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Leonard Slatkin

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Brad Smith

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Member Bio The 2014-15 Season will mark Brad Smith’s first with The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston. Dr. Smith is honored to be joining the music faculty at HSPVA and looks forward to working with the very talented students there and to many exciting performances in the years to come. June of 2014 completed Brad Smith’s eleventh year as Music Director of the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble at the University of Pennsylvania. Under Smith’s direction, his ensembles have performed a wide array of repertoire, including masterworks of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Shostakovich, Stravinsky and many others. Smith has also conducted works by noted contemporary composers such as John Adams, Jacob Druckman, Kevin Puts, Pierre Jalbert, Dana Wilson, Osvaldo Golijov, Jay Reise and Jennifer Higdon. Trained in the public schools of Texas, Smith holds Masters and Doctorate Performance Degrees in Conducting from The University of Texas at Austin and the Bachelor of Music degree and Texas Teacher Certification from Stephen F. Austin State University. Brad Smith also completed his ninth season as Music Director and Conductor of the Delaware County Youth Orchestra, an ensemble of approximately one hundred young musicians chosen by audition as representative of the very best talent in the entire Tri-State area. Each year the orchestra performs concert programs to great acclaim in the greater Philadelphia area. With the support of the DCYO Board of Directors, Smith launched the Distinguished Visiting Artist Series in 2008 with Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon. This special program features personal interaction between students and professional musicians, designed to give orchestra members an intimate view of the life and work of highly talented professional artists. In the past decade, Smith has enjoyed working with many prominent soloists, including most recently Richard Amoroso, violin, and Carol Jantsch, Principal Tuba of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also collaborated with noted baritones Randall Scarlatta, Andrew Cummings and Norman Garrett; tenor Adam Frandsen and countertenor Roger Grant; sopranos Sarah Joanne Davis, Jennifer Greene and Maureen Scanlon, and mezzo-soprano Jody Kidwell. Most recently, Smith was honored to conduct the Penn Symphony Orchestra in a performance featuring world-renowned violinist David Kim, Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In recent years, Smith has served as a guest conductor for the Kentucky Music Educators Association Intercollegiate Orchestra and the Philadelphia based contemporary ensemble Orchestra 2001. He has previously served as faculty member and conductor of the Indiana University Summer Music Clinic Orchestra and also the American Festival for the Arts Orchestra. Dr. Smith is active as a clinician and adjudicator in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, Kentucky and Texas. Smith has conducted the music of Samuel Barber for the award-winning arts program “The Front Row” on Houston PBS affiliate KUHF. He has written on the topic of programming philosophies as related to both professional and university orchestras and has recently contributed to professional publications, writing about ways to make better connections between the conductor and orchestra members in rehearsal and performance. Dr. Smith has presented clinics for the College Orchestra Directors Association at national conferences in 2004 and in 2012 on the topics of “Orchestral Programming Philosophies” and “Expressive Conducting.” He maintains professional memberships in the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Orchestra Directors Association, College Music Society, College Orchestra Directors Association, Conductors Guild, League of American Orchestras and the National Association for Music Education. He and his wife Becki and their two daughters make their home in Houston.
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Deborah Smith Deborah Smith Colburn School of the Performing Arts

Colburn School of the Performing Arts
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Mr. Gregory Smith

