JUSTIN S. SMITH, DMA CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DATA 2823 NE 55th Avenue, Portland, OR 97213 (713)-294-2701 [email protected] PROFILE SUMMARY - Director of Choral Activities/Assistant Professor, Queens University of Charlotte - Earned Doctorate and Masters degrees in Choral Conducting - Named the Joseph P. Naumes Endowed Chair in Music at Marylhurst University - Internationally recognized, award-winning choral conductor - Choirs have performed in six foreign countries and Carnegie Hall - Active adjudicator and conductor of Honor Choirs in the NW region - Demonstrated commitment to cultural diversity and supporting composers from underrepresented communities - Extensive experience in choral-orchestral and opera pit conducting - Published scholarship on mid-twentieth-century American choral music - Proven track record of building and recruitment into choral programs CURRENT POSITIONS Queens University of Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) Fall 2019-present Assistant Professor and Director of Choral Activities Conduct three choirs, teach courses in music history and choral conducting. Portland Phoenix Choirs (Portland, Oregon) Fall 2018-Summer 2019 Founder and Artistic Director Grew out of desire of Marylhurst choir members to continue singing together. Comprised of two choirs: Chamber Choir (auditioned) and Choral Union (non-auditioned) Eugene Opera (Eugene, OR) Fall 2018- Summer 2019 Chorus Master for fully professional production of H.M.S. Pinafore ​ “The chorus of sailors showcased unfaltering energy and dedication….Similarly, the chorus of...sisters, cousins and aunts sang with precision and character. The preparations of visiting Chorus Master Justin Smith created impressive choral synchronicity while maintaining the independence of each voice. The finale of Act I was particularly rousing, and the chorus warrants much of the praise.” - Alison Kaufman, Eugene Register-Guard Recent Collegiate Experience Marylhurst University (Portland, Oregon) Fall 2012-Spring 2018 Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities Promoted to Associate Professor May 2018 The Joseph P. Naumes Endowed Chair in Music Co-Chair, Department of Music, Spring 2013-Summer 2015 Director of Applied Music Studies Ensembles directed: Marylhurst Womens’ Chorale (non-auditioned, mainly majors) Marylhurst Choral Union (non-auditioned; majors and non-majors, plus faculty and community members) Marylhurst Chamber Choir (auditioned choir; mainly majors) Courses taught: Introduction to Conducting Fall 2012-2018 Music Theory I Fall 2013-2014 Aural Skills I and II Fall and Winter 2017-2018 Introduction to Western Music Winter 2012-2015 History of Music I: Antiquity to Renaissance Fall 2012-2018 History of Music II: Baroque and Classical Fall 2012-2018 History of Music III.: Romantic and Modern Fall 2012- 2018 Vocal Techniques Fall 2014-2016 Private Conducting Lessons Fall 2012,Winter 2013, Spring 2014, 2016, 2018 University Administrative, Committee and Service Work: Co-Chair, Music Department Fall 2014- Summer 2015 - Oversaw general departmental operations - Co-managed $750,000 budget - Created pathways to degrees for music majors - Coordinated more than seventy courses taught by forty faculty members National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) Coordinator Fall 2012-Summer 2018 - Managed, collected and filed required annual music department audits - Filled out and filed annual attestations - Acted as liason between university administration and NASM leadership - Worked with NASM to effect departmental changes Senator, Marylhurst University Faculty Senate (elected position) Member, University Curriculum Committee Member, University Faculty Council Member, University Liberal Arts Core Committee Member, Music Therapy Director Search Committee Member, Music Clinical Coordinator Search Committee American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Service: Collegiate Repertoire and Standards Chair, Oregon ACDA, 2012-present Organizer and Host, Oregon ACDA Summer Conference 2013 Organizer and Host, Oregon ACDA Summer Conference 2018 Hosting Campus, Oregon ACDA Adjudication Certification Workshop, Fall 2014 Presenter and Host, Roomful of Teeth, NWACDA Regional Conference, 2017 Major Initiatives and Accomplishments: Founded the Marylhurst Chamber Choir, an auditioned, 32-voice ​ ensemble which won several prestigious prizes at international choral competitions. Twenty percent increase in music student enrollment between 2012-13 ​ and 2016-7 academic years. Founded the Marylhurst Choral Union, comprised of Marylhurst students and faculty as well as community members. Membership is up to sixty members after five years. Built the Marylhurst Chorale, the undergraduate student ensemble, from fourteen to twenty-seven music majors in two academic years. Later transformed into a Womens’ Chorale, succesfully