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The Canadian pianist, composer, arranger and conductor, Stephen Smith, grew up in rural Nova Scotia, Canada, where he sang and played the piano from an early age. After initial studies in his home province in both piano and organ, he attended the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, receiving the college's professional performer's diploma and his Master of Music degree in piano performance, winning numerous awards and distinctions in national and international competitions, and concertizing throughout England.
Since 1990, Stephen Smith, has lived in Vancouver, obtaining his doctoral degree in piano performance from the University of British Columbia, and contributing to the musical life of the city as a performer, teacher, adjudicator, lecturer and writer on music, composer, arranger, and conductor. Central to his career are his long-standing relationships with some of Vancouver’s finest choral groups, including the Vancouver Men’s Chorus, Elektra Women's Choir, the Vancouver Bach Choir, and the Vancouver Chamber Choir.
Stephen Smith is a published composer and arranger of choral music with titles in the catalogues of Alliance, ECS, Cypress Choral Music, and Rhythmic Trident Music Publishing, and a long list of commissions from individual choirs across North America and from such entities as the National Youth Choir of Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the Women’s Commissioning Consortium of the American Choral Directors Association. Stephen’s work as composer/arranger and choral accompanist is well represented on dozens of commercially-released recordings; additionally, two solo albums - Kaleidoscope (30 classical piano miniatures), and Hail the Day (Dietrich Buxtehude's chorale preludes for organ) - are available on Apple Music, Spotify, and most of the other music-streaming (and music-purchasing!) platforms. |
