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Jack Smith BMus (Hons) MMus ATCL |
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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 via email
with any feedback or enquiries. For more
updates, links, photographs and general silliness,
you are most welcome to follow me
on Twitter. 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 to develop his conducting career, 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. He then went on to
specialise in conducting at the Royal Welsh College
of Music & Drama in Cardiff, studying with David
Jones and Adrian Partington, and in 2009 became the
first conducting student of the college to graduate
with an MMus degree.
Since
returning to London in 2010 Jack has been in
ever-growing demand both as a conductor and
instrumentalist, becoming involved in a wide range
of exciting projects. He has conducted a variety of
orchestras, bands and choirs whilst also maintaining
a busy performing schedule on both modern and period
instruments. Such a broad range of
work continues to establish Jack as one of the
most versatile musicians of his generation.
Whilst
music plays a huge part in Jack's life, he also
enjoys quiet, sensible things such as walking,
photography, literature, cooking, and cycling. Forthcoming engagements - follow links for full details: Friday 31 May - Directing University College
London Chamber Music Society in a lunchtime
concert featuring a wide variety of English choral
music. 1.10pm in the Haldane Room, Wilkins Building,
Bloomsbury Campus, Gower St WC1E 6BT
(Underground: Euston Square or Warren Street) Sunday 23 June - Performing
on bass trombone with Forest
Philharmonic in a programme featuring
Britten's Sea Interludes (from 'Peter Grimes'),
Bridge's suite 'The Sea' and Elgar's Symphony No. 1.
NB. 6.30pm at Walthamstow
Assembly Halls, E17 4JD (Underground/National
Rail: Walthamstow Central) Saturday 29 June - Conducting Epsom
& Ewell Silver Band in a concert of music
for a summer evening, featuring new arrangements of
light classical music alongside original works for
band. NB. 7.00pm at St.
Botolph's, Queen Street, Colchester CO2 7EE Saturday 6 July - Conducting Colne
Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme
featuring excerpts from Handel's Water Music,
Telemann's Suite in A minor for recorder &
strings, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3,
'Eroica'. 7.30pm at Christ Church, Braintree,
CM7 2LD (National Rail: Braintree) Thursday 11 July - Performing on trombone
with Orchestra
of the City in a programme featuring
Bernstein's 'Candide' Overture, and Rachmaninov's
Symphony No. 3. 7.30pm at St. James's Piccadilly
(Underground: Green Park or Piccadilly Circus) Saturday 13 July - Conducting Epsom & Ewell Silver Band in a concert of music for a summer evening, featuring new arrangements of light classical music alongside original works for band. 7.30pm at St. Paul's Church Centre, Northey Avenue, SM2 7HS (National Rail: Cheam or Ewell East) Saturday 20 July - Performing on trombone with Finchley Chamber Choir & Orchestra in a programme featuring Puccini's Messa di Gloria and Schubert's Symphony No. 8. 7.30pm at Trinity Church, Nether Street, North Finchley N12 7NN Recently: March & April - Performances on
trombone with The Angel
Orchestra, and on bass trombone with Kingston
Philharmonia and London
Phoenix Orchestra March - Conducting Epsom & Ewell Silver Band at the London & Southern Counties Regional Championships, being awarded 2nd place and an invitation to the National Championships in September December 2012 - Directing University College
London Chamber Music Society in their annual
Christmas Concert, featuring Giovanni Gabrieli's 'In
Ecclesiis' alongside seasonal music |
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