The Music Conservatory

Gregory Smith, clarinet
The Music Conservatory Faculty

Gregory Smith has played clarinet in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1983. He is a former Associate Principal and Eb Clarinetist with the San Francisco Symphony. He also has played Principal Clarinet for numerous festival orchestras such as the Ravinia Festival Orchestra and the Music of the Baroque. He has appeared with several orchestras as soloist, including the Scotia Festival of Music directed by Pierre Boulez.

Mr. Smith is sought after as a chamber musician. His playing as a featured artist for the Chicago Symphony Winds earned him a nomination for a Grammy Award for best chamber music performance. He was a guest chamber musician for the AFFINIS Music Festival in Japan, and was a featured guest artist with members of the Vermeer Quartet when they played in the Bay Chamber Concerts. He has also performed numerous times as a soloist on Chicago classical radio station WFMT-FM.

Mr. Smith's teachers include Robert Marcellus, Larry Combs, and Mitchell Lurie. He has been on the faculty of The Music Conservatory since his arrival in Chicago in 1983.

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Gregory Smith, clarinet
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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CCPA Faculty since 1983