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Patrick Smith is an active horn player, music educator, and clinician throughout the eastern United States. In addition to a Master of Music Degree in Horn Performance from the Hartt School, he holds a Performerâs Certificate, Doctor of Philosophy, and Bachelor of Music Education Degree from the University of Florida at Gainesville. His primary teachers include David Jolley, Paul Basler and Bruce Atwell.
An alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival, Dr. Smith has performed with numerous professional ensembles including the North Carolina, Tallahassee, Brevard, Valdosta, Gainesville, Florida West Coast, and Ridgefield Symphony Orchestras, and is currently the Principal Horn of the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra and the Commonwealth Winds. He has performed with the Emerson String Quartet, the Hartford Brass Quintet, the Carolina Wind Quintet, and was recently featured as a contributing artist at the 2005 International Horn Symposium. He was the winner of the 1996 Southeast Horn Workshop Solo Competition and First Runner Up in the 1997 Farkas International Solo Horn Competition. In addition to performances in traditional horn settings, Dr. Smith holds a special interest in jazz horn literature and is the author of the text, Julius Watkins and the Evolution of the Jazz French Horn Genre. He has served on the faculties of the Eastern Music Festival and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He performs on the Willson CS240 Kruspe model horn, and is currently the Assistant Professor of Horn at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Contact Information:
Email: psmith7@vcu.edu
An alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival, Dr. Smith has performed with numerous professional ensembles including the North Carolina, Tallahassee, Brevard, Valdosta, Gainesville, Florida West Coast, and Ridgefield Symphony Orchestras, and is currently the Principal Horn of the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra and the Commonwealth Winds. He has performed with the Emerson String Quartet, the Hartford Brass Quintet, the Carolina Wind Quintet, and was recently featured as a contributing artist at the 2005 International Horn Symposium. He was the winner of the 1996 Southeast Horn Workshop Solo Competition and First Runner Up in the 1997 Farkas International Solo Horn Competition. In addition to performances in traditional horn settings, Dr. Smith holds a special interest in jazz horn literature and is the author of the text, Julius Watkins and the Evolution of the Jazz French Horn Genre. He has served on the faculties of the Eastern Music Festival and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He performs on the Willson CS240 Kruspe model horn, and is currently the Assistant Professor of Horn at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Contact Information:
Email: psmith7@vcu.edu