Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Extracurricular Activities
Awards
Languages
Timeline
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Sofia Bondurant

Chicago,IL

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Soloist

The Society, Incorporated, Supporting the Arts
Chicago, IL
03.2025 - 04.2025

Hired soloist for the Scholarship and Program Awards Luncheon at the Society's biennial national conference.

Choir Singer

ILMEA All-State Jazz Festival
Peoria, IL
01.2025 - 02.2025

Selected singer to perform in a jazz choir made up of musicians from Illinois.

Choir Singer

Final Fantasy VII Orchestra World Tour
Chicago, Illinois
07.2024 - 08.2024
  • Hired singer for the Final Fantasy VII Orchestra World Tour, performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Internship Student

After School Matters
Chicago, Illinois
06.2023 - 08.2023
  • Learning from experienced musicians the various opportunities to make a living in the arts.

Singer

After School Matters
Chicago, Illinois
06.2023 - 08.2023
  • Arranged, recorded, and performed vocals for RnB, Soul, and Jazz music with a band of talented Chicago youth.
  • Hired for performances for organization events.

Singer

After School Matters
Chicago, Illinois
06.2022 - 06.2023
  • City-wide choral ensemble that performs for Chicago communities.
  • HHW Vocal Arts Ensemble

Soloist

C21 Women's Ensemble
Chicago, Illinois
06.2023
  • Hired soloist for the C21 Women's Ensemble concert 'Dangerous Women' conducted by Artistic Director Marty Swisher.

Soloist

Amanda Thomas
Chicago, Illinois
05.2023
  • Hired soloist for the virtual premier of the hymn 'Fire Fuels Our Fight' composed and arranged by Amanda Thomas.

Demo vocalist

Pinkzebra Music
Chicago, Illinois
11.2022
  • Hired singer for demo vocals for choral composer and arranger PinkZebra's 'Climb Higher'.

Education

Private vocal lessons -

Amanda M. Thomas
11.2025

High School - Honor-roll student, Honors, AP, Dual-Credit Classes, 5 year Chamber Choir member

Whitney M. Yound Magnet High School
Chicago
05.2025

Skills

  • Music Performance
  • Songwriting
  • Vocal Arrangement
  • Vocal Improvisation

Extracurricular Activities

Singers Council Member in the premier ensemble for Uniting Voices Chicago, Voice of Chicago. 

  • Performs around the country and at Chicago's renowned locations such as the Chicago Symphony Center and Pritzker Pavilion.
  • Chosen as a performer for special projects such as Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited', Étienne Charles's 'Watch Night', Lollapalooza with headliner Karol G, Google's Year in Review 2024.

Student at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Jazz Performance & Improvisation Summer Program for High Schoolers.

Vice President of Whitney Young's acapella ensemble Young Voices.

Singer for school ensembles; soul combo, and jazz band.

Singer at the Second Unitarian Universalist Church

  • Contact: Carl Kennedy, Artistic Director at 2U (carl.m.kennedy@gmail.com)

Awards

Unity Temple Vocal Music Scholarship Winner, Martha Swisher (mswisher@unitytemple.org), 'Best of the Day', IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest, Owen Dettman Scholarship Recipient, Illinois Seal of Biliteracy 

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Timeline

Soloist

The Society, Incorporated, Supporting the Arts
03.2025 - 04.2025

Choir Singer

ILMEA All-State Jazz Festival
01.2025 - 02.2025

Choir Singer

Final Fantasy VII Orchestra World Tour
07.2024 - 08.2024

Internship Student

After School Matters
06.2023 - 08.2023

Singer

After School Matters
06.2023 - 08.2023

Soloist

C21 Women's Ensemble
06.2023

Soloist

Amanda Thomas
05.2023

Demo vocalist

Pinkzebra Music
11.2022

Singer

After School Matters
06.2022 - 06.2023

Private vocal lessons -

Amanda M. Thomas

High School - Honor-roll student, Honors, AP, Dual-Credit Classes, 5 year Chamber Choir member

Whitney M. Yound Magnet High School
Sofia Bondurant