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Sophie Mok is currently the Assistant Conductor of the North Carolina Symphony. Apart from that, she has been appointed as the Assistant Conductor of the Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO) since 2023. Mok’s recent engagement includes serving as the cover conductor for five programs with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra working with esteemed conductors such as Marin Alsop, Jonathon Heyward, Thomas Wilkins, and Tan Dun. 

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Mok was the Conducting Fellow of the Miami Symphony Orchestra as well as Assistant Conductor of the Frost Symphony Orchestra. She has conducted a wide range of orchestras including the Berlin Sinfonietta, the Orquesta de Cámara del Municipal de Santiago, the Eastern Festival Orchestra, the New Symphony Orchestra, the Romanian Youth Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Baptist University Symphony Orchestra, Polizeiorchester Bayern, Symphonisches Blasorchester Volkach, and Bläserphilharmonie Aachen.

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Mok's talents have been recognized on the international stage. She was selected to compete in the prestigious La Maestra Conducting Competition in 2024, as well as being one of the finalists in Maestro Riccardo Muti's Italian Opera Academy in 2022. In 2019, she won second prize at the International Conductor's Competition held during the Deutsches Musikfest. Mok has learned from many distinguished conductors in masterclasses and festivals, such as Mikko Franck, Pinchas Zukerman, Johannes Schlaefli, Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Larry Rachleff, Douglas Bostock, Colin Metters, Donald Schleicher, José-Luis Novo, Grant Cooper, and Alejandra Urrutia. In 2022, she was invited to participate in Le Domaine Forget Conducting Academy where she studied with Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

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Originally from Hong Kong, Mok holds an Artist Diploma in Conducting from the University of Miami Frost School of Music under the tutelage of Gerard Schwarz. She received her Master's degree in Orchestral Conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Oboe Performance from Hong Kong Baptist University and the University of Colorado at Boulder, respectively.

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