Ashley William Smith
{{short description|Australian clarinet player and academic (born 1984)}}
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Ashley William Smith (born 1984) is an Australian clarinet player and academic. He is the chair of woodwind and contemporary performance{{cite web |title=Ashley Smith Profile |url=https://www.uwa.edu.au/profile/ashley-smith |website=University of Western Australia |accessdate=29 June 2020}} at the UWA Conservatorium of Music at the University of Western Australia,{{cite web |title=Ashley W Smith |url=https://www.uwa.edu.au/profile/ashley-smith |website=UWA Research Repository |publisher=UWA |accessdate=28 June 2020}} and a member of the Queensland-based Southern Cross Soloists.{{cite web |title=Southern Cross Soloists |url=https://www.southernxsoloists.com/soloists |website=Southern Cross Soloists |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
Biography
Smith was born in Perth, and went to John Forrest Secondary College (then John Forrest Senior High School). He attended the University of Western Australia, where he studied clarinet with Allen Meyer, principal clarinet of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. After completing a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours, Smith became a fellow at the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne, Victoria.
In 2010, Smith entered Yale University, where he completed a master's degree in clarinet performance under the tutelage of David Shifrin. The Music Council of Australia awarded him the prestigious "Freedman Prize" in classical music, a national award given annually.{{cite web |title=Ashley Smith on the Freedman Prize |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/musicshow/ashley-smith3a-freedman-winner/4274338 |website=ABC Radio National Music Show |date=22 September 2012 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=29 June 2020}} The award is sometimes called the "Genius Prize" in the popular press.{{cite news |last1=Bevis |first1=Stephen |title=Maestro Plays on the Edge of Genius |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/maestro-plays-on-the-edge-of-genius-ng-ya-298375 |accessdate=29 June 2020 |publisher=The West Australian Newspaper |date=September 7, 2012}} Earlier in 2010, Smith won the "Other Instruments" category of the national ABC Young Performers award with a performance of Ross Edwards Clarinet Concerto.{{cite web |title=YPA Award Winners |url=http://youngperformersawards.org/winners-finalists/ |website=Young Performers awards |publisher=youngperformersawards.org |accessdate=30 June 2020}}
In 2013, Smith was appointed to the University of Western Australia as artist-in-residence and lecturer in contemporary performance.{{cite web |title=Young Genius Appointed to The School of Music |url=http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201310226172/appointments/young-genius-appointed-school-music |website=UWA Forward |publisher=University of Western Australia |accessdate=29 June 2020}}
He appeared with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in October 2014, and performed and recorded Lachlan Skipworth's Clarinet Concerto. In 2015, this was awarded "Performance of the Year" by the national APRA-AMCOS organisation in their annual "Art Music Awards".{{cite web |title=WASO Awards |url=https://www.waso.com.au/about-waso/the-organisation/awards |website=WASO |publisher=West Australian Symphony Orchestra}}
He has appeared with the Bang on a Can Festival in Beijing,{{cite web |title=Bang on a Can Sound @ Beijing Modern Music Festival |url=https://bangonacan.org/bang_on_a_can_sound |website=Bang on a Can |publisher=bandonacan.org |accessdate=28 June 2020}} Chamber Music North, USA,{{cite web |title=Chamber Music Northwest Club Concerts AReview |url=https://www.orartswatch.org/chamber-music-northwest-club-concerts-review-seeking-new-listeners-in-new-spaces/ |website=Oregon Artswatch |accessdate=30 June 2020}} Music in May,{{cite web |title=Music in May 2020 Season |url=http://musicinmay.org/2020-season |website=Music in May |accessdate=30 June 2020}} as well as regular performances in his hometown Perth International Arts Festival.{{cite news |last1=Yeoman |first1=William |title=Classic Strings to their Bows |url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/piaf-reviews/classic-strings-to-their-bows-ng-b88391641z |accessdate=29 June 2020 |publisher=The West Australian Newspaper |date=21 February 2017}}
Smith serves on the board of the Perth Symphony Orchestra.{{cite web |title=PSO Board of Directors |url=https://perthsymphony.com/2018/04/11/board-of-directors/ |website=Perth Symphony Orchestra |accessdate=30 June 2020}}
Qualifications
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) and Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Australia. Doctoral thesis: “Redefining moments: Interpreting flexible moment form in the late solo works of Franco Donatoni”.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Ashley William |title=Redefining Moments: Interpreting Flexible Moment Form in the Late Solo Works of Franco Donatoni |url=https://api.research-repository.uwa.edu.au/portalfiles/portal/80742963/THESIS_DOCTOR_OF_MUSICAL_ARTS_SMITH_Ashley_William_2020.pdf |website=UWA Research Repository |publisher=University of Western Australia |accessdate=25 August 2020}}
Master of Music (Clarinet Performance) from Yale University.
