Stephen Smith

Vancouver pianist, composer/arranger, choral conductor, teacher, and writer on music

blog

08 jan 2024, Artigo
Tonality as Psychodrama in Strauss's "Elektra"
30 jul 2023, Artigo
Overheard in a Parish Hall
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, Artigo
An Analytical Overview of Strauss's "Death and Transfiguration"
21 jul 2023, Artigo
Chopin's Nocturne in F Minor: a study guide for pianists
19 jan 2023, Artigo
Difficulties Deconstructed: The Coda of Mendelssohn's "Rondo Capriccioso"
12 jan 2023, Artigo
The "Missa Solemnis" according to Robert Shaw
13 dez 2022, Artigo
Writing for Adult Treble Choirs
21 set 2022, Artigo
Brief points about a brief point
19 set 2022, Artigo
On Composing Backwards
03 abr 2022, Artigo
Structure and Symbolism in Bach's B Minor Mass (Conclusion)