[4][5] In the early 1980s Evans played in Great White Noise with Michael Sheridan[6] and formed the group Women and Children First,[7] which included Jamie Fielding, Steve Elphick, Indra Lesmana and Tony Buck.
[8] Evans composed the music for the 1999 radio drama Testimony: The Legend of Charlie Parker, which showcased the poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa, and was broadcast on ABC's Soundstage FM.
[10][11] In 2014 she was awarded a PhD from Macquarie University, Australia, for practice-based research in Carnatic Jazz Intercultural music.
[12] She leads the Sandy Evans Trio (with Brett Hirst (double bass) and Toby Hall (drums)[13] and Sextet, and co-leads the jazz and improvisational ensembles Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8.
As a performer, she is also a member of Mara!, The catholics, the Australian Art Orchestra, Ten Part Invention,[14] and austraLYSIS, among other ensembles.