Fellow of the Australian National Academy of Music.{{cite web |title=Ashley Smith Profile |url=https://www.uwa.edu.au/profile/ashley-smith |website=UWA |publisher=University of Western Australia |accessdate=29 June 2020}}
Awards
2006/7 – Several awards at the University of Western Australia. Lady Callaway Prize, Edith Cowan Prize and the Vose Prize.{{cite web |title=Young Genius Appointed to School of Music |url=http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201310226172/appointments/young-genius-appointed-school-music |website=UWA Forward |publisher=University of Western Australia |accessdate=29 June 2020}}
2009 – ANAM Concerto Competition Winner.{{cite web |title=ANAM Concerto Competition Finalists 2009 |url=https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/event/anam-concerto-competition-final |website=Australian Music Centre |accessdate=28 June 2020}}{{cite web |title=Ashley W Smith appointed to UWA |url=https://music.yale.edu/2013/10/22/ashley-william-smith-appointed-to-faculty-at-university-of-western-australia |website=Yale Music |publisher=Yale University |accessdate=29 June 2020}} Described in the Melbourne Age as "Ashley Smith's incandescent performance of Magnus Lindberg's 2002 Clarinet Concerto...As an apologist for contemporary music-making, let alone this concerto, you would search hard to find this young clarinettist's equal."{{cite news |last1=O'Connell |first1=Clive |title=Quasi Una Fantasia |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/quasi-una-fantasia-20100405-rmzp.html |accessdate=30 June 2020 |publisher=The Melbourne Age |date=6 April 2010}}
2010 – ABC Young Performers Award.in the "Other Instruments" category.{{cite web |title=Young Performers Past Winners |url=http://symphonyinternational.net/artist-development/performers/past-winners/ |website=Young Performers Awards |publisher=Symphony Australia |accessdate=28 June 2020}}{{cite web |title=Symphony Australia and TSO |url=https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/event/abc-symphony-australia-young-performers-awards-stage-iii |website=Australian Music Centre |accessdate=28 June 2020}} Winner of the "Other Instrumental" category; finalist.
2012 – Music Trust of Australia Freedman Fellow.{{cite web |title=Music Trust of Australia Freedman Fellowship |url=https://musictrust.com.au/freedman/past-freedman-fellows/ |website=Music Trust of Australia |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
2015 – APRA-AMCOS Art Music Awards "Performance of the Year". Skipworth Concerto for Clarinet with WASO.{{cite web |title=Ashley William Smith wins Performance of the Year |url=https://music.yale.edu/2015/08/12/ashley-william-smith-wins-performance-year-australias-art-music-awards |website=Yale University Music |publisher=Yale University |accessdate=29 June 2020}}
2015 – Soloist on Lachlan Skipworth "Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra", nominated for the APRA-AMCOS "Symphonic Work of the Year" at the Art Music Awards, and winner of the Paul Lowen Prize (2016).{{cite web |title=Paul Lowen Orchestral Prize |url=https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/award/paul-lowin-orchestral-prize |website=Australian Music Centre |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
2016 – Churchill Fellow "To undertake intensive contemporary bass clarinet tuition with three renowned pedagogues and self directed professional development at the Banff Centre - Spain, USA, Canada"{{cite web |title=Smith, Ashley Fellowship Program |url=https://www.churchilltrust.com.au/fellows/detail/3859/Ashley+Smith |website=Churchill Trust |accessdate=30 June 2020}}
Premier Works Performed
William Barton Calling of the Earth (2016) With Southern Cross Soloists.{{cite web |title=Calling of the Earth |url=https://soundcloud.com/southernxsoloists/william-barton-calling-of-the-earth |website=Soundcloud |publisher=Southern Cross Soloists |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