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Member Bio The music of composer Gregory Smith covers a wide range of the musical world entertaining thousands every day and night at Disney theme parks while reaching millions on television networks throughout the world. His long association with the Walt Disney Company has yielded original themes, songs, and arrangements for their animated features, movies and all of their worldwide theme parks. Some of his best known nighttime spectaculars include Wishes and Holiday Wishes for Walt Disney World, Remember Dreams Come True for Disneyland's 50th anniversary, Star Light Magic for Tokyo Disneyland, and Disney In the Stars for Hong Kong Disneyland. More recently Smith arranged the music for the castle show at newly opened, Shanghai Disneyland and also just completed a stage show for Tokyo DisneySeas. His landmark nighttime parade, Dreamlights, is in its 16th year at Tokyo Disneyland. Smith’s broadcast credits range from major network themes including inauguration and election themes for CBS, the ubiquitous CBS logo, to underscores for the various Star Trek dramas, Warner Bros. cartoons, as well as sports themes for ESPN, TNT, ABC, Headline News, the NY Mets, the New Jersey Devils and the Tampa Bay Lightning. On the grandest of scale, Smith composed the music for the Salt Lake Paralympic opening ceremonies broadcast worldwide by ABC. He has written hundreds of commercial soundtracks for numerous companies that include Mattel, Disney, American Express, Kodak, Hasbro, and Proctor & Gamble. The family/educational symphonic works of Gregory Smith have enjoyed nearly 1,000 performances by more than 200 orchestras, often with Smith narrating. Orchestras such as the Atlanta, Baltimore, Bonn, Boston, Cincinnati, Minnesota and Toronto symphonies, as well as the Rochester and Hong Kong philharmonics, have embraced Greg’s unique approach to family/educational concerts. The international reach of these works continues to expand with numerous performances in the United Kingdom, China, South Korea, Germany, Greece, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere. Most of his eight works in this genre were premiered (all were performed) at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and conducted by his longtime champion, Marin Alsop. As a conductor, Smith has recorded with orchestras in London, San Francisco, Prague, Salt Lake City, and Seattle as well as numerous studio orchestras in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville.
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Jacob Smith

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Neal Smith

Millikin University
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Rohan Smith

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Member Bio Conductor and violinist Rohan Smith has been Music Director of the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra since 2003. He has led the MSO to critical acclaim in performances of the major symphonic repertoire of all eras to the present time. In recent seasons, Smith and MSO have performed Mahler’s First and Fourth Symphonies; Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra; Beethoven’s Eroica, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Symphonies; Brahms’s First and Second Symphonies; Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique; Debussy’s Nocturnes; Stravinsky’s Petrouchka, and Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2. In May 2006, MSO under Smith was one of 65 orchestras across America to perform the newly commissioned “Made in America” by Joan Tower. In May 2015, Smith led the Midcoast Symphony, the Oratorio Chorale and Vox Nova in two memorable performances of the Verdi Requiem. Rohan Smith is Director of Orchestral and Chamber Music at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, where he conducts the Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra. Smith has conducted the PEA Chamber Orchestra on cultural exchange, service, and outreach tours to Vietnam, Hong Kong, Quebec, England, New York, and the Coachella Valley, California, performing there for children of immigrant farm workers. As an orchestral violinist in New York, Rohan Smith performed regularly with the American Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, the New Orchestra of Westchester, and on Broadway. He has performed under conductors James Levine, Kurt Masur, Andrew Davis, Kyrill Kondrashin, Dennis Russell Davies, Mark Elder, Kurt Sanderling, and Charles Mackerras. As an orchestral violinist he has been privileged to perform with many distinguished artists such as Jessye Norman, Itzhak Perlman, Thomas Hampson, Marilyn Horne, Pinchas Zuckerman, Midori, Kathleen Battle, Andre Watts, Garrick Ohlson, Billy Taylor, and Frank Sinatra. Smith performed with the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra under Adam Fischer for many years, including frequently at Haydn’s summer residence at the Esterhazy palace near Eisenstadt, and in festivals throughout Europe, Japan, and Taiwan. In 1991 and 1995, he participated in the Mahler Festspiel in Kassel, Germany, with members of the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, and Concertgebeouw orchestra under the batons of Adam Fischer and Manfred Honeck. Smith performs regularly with members of America’s leading orchestras in the “Music for Life'' benefit concerts at Carnegie Hall, to bring attention to the humanitarian needs of refugees in Syria, Darfur, and HIV-infected children in Africa. As a chamber musician, Smith has performed at the Kowmung Music Festival in Australia, the Cervantino Festival in Mexico, the Toronto International Chamber Music Festival, and Klangfrühling Schlaining in Austria. Smith was a member of the contemporary music group Terra Australis from 1986 to 1989 and performed with them as soloist at the 1988 Aspen Music Festival in Andrew Ford’s
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Stefanie Smith

