born
in montreal in 1977, sandra chechik began composing music in early childhood
with a particular passion towards the piano. her first serious work, a
5 movement piece for strings entitled the winds of time, was
completed at age 16. satisfying a parallel passion for films, she studied
creative arts in college and university. she graduated from concordia
university in 1999 where she specialized in communication studies with
a concentration in sound production. post-graduation, she composed and
produced music while working in the field of advertising photography.
currently a stay-at-home mom, sandra shares her time between family and music. minimalist in style, sandra’s musical compositions
have been used for various projects including video, short film, cd-rom,
video game, fashion show, poetry, radio montage, radio advertisement,
collaboration on album, website, art exposition, and feature film. in the fall of 2002, a self-titled album was released and includes music which was featured in director peter greenaway's film, the tulse luper suitcases. in addition, two pieces from this album are currently on the instrumental/new age playlist of galaxie, cbc's continuous music network. in 2006, sandra composed and produced sleepy time, a collection of children's bedtime music inspired by her 3 year old son. sleepy time was distributed to registered education savings plan (resp) clients via universitas trust funds of canada. sandra's latest project, sigh, is an album of ambient music comprised of 9 pieces representing 9 months of her current pregnancy. sigh is now available for purchase.