Olivia Davies Intimate Distance (2018) With Louise Devenish, Lachlan Skipworth and Emily Green-Armytage.{{cite web |title=Olivia Davies: Intimate Distance |url=https://rtrfm.com.au/story/olivia-davies-intimate-distance/ |website=RTRFM.com.au |publisher=RTRFM |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
Julian Day Resound (2018) With Southern Cross Soloists.{{cite web |title=Resound: Above and beyond |url=https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/day-julian-resound/32924 |website=Australian Music Centre |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
Perry Joyce The Frog Prince for Solo Bass Clarinet and Choir (2018). With Voyces.{{cite web |title=Perry Joyce tells us how to compose music for voice |url=https://www.cutcommonmag.com/perry-joyce-tells-us-how-to-compose-music-for-voice/ |website=Cutcommon |date=6 September 2018 |publisher=Cut Common Magazine |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
Lachlan Skipworth The Eternal (2016) with Akiko Miyazawa, Kate Sullivan, Ben Caddy, Jon Tooby and Lachlan Skipworth.{{cite web |title=Cappuccio Concert Review |url=https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/reviews/review-ashley-smith-and-friends-cappuccino-concerts/ |website=Limelight Magazine |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
Lachlan Skipworth Clarinet Concerto (2016) (with West Australian Symphony Orchestra){{cite web |title=Lachlan Skipworth and Brett Dean win major award |url=https://www.cutcommonmag.com/lachlan-skipworth-and-brett-dean-win-major-music-award/ |website=Cut Common Magazine |date=7 December 2016 |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
Ashley W. Smith Shifrin for Solo Clarinet (2019){{cite web |title=Cutting Edge Clarinet: Northwest Chamber Festival |url=https://www.pdx.edu/dos/events/chamber-music-northwest-summer-festival-cutting-edge-clarinet?delta=0 |website=Portland State University }}
Christopher Tonkin Entr'acte for Solo Bass Clarinet and Electronics.{{cite web |title=Entr'acte for Bass Clarinet |url=https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/tonkin-christopher-entr-acte-i-ii |website=Australian Music Centre |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
Published Recordings
- Lachlan Skipworth Clarinet Quintet / Clarinet Trio With Akiko Miyazawa, Kate Sullivan, Ben Caddy, and Jon Tooby. Lachlan Skipworth (Composer) Audio CD. Navona Records nv 6241 (2019){{cite web |title=Lachlan Skipworth Albums |url=https://www.lachlanskipworth.com/album |website=Lachlan Skipworth |accessdate=30 June 2020}}
- I'll Work Beside You, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and the Southern Cross Soloists. Audio CD. ABC Classics, ABC4816826 (2018){{cite web |title=Teddy Tahu Rhodes I'll Walk Beside You |url=https://www.abc.net.au/classic/featured-music/feature-albums/teddy-tahu-rhodes-walk-beside-you/9729118 |website=ABC Classic |date=6 May 2018 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=30 June 2020}}
- Psychosonata, The Works of Michael Kieran Harvey. Michael Kieran Harvey, Eugene Ughetti, Tristram Williams, Natsuko Yoshimoto, Alister Barker, Ashley William Smith, Saxby Pridmore, Arjun von Caemmerer. Audio CD. Move Records. MD 3368. (2013){{cite web |title=Psychosonata |url=http://www.move.com.au/disc/michael-kieran-harvey-psychosonata |website=Move |publisher=move.com.au |accessdate=30 June 2020}}
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Category:Australian male classical composers
Category:Australian classical composers
Category:Australian classical musicians
Category:Australian clarinetists
Category:Musicians from Perth, Western Australia
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:University of Western Australia alumni
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