About Sophie Lanthier

Sophie Lanthier is a Toronto-based flutist with a deep commitment to both contemporary and orchestral music. She is particularly dedicated to discovering and programming music that reflects the growing diversity of the contemporary flute repertoire, with a focus on works by women composers.
As a contemporary musician, Lanthier has performed with New Music Concerts and was part of the inaugural Hamilton International Contemporary Music Festival in 2025. She also enjoys  an active freelance career as an orchestral musician, performing with various orchestras across  Southern Ontario. Notably, in May 2024, Lanthier was featured as a soloist with the Oakville Symphony Orchestra, where she performed

François Borne's Fantaisie brillante sur 'Carmen.'

In 2025, she performed Vivaldi'sPiccolo Concerto in C major, RV 443, with the Ontario Philharmonic.
In addition to her performance career, Lanthier is a passionate music educator.
She joined Wilfrid Laurier’s Faculty of Music as a Flute instructor in 2024 and also serves as a chamber music and ensemble coach at the University of Toronto. She
maintains a private studio in Toronto, and coaches the flute section of the Oakville Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra.
Lanthier is currently completing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Toronto. She holds a Master of Music degree from Northwestern
University, an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance from the University of Toronto. Her teachers have included Leslie Newman, Nora Shulman, Susan Hoeppner, and John Thorne, with additional
studies in piccolo under Alyce Johnson and Jennifer Gunn.

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