A new set of planets!2/6/2024 I'm thrilled to hear that Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has been awarded a $20,000 NEA grant to support a commissioning and performance project featuring a new set of symphonic movements, based upon celestial bodies in our solar system, created by members of the ADJ•ective New Music Composers' Collective (#ADJCC), including Cynthia Van Maanen, Hong-Da Chin, Andrea Reinkemeyer, Anne Neikirk, Alex Temple, Daijana Wallace, Robert McClure, Jamie Leigh Sampson, and me!  SCI Region V11/5/2023 I had a wonderful time at this year's Region V Conference for the Society of Composers, Inc. Shoutout to Rob McClure and all his students at Ohio University School of Music for hosting such a stellar series of lectures and performances. Seven concerts, two lectures, and an installation over a period of three days featuring music created by more than 70 guest composers, guest performers, faculty, and students. Bravi tutti! #MusicaNovaVincitOmnia #SCIRegionV2023  Presentation time...2/19/2023 I'm looking forward to presenting a talk about Entrepreneurship in the Arts at Fredonia School of Music (Fredonia) during the first General Body Meeting of the Ethos New Music Society. Feel free to join us! Sunday, February 19, 2023 12:00 EST Mason Hall 2140 Fredonia School of Music State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia, NY  Conference Time!11/4/2022 For the first time in 15 years there will be an SCI Region 2 Conference, and I cannot thank Natalie Draper and Neil Flory enough for their work in making it all happen. Looking forward to spending some quality time with a plethora of contemporary music and musicians during the first week of November at Syracuse University's Setnor School of Music! November 4–6, 2022 Syracuse, NY The conference will feature several calls for scores, as well as panel discussions. Society of Composers, Inc. is partnering with Central New York’s Society for New Music and Symphor!a for this multi-day event. Guest artist, Nilo Alcala, will be the featured composer of the choral concert and will give a pre-concert talk.  Back at it...6/1/2022 I'm excited to be teaching composition in person at the 2022 Interlochen Arts Camp...and we're back to a six-week program! I'm looking forward to joining my amazing colleagues (Amanda Harberg, Jennifer Jolley, and Carrie Magin) again in the, "land of stately pines." Look out, Northern Michigan! Here we come. @Interlochen Center for the Arts "Dedicated to the promotion of world friendship through the universal language of the arts"  Residency Time3/24/2022 I'm looking forward to joining my colleague, Jamie Leigh Sampson, as a featured guest composer/performer at Praecepta's New Music Mini-fest! It's going to be a blast hearing performances by The _____ Experiment and the many talented composers & performers studying at Bowling Green State University's College of Musical Arts. CONCERT 1 THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022 20:00 EDT, BRYAN RECITAL HALL MOORE MUSICAL ARTS CENTER 24 x 24 WORKSHOP FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2022 14:30 EDT, CONRAD ROOM WOLFE CENTER FOR THE ARTS CONCERT 2 SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2022 14:00 EDT, BRYAN RECITAL HALL MOORE MUSICAL ARTS CENTER  Conference Time!12/2/2021 I'm looking forward to presenting at the 85th NYSSMA Winter Conference in Rochester, NY, in addition to being a part of this year's Composition Coaching Workshops. If you're in town on Friday, December 3, 2021, then please feel free to join me during my 19:00 EST session, "Teaching Creativity with Confidence." Also, be sure to check out the 26th Annual Student Electronic Showcase (Thursday, December 2 at 16:15 EST in CC Cascade ABC), the 23rd Annual Young Composer Showcase (Friday, December 3 at 13:15 EST in CC Lilac Ballroom), and the Premiere Young Songwriters Showcase (Saturday, December 4 at 08:15 EST in CC Riverside Court).  New Position Accepted12/15/2020 As of December 15, 2020 I have accepted the position of General Manager for the Society of Composers, Inc. I certainly could never replace our beloved Gerald Warfield, who tirelessly served as General Manager (more-or-less continuously) since 1977, but I am looking forward to contributing to the continued development of this vibrant organization as we move into the third decade of the 21st century. As with all organizations dedicated to contemporary artistry, I believe that our advocacy in the here and now should reflect on our history, while opening a world of possibilities for composers creating the music of today; this is important work, and I am grateful to be a part of it!  Radio Broadcast10/29/2020 I am excited to announce that my dear friend and IAC colleague Andrea Priester Houde will be discussing and performing My Garden...My World on West Virginia Public Broadcasting during a live recital on 10/29/2020 at 13:00 ET. It has been a while since music of mine has been played on the radio...let alone broadcast to an entire state! Tune in for a very special performance of this highly contemplative, personal work for solo viola. https://www.wvpublic.org/listen-live  Recording Released10/13/2020
Check out Jacob Swanson and Sarah Marchitelli, in a new video from their Decho @ Home series, as they perform Five Miniatures, a piece that was written for them on the occasion of their wedding!
AuthorAndrew Martin Smith Archives
June 2025
Categories |
RSS Feed