Sophia Mortensen

Assistant Business Manager

A woman with curly red hair and a black turtleneck, wearing a long brown dress, standing outdoors on a sidewalk at dusk, smiling with one hand on her hip and the other resting on a black post, surrounded by green foliage and blurred city lights in the background.

Sophia Mortensen debuted her first title role of Iolanthe in the 2022 Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University opera production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Iolanthe’, directed by Stuart Maunder AM and conducted by Johannes Fritzch, former chief conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. 

Last year, Sophia performed a rendition of La Habanera from Bizet's Carmen and Mozart's Cosi fan tutte repertoire with colleagues Dallas Tippet and Sky Kim over two evening events with the brilliant string quartet group Angel Strings at Home of the Arts, Gold Coast.

Her colourful mezzo tones feel at home in a plethora of musical worlds, from the operatic stage to late night jazz bars, and have been heard scatting at Can you Keep a Secret with the Cameron De la Vega Trio. Others may know her better as Sola, a musical endeavour drawing from the neo soul and jazz likes of Nina Simone and Erykah Badu. Sola’s writing is woven with passion and warmth balanced with her natural improvisation, which she is currently bringing to her first album. In her free time, Sophia can be found enjoying a book in her orange hammock after a swim in the Gold Coast surf.