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BY W.B. FRESA
OAKDALE’S SOPHIA BLAKE IS JUST 17 BUT
ALREADY LIVING OUT HER DREAM.
ophia Blake was born and raised in Oakdale and is a
junior at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School. She
began playing the piano at 5 and started voice lessons at
9—a pretty normal life for a young girl. But Sophia isn’t
interested in simply playing an instrument or humming a tune.
She’s just getting started.
At 17, Sophia has written, recorded and produced two albums:
“Freehand” and “Moon Rose,” which were released in March and
November 2017.
“My style of music and writing is influenced by music my
parents introduced me to at a young age,” says Sophia. “The
unique qualities of alternative and indie music have inspired me.
The Shins and Arctic Monkeys are two great bands whose writing
styles I love. I like the poetic nature of the word choices and find
my writing style is similar. I definitely hear the words before I
hear the music.”
As she grew older and gained