hiring new faculty to direct it. Total number of singers participating in Marylhurst choral program grew over 500%, from eighteen to one hundred in five academic years. Organized, funded and implemented Marylhurst residencies with the composers Gwyneth Walker, Caroline Shaw and Morten Lauridsen, as well as residencies and collaborations with Roomful of Teeth, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Cappella Romama and Cantus. Created, designed, implemented, recruited and taught Marylhurst ​ Summer Choir Camp for four summers. Over thirty students enrolled in first year, and forty in the second, third and fourth. Heavy involvement in local and regional high school and community ​ college choral communities, through guest clinics, festival judging, and guest conducting engagements (see below). EDUCATION University of Houston Moores School of Music Fall 2006-Summer 2009 Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting. Music History supporting area. Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.98 ​ Doctoral Thesis: “Vincent Persichetti’s Choral Settings of E. E. Cummings’ Poetry, With Special Emphasis on the Flower Songs.” ​ ​ Graduate Awards: Recipient of a Moores Teaching Fellowship award for the 2007-8 and ​ 2008-9 academic years. Invited Member, Pi Kappa Lamba. University of Oregon School of Music (Eugene, Oregon) Fall 1999-Spring 2001 Masters Degree in Choral Conducting. Conducting with Dr. Sharon Paul and Dr. Richard Clark. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Connecticut) Fall 1994-Spring 1998 Bachelors with Honors in Music. Honors Thesis: “Towards a New American Opera: Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd” ​ ​ INVITED CONFERENCE AND COMPETITION APPEARANCES With Marylhurst Chamber Choir/Portland Phoenix Chamber Choir: Invited Choir, American Choral Directors Association Northwestern Regional Conference, Spokane, Washington, March 2020. Competing Choir, Llangollen International Eisteddfod, Wales, July 2019. Accepted to compete in Chamber Choir and Open Choir Competitions. Invited Choir, Oregon Music Educators Association All-State Conference, Eugene, Oregon, ​ ​ January 2018 Leonardo da Vinci International Choral Festival, Florence, Italy, July 2018 Winner, Special Prize for the Best Performance of a Contemporary Work Winner, Third Prize in the Grand Prix Grand Prix of Nations, Third European Choir Games, Latvia, July 2017 Winner, Gold Medal, Chamber Choir category Winner, Gold Medal, Pop, Jazz and Show category Competing Choir, Cork International Choral Festival, Cork, Ireland, May 2016 Winner, Third Prize, International Fleischman Trophy Competition Winner, Peace Prize (for the choir that best exemplifies the spirit of the festival) Invited Choir, Oregon Music Educators Association All-State Conference, Eugene, Oregon, January 2015 As International Jury Member: 35th Preveza International Choral Festival, Preveza, Greece, July 2017 7th Annual Sansev Istanbul Polyphonic Choral Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2019 With University of Houston Concert Chorale (as teaching assistant) ACDA National Convention, Miami, March 2007 Texas Music Educators Association State Conference, San Antonio, TX, June 2008 ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS “Help Is On The Way! Music Therapy for the High School Music Educator” Co-Presented with Professor Emily Ross, Oregon Music Educators Association All-State Conference, January 2016 Reading Sessions Collegiate Reading Session, Oregon ACDA Summer Session, July 2015 Collegiate Reading Session, Oregon ACDA Summer Session, July 2016 Collegiate Reading Session, Oregon ACDA Summer Session, July 2017 PUBLICATIONS Strategies for Working with Children's Choirs (co-author with Angela Hughey). Imagine st Music Therapy, September 1 ,​ 2013 ​ Vincent Persichetti’s Choral Settings of the Poetry of e. e. cummings. Published in Choral ​ Journal, April 2011. ​ Grand Oratorio With A Social Conscience: Marc Blitzstein’s This is the Garden. Published in ​ ​ Choral Journal, February 2009. ​ Vincent Persichetti's choral settings of E. E. Cummings' poetry, with special emphasis on the "Flower Songs", op. 157 (Doctoral dissertation, University of Houston; ProQuest number ​ 3375167). NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTING With massed choirs from around the U.S.: Guest Conductor, Carnegie Hall (for MidAmerica) Spring 2020 ​ ​ W. A. Mozart, Vesperae solennes de confessore ​ Guest Conductor, Carnegie Hall (for MidAmerica) May 2019 ​ ​ John Rutter, Gloria and Te Deum ​ ​ ​ Guest Conductor, Vienna Music Tour (for MidAmerica) June 2016 ​ ​ W. A. Mozart, Missa in F Major, K. 192 in Peterskirche, Vienna Guest Conductor, Carnegie Hall (for MidAmerica) February 2015 ​ ​ Randall Thompson, Testament of Freedom ​ Guest Conductor, Carnegie Hall (for MidAmerica) February 2012 ​ ​ Gabriel Fauré, Requiem ​ International