Stephen Smith
Vancouver pianist, composer/arranger, choral conductor, teacher, and writer on music
Blog
- 08 Jan 2024, Article
- Tonality as Psychodrama in Strauss's "Elektra"
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- 30 Jul 2023, Article
- Overheard in a Parish Hall
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The reclusive and enigmatic figure who ascends the creaky stairs to the organ loft each Sunday is bound to be viewed with a certain degree of suspicion by the average parishioner. Certainly any congregant who has ever glimpsed the organ console might be justified in thinking that a person who plays such a beast of an instrument must have sold his soul to someone in exchange for the ability. Clearly this was the subject that two middle-aged gentlemen were discussing over tea in the Parish ...
- 26 Jul 2023, Article
- An Analytical Overview of Strauss's "Death and Transfiguration"
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- 21 Jul 2023, Article
- Chopin's Nocturne in F Minor: a study guide for pianists
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- 19 Jan 2023, Article
- Difficulties Deconstructed: The Coda of Mendelssohn's "Rondo Capriccioso"
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- 12 Jan 2023, Article
- The "Missa Solemnis" according to Robert Shaw
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- 13 Dec 2022, Article
- Writing for Adult Treble Choirs
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- 21 Sep 2022, Article
- Brief points about a brief point
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- 19 Sep 2022, Article
- On Composing Backwards
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- 03 Apr 2022, Article
- Structure and Symbolism in Bach's B Minor Mass (Conclusion)
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