Steven Smith Biography

Associate Professor of Conducting and Music Director of the Oberlin Conservatory Orchestras Steven Smith, who joined Oberlinπs faculty in 2002, was formerly the assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra. He continues to be the music director of the Santa Fe Symphony.

Smith is in frequent demand as a guest conductor; last summer he conducted the Aspen Concert Orchestra at the Aspen Music Festival. He also has held previous conducting positions with the Kansas City Symphony (KSO), the San Juan Symphony, the Colorado Springs Symphony, and ≥Epicycle: an ensemble for new music.≤ During his tenure with the KSO, he was the sole recipient of the Conductor Career Development Grant and was named Foundation Artist by the Geraldine C. and Emory M. Ford Foundation. Smith earned masterπs degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music.