixing engineer of this EP. All songs tell a story, some are more a reflection (we are the observer) others, we feel we are more in movement (in action). In the song 'She' we are more like the picture selected - contemplating what happened and what is happening at this right moment.
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Enya Sophya - Trust
Enya Sophya - TrustTrust - original song A big thank you to Tasha A. and Justin S. for the encouragement towards my music development Infinite thank you to my Dad and Friends
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To Give and Receive
To Give and ReceiveTo Give and Receive (original) Song about interaction between people and what we may call the simplicity and nature of life
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Know-How - Synths and Voice
Know-How - Synths and VoiceHey everyone! Hope you're having a good and beautiful week. Here's the Improvisation of the week. Hope you enjoy it's simplicity and warmth :) PEACE and keep in touch
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Chances of Love and Justice (Original S)
Chances of Love and Justice (Original S)My first song playing the Ukelele Hope you enjoy it peace
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Piano Voice Improv. 2017
Piano Voice Improv. 2017This is an improvisation I made in July 2017. With a sore throat, but you enjoy it ;)
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The Meeting of the Waters (Original Violin Solo composition)
The Meeting of the Waters (Original Violin Solo composition)Meeting of the Waters is a solo piece for Violin inspired by Jo Shapcott’s poem Forescast (2010). In addition, after analysing carefully the poem I decided to relate it with the natural phenomenon Encontro das Águas (Meeting of the waters). This is the confluence between the Rio Negro, a river with dark water, and the sandy-coloured Amazon River or Rio Solimões. The two rivers’s waters run side by side without mixing, due to the differences in temperature, speed and water density. POEM: Forecast (2010) by Jo Shapcott A cloud sat on the hill August Until the sun was a ghost memory And the fields were full of water, the ground an unlicked sponge, When the sun came beat her head Against her unfamiliar shadow On the wall, her voice, but not her voice, Chanting over and over, ‘It’s a sad child That destroys its own weather’. A special thanks to Rock Lee (Violinist), for his support, time and expression
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_EQUANIMITY_ (Original Song)
_EQUANIMITY_ (Original Song)Original Song composed by Mari and I. Feel free to share it and I hope you enjoy it. Wish you all a good day! Peace
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'Here' (Original- PIANO & VOICE)
'Here' (Original- PIANO & VOICE)I believe Music is not always about mastering, or achieving the ideal original and commercial track. Sometimes you just create. And as in life, creation is not always beautiful specially if we compare it to the 'standards'. So yes, without going too deep in this philosophical discussion, here it is :) I am sharing it with you all because one day I created it, the other day I wrote it, and at some point I sang it differently. Again, this is not supposed to sound 'beautifully controlled', instead I hope it sounds raw, simple, but still musical.
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Cycle (Improvisation- Enya Sophya)
Cycle (Improvisation- Enya Sophya)In January, on a cold day when I actually had a sore throat I did my usual practice routine (singing) and finished with some improvisation. Here it is: that day at that moment the improvisation was this - Cycle. I'm particularly fascinated about the idea of creating in the moment. I hope you enjoy its simplicity. Have a wonderful Sunday!
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Verlassen (Arnold Schoenberg)- Enya Sophya
Verlassen (Arnold Schoenberg)- Enya SophyaOn the 10th of March 2013 at 7:30 pm I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Royal Holloway Chamber Music Competition with two challenging pieces: Verlassen (Forsaken) by Arnold Schoenberg and Ne Poy Krasavitsa Pri mne (Do not sing to me, beautiful maiden) by Sergei Rachmaninov. First and foremost, special thanks to Theodora Wong for all her commitment and support! I hope we can perform together again :) and also special thanks to my close friends and family who patiently believed in me and my vocal and musical abilities. But I must give a heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to my dearest singing teacher- for her persistence, discipline, and friendship. Thank you SO much!
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Porgi Amor by Wolfgang A. Mozart
Porgi Amor by Wolfgang A. Mozartfrom Act II of the Italian opera Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte The Countess laments that the Count has lost his love for her. Text/ Translation: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro, O Love, give me some remedy Al mio duolo, a'miei sospir! For my sorrow, for my sighs! O mi rendi il mio tesoro, Either give me back my darling O mi lascia almen morir. Or at least let me die.
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Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Не пой, красавица) ... Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Не пой, красавица) ... Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)On the 10th of March 2013 at 7:30 pm I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Royal Holloway Chamber Music Competition with two challenging pieces: Verlassen (Forsaken) by Arnold Schoenberg and Ne Poy Krasavitsa Pri mne (Do not sing to me, beautiful maiden) by Sergei Rachmaninov. First and foremost, special thanks to Theodora Wong for all her commitment and support! I hope we can perform together again :) and also special thanks to my close friends and family who patiently believed in me and my vocal and musical abilities. But I must give a heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to my dearest singing teacher- for her persistence, discipline, and friendship. Thank you SO much!
