Steven Smith
Steven Smith
5414 New Kent Rd.
Richmond, VA 23225
804.291.9019
[email protected]
COMPOSITIONS (selected performances)
Rondeau (for solo cello) (2017)
2017 Germany (scheduled)
Chromo-Synchrony (2014)
2015 Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Kataklysmos (2010)
2010 Santa Fe Symphony
String Quartet (2008)
2009 Verb Ballets
2008 members of Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Enchanted Chamisa (2008)
2009 Bosque Bassoon Band, Albuquerque, NM
Impromptu (nach Verklärung) (2007)
2007 Cleveland, OH
Tane Mahuta (2006)
2006 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
One to One a Round (2001)
(an interactive work for audience children with orchestra)
2001 Cleveland Orchestra
La Chasse (1995)
2013 Richmond Symphony
2006 Brevard Music Center
2001 Cleveland Orchestra
1998 Kansas City Symphony
1996 Chautauqua Symphony (premiere)
Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (1993)
1996 Grand Rapids Symphony
1993 Eugene Symphony (premiere)
Shake, Rattle and Roar (1991)
(an interactive work for children playing homemade instruments with orchestra)
Numerous performances including: Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony
Water (1994)
(a work commissioned and designed to introduce a young orchestra to contemporary notations and techniques at an appropriate technical level)
2004 University of Denver Symphony Orchestra
2002 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra
1995 Colorado Springs Youth Symphony
1994 Eugene (OR) Youth Symphony (premiere)
A Journey (1993)
1993 Colorado Springs Symphony, in collaboration with Taos Pueblo flutist Robert Mirabal
Concerto for Viola, Cello and Orchestra (1988)
1988 Grand Rapids Symphony
Quattro Contro (1987)
1989 Hopkins Symphony, Baltimore (MD)
1987 Grand Rapids Symphony
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Commissions:
2014 Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Chromo-Synchrony
2008 Bosque Bassoon Band (Albuquerque, NM), Enchanted Chamisa
2008 Ohio Music Teachers’ Association, String Quartet,
2006 Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Tane Mahuta
1994 Eugene Youth Symphony, Water
1993 Ava Ordman, Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra
1991 Cleveland Orchestra, Shake, Rattle and Roar
1988 Grand Rapids Symphony, Concerto for Viola, Cello and Orchestra
Awards, Grants, Residencies:
2008 Ohio Composer of the Year
1992- ASCAP Professional Recognition Awards (yearly)
1993 Composer-in-Residence, Eugene Symphony/University of Oregon
1992 Winner, Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland Composition Contest
1989, 1993 American Music Center grants
1989 Meet-the-Composer grant for performance and residency in Baltimore with the Hopkins Symphony
1987 Michigan Sesquicentennial Commission Award
CONDUCTING POSITIONS (selected)
2010- Richmond (VA) Symphony, Music Director
2004- Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Music Director
2013- NEOSonicFest, Cleveland, OH, Festival Artistic Director
(presented by Cleveland Chamber Symphony)
1999-2013 Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus, Music Director
2004-2006 Brevard Music Center, Director of Orchestral Activities, Conductor
2002-2005 Oberlin Conservatory Orchestras, Opera, Music Director
Associate Professor of Conducting
1998-2003 The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Music Director
1997-2003 The Cleveland Orchestra, Assistant Conductor
1996-1998 Kansas City Symphony, Associate Conductor
1995-1997 San Juan Symphony (CO, NM), Music Director and Conductor
1992-1996 Colorado Springs Symphony, Assistant Conductor
1990-1992 Epicycle: an ensemble for new music, Conductor
AWARDS, HONORS
2001 Emmy Award (with Cleveland Orchestra) for Educational Video
1999 Alumni Achievement Award, The Cleveland Institute of Music
Alumni Association
1996-1998 Foundation Artist, Geraldine C. and Emory M. Ford Foundation
1996-1998 Recipient, Conductor Career Advancement Award,
Geraldine C. and Emory M. Ford Foundation
1996 Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview,
League of American Orchestras
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GUEST CONDUCTING (selected)
Akron Symphony Orchestra, 2 programs, Aspen Music Festival, Auckland Philharmonia (New Zealand) (3 seasons, 6 programs), Brevard Music Center (orchestral, opera: Carmen, The Magic Flute), Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Cleveland Institute of Music, (opera, orchestra and new music), Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Symphony (Chicago), Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Indiana University (5 orchestral programs, 1 opera, Susannah),
Jacksonville Symphony, Long Beach Symphony Orchestra (CA), Long Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Lyric Opera Cleveland, (Abduction from the Seraglio), Milwaukee Symphony, National Symphony of Taiwan, New Mexico Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa (Mexico), Puerto Rico Symphony, Richmond Ballet, 30th Anniversary Gala, (Serenata, Fancy Free, The Rite of Spring, )San Francisco Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Symphony, Virginia Opera, (Le Nozze de Figaro)
VIOLIN POSITIONS
1985-1988 Grand Rapids Symphony, Concertmaster and soloist
1985-1995 Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (summers) Violinist (rotating)
1983-1985 Grand Rapids Symphony, Principal Second Violin
1983 Colorado Philharmonic, Concertmaster and Soloist
EDUCATION
1991 Master of Music in Conducting (Composition Minor) Cleveland Institute of Music
Elected member of Pi Kappa Lambda
Merit Scholarship recipient
1983 Master of Music in Performance and Literature
Eastman School of Music
1981 Bachelor of Music (with Distinction), Applied Violin
Eastman School of Music
Merit Scholarship recipient
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015-17 Conductors’ Guild workshop faculty
2014- Virginia Commonwealth University, Affiliate Faculty
1997- Guest lecturer, Indiana University, Cleveland Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music
1994-1996 Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration of the Pikes Peak Library District, Artist-in-Residence
1994-1995 Colorado Springs Public Schools, Gifted and Talented Arts Seminars
1993 University of Colorado/Colorado Springs, Adjunct Faculty
1992-1993 Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, International Baccalaureate Music Program
1992-1994 Chautauqua Institution Summer Music School
Large ensemble coaching, private teaching
1984-1987 Grand Valley State University, Allendale (MI), Adjunct Faculty
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