Welcome to jdsmusic.co.uk, the website for Jack Smith.  I am a musician (conductor, trombonist, teacher and more) based in South London, with connections across the south of the UK from here to South Wales, and most points in-between. 

Of course these pages are designed to drum up business under any of the headings you see on the left; however I hope they will also shed a more personal light on the various things I do, besides merely touting for gigs (though if you would simply like to offer me some work, that's fine too). 

I hope you will enjoy browsing this site; please feel free to contact me with any feedback or enquiries. 

Overview

Jack Smith was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in 1984, and grew up in nearby Stroud.  In 2002 he won a full scholarship to Trinity College of Music, where he studied trombone with Roger Harvey and piano with Raymond Banning.  At this time he also began his conducting studies, having started out by deputising for local amateur orchestras.  Jack was awarded the college conducting prize in 2006, and graduated with first class honours in 2007, going on to study conducting at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff with David Jones and Adrian Partington.

Rapidly establishing himself as one of the most versatile musicians of his generation, Jack is in consistent demand as a freelance musician, performing on both modern and period instruments, whilst as a conductor he has worked with a variety of orchestras, bands and choirs.  Since returning to London in 2010 Jack has been in ever-growing demand both as a conductor and instrumentalist, becoming involved in a variety of exciting projects.

Whilst music plays a huge part in Jack's life, he also enjoys quiet, sensible things such as walking, photography and cooking.

Highlights

Forthcoming engagements - follow links for full details:

Thursday

Thursday 9 February:  Perfoming on trombone with Orchestra of the City in a programme featuring works by Mahler (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - Songs of a Wayfarer) and Shostakovich (Symphony No. 10).  7.30pm at St. James's Church, Piccadilly.  Nearest Underground: Piccadilly Circus, Green Park

Sunday 4 March:  Conducting Epsom & Ewell Silver Band in concert as part of the Herald of Spring Festival at the Bourne Hall Museum, Ewell

Sunday 18 March:  Contest debut as Musical Director to Epsom & Ewell Silver Band, at the London & Southern Counties Regional Championships in Stevenage

Recently:

December 2011:  Director to University College London Chamber Music Society for their Christmas concert featuring Bach's Magnificat in its original form

November 2011:  Performances on alto & tenor sackbut with period instrument ensemble The Six, and on trombone with Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra

November 2011:  A return to Forest of Dean Brass as guest Musical Director, conducting the band at the Gloucestershire Brass Band Association Annual Contest in Coleford and subsequently winning a clean sweep of the prizes awarded in Section B.  Full results are listed on the GBBA website, and recordings are available on the band's Soundcloud page

July 2011: Musical Director to Bounce Theatre, a community theatre company based in Hounslow, for their first musical production, The Wizard of Oz.