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Verlassen (Forsaken) by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Verlassen (Forsaken) by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)On the 10th of March 2013 at 7:30 pm I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Royal Holloway Chamber Music Competition with two challenging pieces: Verlassen (Forsaken) by Arnold Schoenberg and Ne Poy Krasavitsa Pri mne (Do not sing to me, beautiful maiden) by Sergei Rachmaninov. First and foremost, special thanks to Theodora Wong for all her commitment and support! I hope we can perform together again :) and also special thanks to my close friends and family who patiently believed in me and my vocal and musical abilities. But I must give a heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to my dearest singing teacher- for her persistence, discipline, and friendship. Thank you SO much!
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'Ne poy,krasavitsa’(Don't sing to me my beauty) by Rachmaninov
'Ne poy,krasavitsa’(Don't sing to me my beauty) by RachmaninovIn 1820, having written some anti-establishment political poems and epigrams, Pushkin found himself banished to the Ukraine and the Crimea. It was a bitter-sweet exile; he loved the southern landscapes and people, and had several stormy love-affairs. In this poem he looks back to those years with nostalgia. (‘The songs of Georgia’, he later wrote, ‘are mostly doleful, but quite pleasant...’) Sergei Rachmaninov is mainly known for his symphonies, piano concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, but he also wrote over 70 songs to Russian texts; this must surely be the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful of them.
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L'invitation au Voyage (by Henri Duparc)
L'invitation au Voyage (by Henri Duparc)Henri Duparc was, with Berlioz and Fauré, among the pioneers of la mélodie (the French art song, as distinguished from folk song). His career was remarkable in that although he lived for 85 years, his reputation rests on barely more than a dozen songs. “L’Invitation au voyage” takes for its text the famous Baudelaire poem of the same title. The poet’s dream world steeped in drugs, the atmosphere suffused with orientalism, and the imaginary voyage of the mind, were captured to perfection by Duparc in this masterpiece of ambiguous harmonies, unstable rhythms, sensuous imagery and vague meaning.
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Detectorists (cover- Johnny Flynn)
Detectorists (cover- Johnny Flynn)Apart from my Classical Repertoire as a singer, I also sincerely enjoy performing acoustics such as this one (Detectorists by Johnny Flynn). Although this is just a rehearsal recording with no effects or anything of that nature, I decided to share with you all. I hope you enjoy it and feel free to suggest other covers or give feedback. Many thanks to Jed McInnes for playing with me :)
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All is reality of your choice (Original Song)
All is reality of your choice (Original Song)All is Reality of Your Choice' is an original song for guitar and voice, which I composed in partnership with the guitarrist and composer Costa. This recording is from the early stages of our rehearsals, but it is pretty much what the music sounds like as a final work. A better sound quality recording will be soon available. I hope you enjoy it and feel free to share your opinion :)
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Dream Into Tears (My composition, not singing performance)
Dream Into Tears (My composition, not singing performance)Dream Into Tears takes as its starting point the psychological term ‘Altered states of consciousness’. In addition, this piece was influenced by The Tree of Life (1928), which was painted by the self-taught French artist Séraphine Louis (1864–1942), who was admitted for chronic psychosis at Clermont’s lunatic asylum. By having these two inspirational resources, I decided to write the poem I use in this composition, mainly in relation to confusion and various states of mind. More specifically, this piece draws attention to the mental state of confusion, tiredness, and disillusion. Furthermore, apart from depicting varied states of consciousness, this musical work also relies in the essence of life- acceptance, which is significantly depicted on the intensive colours that comprise the painting The Tree of Life.
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No man is an Island- for String-Quartet (MIDI File- unfortunately is Sibelius)
No man is an Island- for String-Quartet (MIDI File- unfortunately is Sibelius)'No Man is an Island' takes as its starting point the ideology of loneliness in urban cultures, where most individuals, when surrounded by a significant amount of people, feel a particular physical and psychological feeling of loneliness, sometimes stronger than when such individuals are theoretically alone. Such simple source of inspiration is developed throughout this musical work by showing different levels of stylistic material and by exploration various contrasting musical ideas, which as a result creates a range of effective textures that aim to illustrate the moment when a human being is in a crowd but feels ironically alone. In terms of performing this piece, there should be a specific care and attention towards the dynamic variations, and the changes from Pizz. to arco and vice versa should be as precise as possible. Although there are tempo indications, such parameter can be broadly chosen by the players.
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"Here" (Original Song)
"Here" (Original Song)"Here" is a piano and voice track, which I will soon post a longer version.
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One Day- Enya Sophya (Original Song)
One Day- Enya Sophya (Original Song)'One day' is the second track of 'Passing Through', my Debut EP. Feel free to take a listen and share your opinion! Have a nice day:)
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Keep- Enya Sophya (Original Song)
Keep- Enya Sophya (Original Song)Here it is my first single 'Keep' from the EP 'Passing through'. On the 15th of July it will be released.
