School
of Music Faculty
Dr.
Catherine Allard
Voice
Music History
Director of Collegiate Singers
Bryden
Atwater
Percussion
Dr.
Larry Blocher
Director
Music Education
Bands
Dovie Cutchen
Strings
Piano
Dr. William Denison
Piano
Organ
Matt Dunlap
Guitar
Carol
Franks
Flute
Music
Theory
Sam Fredrick
Music Appreciation
Ralph
Ford
Director of Bands
Coordinator of Winds and
Percussion
Carla Gallahan
Horn
Music Education
Bands
Dr. Michael Hix
Coordinator of Choral Music
Voice
Dr. Meg Jackson
Visiting Assistant Professor of
Voice/Ethnomusicology
Dr. John Jinright
Double Reeds
Piano
Music Industry
Tori Lee
Show Choir
Dr. Diane Orlofsky
Director of Concert Chorale
Music Education
Choir
Piano
Dr. Timothy Phillips
Music History
Clarinet
James
Smith
Coordinator of Undergraduate
Music Studies
Trombone
Ray
Smith
Saxophone
Music Technology
Bands
Robert W. Smith
Coordinator of Music Industry
Gwen Threadgill
Class Piano
Music Eduation
Carl Vollrath
Composition
Music Appreciation
Dr. Mark
Walker
Associate Director of Bands
Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Low Brass
Lewis Webb, Jr.
Gospel Choir
Choir
Class Voice
Piano
Voice
Andy Williamson
Guitar
Dr. Hui-Ting Yang
Instructor of Piano
Accompanist
Dr. James Zingara
Coordinator of Applied Studies
Trumpet
Brass Ensembles
Ginger Zingara
Music Appreciation
Theory
Orchestra
School of Music Staff
Jo
Williamson-Adcock
Administrative
Assistant
School of Music
Monique Crawley
Administrative Assistant
University
Bands
Graduate Assistants
Tori Lee
University Chorus
Music Education
Tony Hawthorne
University Bands
Dawn Parkinson
University Chorus /
Music Education
David Samuel
University Bands
Eric Ward
Music Industry
Sean Weiler
University Bands
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Robert W. Smith
rwsmith@troy.edu
John M. Long School of Music
Troy University
Troy, AL 36082
Robert W. Smith is Coordinator of the Music Industry program at Troy University in Troy, AL. His teaching responsibilities are focused in music composition, production and publishing. Mr. Smith is one of the most popular and prolific composers of concert band and orchestral literature in America today. He has over 600 publications in print with the majority composed and arranged through his long association with Warner Bros. Publications.
His credits include many compositions and productions in all areas of the music field. His original works for winds and percussion have been programmed by countless military, university, high school, and middle school bands throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, South America and Asia. His Symphony #1 (The Divine Comedy), Symphony #2 (The Odyssey) and Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual have received worldwide critical acclaim. His educational compositions such as The Tempest, Encanto, and The Great Locomotive Chase have become standards for developing bands throughout the world. His numerous works for orchestras of all levels are currently some of the most popular repertoire available today. His music has received extensive airplay on major network television. From professional ensembles such as the United States Navy Band and the Atlanta Symphony to school bands and orchestras throughout the world, his music speaks to audiences in any concert setting.
As a conductor and clinician, Mr. Smith has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe and Australia. In addition, he has been awarded numerous commissions from professional and school ensembles throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Korea. He has recently released "Symphony #2 (The Odyssey): The Symphonic Music of Robert W. Smith Volume 3", the third in a series of compact disc recordings of his best-known works for concert band. In addition, he is co-creator of the Expressions Music Curriculum. This comprehensive Pre-K through 12 music program includes Band Expressions, an innovative new approach to teaching music through the band.
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