sandra chechik

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 and concentrated 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 heard in 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.

since 2004, seven of sandra's pieces have been on rotation on galaxie, cbc's continuous music network.

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 2006, sandra produced sleepy time, a collection of children's bedtime music inspired by her eldest son.

sleepy time was distributed to registered education savings plan (resp) clients via universitas trust funds of canada.

2007 saw the birth of sandra's second son and the release of sigh.

composed and produced over the span of a year, this album contains 9 pieces representing 9 months of her pregnancy.

in july 2009 sandra welcomed a baby girl into the world, and since has collaborated

and performed live with artist and musician benjamin russell.

sandra is currently working with farzin farzaneh, a montreal animator and film director.