Open Conservatorium Griffith University
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Member Bio Stefanie Smith is an accomplished Australian conductor and dedicated educator who collaborates regularly with orchestras and bands across Queensland, the UK, and Asia. She tours regularly with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and is a guest conductor with the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra, Queensland’s State Honours Ensemble Program and the National Youth Wind Ensemble of Scotland. With an unwavering passion for sharing the beauty of music with the next generation, Stefanie dedicates herself to inspiring young minds and nurturing a love for orchestral and wind band artistry. Her talents have been recognised globally, as evident in her semi-finalist placement at the 2022 Internacional de Dirección “Vila de Bétera” in Spain. Stefanie has also shone with her involvement in prestigious programs such as the Australian Conducting Academy (2019) and conducting masterclasses with notable figures like Larry Rachleff (2019) and Benjamin Zander (2018). Stefanie brings a wealth of experience to her roles as a conductor, educator, and presenter. At the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, she teaches undergraduate conducting courses and conducts the Young Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, and Woodwind Ensemble. Stefanie’s pursuit of excellence extends to her Doctor of Musical Arts, where she explores the ‘Pathways to the Podium,’ aiming to illuminate the career trajectories of emerging Australian conductors and provide invaluable insights for those aspiring to make a mark on the global stage.
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Stephen Michael Smith

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Member Bio Stephen Michael Smith, an American symphonic and choral conductor, is noted for his ability to communicate his infectious passion for music to fellow musicians and audiences alike. He currently serves as Music Director/Conductor for three symphony orchestras in the greater New York City area: The Orchestra at Shelter Rock (New York), Danbury Community Orchestra (Connecticut), and the Symphonic Pops of Long Island. In July 2019, he conducted the inaugural concert of the Summer Festival Orchestra of the Danbury Music Center. In addition, Maestro Smith serves as Music Director of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, where he leads a 50 voice semi-professional choir and directs professional concert series. Mr. Smith has performed throughout the United States and Europe. He was chosen twice to participate in the International Northern Baltic Festival at the historic Hermitage Theatre of the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. His guest conducting credits include the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland), St. Petersburg Camerata (Russia), Karlovy Vary Philharmonic (Czech Republic), Danbury Symphony Orchestra, New Britain Symphony, Massapequa Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Luke’s Orchestra (San Francisco), Riverside Choral Society and Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Smith has appeared on PBS in a segment of “Articulate with Jim Cotter” that aired nationally and in Europe. During his tenures as Music Director/Conductor of the Shrewsbury Chorale (New Jersey) and the Dalton Alumni Chorale (New York City), Mr. Smith prepared both institutions for their Carnegie Hall debuts with New York Grand Opera. A champion of new works, Stephen Michael Smith has conducted numerous premieres, including the world premieres of Gerald Busby’s Suite from 3 Women, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Quatrains, Dances for Piano and Others, Where Everything Is Music and A View of the Landscape (written for Stephen Smith Singers), Paula Kimper’s Where Everything Is Music and Orchestral Suite from the Bridge of San Luis Rey, Allen Hill’s Toward the Light and The Gift and Larry Deming’s Variations on Blackberry Blossom. He also led the New York premiere of William Bolcom’s May-Day, and the US premieres of Mickelson reconstructions of 16th century Venetian works by Gabrieli, Bassano, Obrecht, Zarlino, and Croce. Maestro Smith received his first professional appointment at the age of 11. He studied orchestral and opera conducting with Vincent La Selva at The Juilliard School in New York City, and coached privately with Mariusz Smolij (Northwestern University) and in Russia with Alexander Polishchuck (N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory). His primary training as an organist was under the tutelage of the renowned concert organist, Claire Coci. Mr. Smith has taught at the University of Hawaii, Hartwick College, and the American Academy of Music.
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Denise Smith Green Denise Smith Green Cleveland Institute of Music Library

Cleveland Institute of Music Library
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