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'''Geoff Smith''' (born 1966) is a British music composer, writer, and academic. Along with his wife, singer '''Nicola Walker Smith''' (born 1964), he has written and recorded several pieces of contemporary classical music as well as published the 1995 book ''New Voices: American Composers Talk about Their Music'' (alternate title ''American Originals: Interviews with 25 Contemporary Composers'')<ref>{{cite news|last=Webber|first=Brad|title=`A Curious Hybrid' Geoff Smith Mixes It Up|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-10-22/news/9510220084_1_emily-bronte-water-tower-poets|accessdate=8 December 2012|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=22 October 1995}}</ref> . His compositions have been described as "minimalist" and "pop classical"<ref>{{cite news |
'''Geoff Smith''' (born 1966) is a British music composer, writer, and academic. Along with his wife, singer '''Nicola Walker Smith''' (born 1964), he has written and recorded several pieces of contemporary classical music as well as published the 1995 book ''New Voices: American Composers Talk about Their Music'' (alternate title ''American Originals: Interviews with 25 Contemporary Composers'')<ref>{{cite news|last=Webber|first=Brad|title=`A Curious Hybrid' Geoff Smith Mixes It Up|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-10-22/news/9510220084_1_emily-bronte-water-tower-poets|accessdate=8 December 2012|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=22 October 1995}}</ref> . His compositions have been described as "minimalist" and "pop classical"<ref>{{cite news |
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}}</ref> and he's been compared to contemporaries [[Philip Glass]] and [[Steve Reich]].<ref>{{cite news |
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*[http://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0713/13123.html ''Christian Science Monitor'' review of ''15 Wild Decembers''] |
*[http://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0713/13123.html ''Christian Science Monitor'' review of ''15 Wild Decembers''] |
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*[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-10-22/news/9510220084_1_emily-bronte-water-tower-poets ''A Curious Hybrid: Geoff Smith Mixes It Up.'' ''Chicago Tribune,'' October 22, 1995] |
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*[http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emmerson-spaces-and-places/id332359721 Emmerson: Spaces and Places (via iTunes)] |
*[http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emmerson-spaces-and-places/id332359721 Emmerson: Spaces and Places (via iTunes)] |
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*[http://www.archive.org/details/MC_1992_08_21 Morning Concert: Nicola Walker Smith and Geoffrey Smith (from August 21, 1992)] |
*[http://www.archive.org/details/MC_1992_08_21 Morning Concert: Nicola Walker Smith and Geoffrey Smith (from August 21, 1992)] |
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Geoff Smith (born 1966) is a British music composer, writer, and academic. Along with his wife, singer Nicola Walker Smith (born 1964), he has written and recorded several pieces of contemporary classical music as well as published the 1995 book New Voices: American Composers Talk about Their Music (alternate title American Originals: Interviews with 25 Contemporary Composers)[1] . His compositions have been described as "minimalist" and "pop classical"[2] and he's been compared to contemporaries Philip Glass and Steve Reich.[3]
Many of Smith's musical works take their lyric content from traditional English verse or English Romantic poets including Emily Brontë, John Keats, Christina Rossetti, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Elizabeth Siddal.
Smith is a former student of English composer/double bassist Gavin Bryars.
Discography
Albums
- Gas Food Lodging (Kitchenware, 1993)
- 15 Wild Decembers (Sony Classical, 1995)
- Black Flowers [credited to The Geoff Smith Band] (Sony Classical, 1997)
EPs
- Six Wings (Blissout/Fifteen Wild Decembers/Possess Me/Six Wings of Bliss) (Sony Classical, 1995)
- Six Wings of Bliss (Sound Factory Vocal Mix/Strings of Bliss/Sound Factory Vocal Dub/Voice in the Dark Mix) [remixes by Junior Vasquez and Ronnie Ventura] (Epic, 1995)
- Six Wings of Bliss (New Remixes: Factory Mix/Tribal Dub/Indian Summer Mix/Far Removed Dub/Ambient Dub Edit) [remixes by Junior Vasquez and Ronnie Ventura] (Epic, 1995)
Other Recordings
- The Garden [Nicola Walker Smith] (Kitchenware, 1991)
- Spaces and Places [Simon Emmerson] (Sargasso, 2009)
References
- ^ Webber, Brad (22 October 1995). "`A Curious Hybrid' Geoff Smith Mixes It Up". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ Stewart, Andrew & Dominic Pride (29 July 1995). "Stressing Smith's 'wild' side". Billboard. pp. 1–2.
The 29-year-old Smith doesn't mind being labeled a minimalist, though he is much less sure about being categorized as a pop classical artist.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Matt Rowe (21 February 2007). "Music Review: Geoff Smith - 15 Wild Decembers". MusicTAP. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
...in the ranks of masters like Philip Glass, Steve Reich...
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help)