Dr. Nina Soyfer is a classically trained composer, symphony orchestra conductor, classical pianist, musicologist, music theory specialist, educator, and vocalist, originally from Ukraine and now a Canadian citizen.

She studied composition with Professor Michael Coghlan and Arthur Levine, pianism and performance editing with Professor Christina-Petrowska Quilico, and she completed her doctoral studies in music at York University in Toronto, with composition project included in the dissertation. Nina Soyfer’s career as composer began in 2003 with her prize-winning piano miniature Frolicsome Polka, which was published in Suzir’ya Muz magazine and premiered in Ukraine. She has since completed over 100 compositions mainly for piano, voice, choir, percussion, guitar, Ukrainian lute (Bandura), as well as string quartet and orchestra. She has also completed West African percussion-inspired arrangements of intercultural folk tunes, and collaborative works with composers/writers from Tanzania, America, Russia, and Ukraine.

Nina Soyfer’s works have been performed in Humanity in Harmony Festival (2010-2011), Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts (2015),
and other concerts in Toronto and Ottawa. She collaborated with singer/songwriter William Izungo, world-renowned writer and talented
poet Drunvalo Melchizedek, and one of the most loved composers of Russian Musicals, Genadiy Gladkov. Her works have
been performed by Owen Lawrence, Isaac Akrong, Leonhard Williams, Paul Therrien, Jane Loewen, and Carol Gibson. Her compositions were commissioned/performed by choirs such as Blue Jazz Choir and Jubilate Singers.

Dr. Nina Soyfer also proposed a compositional style in her PhD dissertation, as part of her Integrated Arts Method, for enhanced teaching and ensemble work, where the composer collaborates with teachers/conductors and students/performers. She gathered and presented scientific research supporting educational and emotional benefits of this compositional style.

Being a prize-winning specialist painter (Israel in Dance and Colour 2003) with over 200 works, dancer (hundreds of performances), poet (about 50 works), prize-winning pianist (Thomas W. Doherty Prize in Piano 2008), and music performer (vocalist, guitarist, Ukrainian folk instrumentalist, etc.), her compositions have had unique influence from her synesthetic-like associations.

Public Performances of Nina Soyfer's Compositions: (click to show)

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Please click on the name of a piece to see sample sheet music and hear an audio sample.Piano Solo                                                                                                                    

Frolicsome Polka, piano solo, 2003.

I Love You My Ninetta, piano solo, February 2012.

Mixed Feelings, piano solo, April 2013.

Nature Musings, piano solo, September 2014.

Sun Behind the Afternoon Clouds, piano solo, February 2013.

Choral Music 

Invisible Connection, for a cappella SATB choir, June 2012 – Sept. 2015.

Voice and Piano 

Your Smile, voice and piano, December 2011.

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