Alan Smith

Member

Location:	West Sussex.
Composer/Lyricist:	Composer
Genre:	Songwriter
Email:	alan@smith22d.fsnet.co.uk
Representation:	22 Downscroft, Burgess Hill, West Sussex.

Biography

Alan Smith was born in London in 1962 and spent his childhood in Croydon. He attended Trinity School and was involved in many of the activities of its prestigious Music Department. He was also immersed in church music from an early age. He joined his local church choir at the age of seven and also sang with the Royal School of Music's Headquarters Choir, based at nearby Addington Palace. It was here that he had began organ lessons with Michael Fleming when he was ten.

Alan's first appointment was as Organist and Choirmaster of a local church at the age of 16. Thrown in at the deep end, he managed somehow to swim rather than sink and eventually became Organ Scholar at Kings' College, London, where he studied from 1981 to 1984. As part of his music degree, he specialized in composition, studying with Nicola LeFanu, David Lumsdaine and George Nicholson.

Following postgraduate training at the London Institute of Education, Alan began his teaching career at Whitgift School, Croydon. After working in various schools, he became Head of Music at Hazelwick School, Crawley in 1990, a post he continues to hold. In the same year, he came to some prominence by winning the RSCM's annual composing competition. His successful entry, Let the Peoples Praise You, became his first published piece and continues to be widely performed. Since then, his choral compositions have won several awards. The most recent include the Thornesian Prize in 2003, highly commended awards in the 2004 Vanguard Premieres contest and the 2005 IMRO Composer's competition and winner of the 2005 RSCM Norfolk & Norwich Area Anthem writing competition.

Alan's output is predominantly of choral and vocal music, much of it written for specific choirs or occasions, and his catalogue runs to well over 100 works. In the UK, his work is published by Animus, Curiad, Cantiones Press, Escorial Edition, Fagus Music and RSCM, while in America, he is published by Abingdon Press, Alliance Music Publications, CanticaNOVA , OUP, Pavane, PBA Music and Roger Dean. Other scores may be viewed on SibeliusMusic.com

Since 1998, Alan has been Director of Music at St Andrew's church in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, where he lives with his wife and three children.

22 Downscroft, Burgess Hill, West Sussex. RH15 0UF
01444 248460 or 07799 896154
E-mail: alan@smith22d.fsnet.co.uk

Please contact the following publishers about Alans music:

ABINGDON PRESS
201 Eighth Avenue South, P.O.Box 801, NASHVILLE TN37202-0801 USA
Tel: + 1 615 749 6290 E-mail: publicity@abingdonpress.com
Website: www.abingdonpress.com

ALLIANCE MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
P.O.Box 131977, HOUSTON TX77219-1977 USA
Tel: + 1 713 868 9980 E-mail:info@alliancemusic.com
Website: www.alliancemusic.com

ANIMUS
4 Rawlinson Street, DALTON-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria LA15 8AL
Tel: + 44 (0)1229 467432 E-mail: info@animus.org.uk
Website: www.animus.org.uk/

CANTICANOVA PUBLICATIONS
P.O. Box 291, OAKMONT PA15139-0291 USA
Tel: + 1 412 828 9850 E-mail: question@canticanova.com
Website: www.canticanova.com

CANTIONES PRESS
10 Kensington Hall Gardens, Beaumont Avenue, LONDON. W14 9LS
Tel: +44 (0) 870 7106 102 E-mail: enquiries@cantiones.co.uk
Website: www.cantiones.co.uk

CURIAD
The Old Library, County Road, Pen-Y-Groes, CAERNARFON. LL54 6EY
Tel: +44 (0) 1286 882166 E-mail: curiad@curiad.co.uk
Website: www.curiad.co.uk/

ESCORIAL EDITION
17-19 St George's Street, NORWICH. NR3 1AB
Tel: +44 (0) 1603 626424 E-mail: sales@stgeorgesmusic.co.uk
Website: www.stgeorgesmusic.co.uk

FAGUS MUSIC
Beech Cottage, Drumoak, BANCHORY. AB31 5AL
Tel: +44 (0) 1330 811363 E-mail: sales@fagus-music.com
Website: www.fagus-music.com/

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS (USA)
198 Madison Avenue, NEW YORK, NY10016-4314
Tel: + 1 212 726 6000 E-mail: music@oup-usa.org
Website: www.oup-usa.org

PAVANE PUBLISHING
1072 West 15th St. #3, SAN PEDRO CA90731 USA
Tel: + 1 310 548 7260 E-mail: info@pavanepublishing.com
Website: www.pavanepublishing.com
PBA MUSIC
3130 20th St ? Suite 311, SAN FRANCISCO CA94110 USA
Tel: + 1 415 642 6170 E-mail: sales@pbamusic.com
Website: www.pbamusic.com

Important Works		Performances
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in G min (1983) First performed in York Minster, August 1997 by Chapelle du Roi. Published by Cantiones Press. And So the Night Became (1984) A set of 5 Emily Dickinson poems for Soprano and Piano. Written for Jane Ginsborg and George Nicholson. First performed London, May 1984. Let the Peoples Praise You, O Lord (1990) Winner of the 1990 Harold Smart Memorial Competition. Published by RSCM. Three Motets for Mixed Voices (1996) Crossing the Bar, Holy is the True Light, The Souls of the Righteous Published by Animus. Augeries of Innocence (1998) A song-cycle of 4 poems (G M Hopkins, Blake, Shakespeare). Written for Helen Thomas. First performed Crawley, April 1998. Let All Mortal Flesh (1998) Highly commended - 1998 Bournemouth Parry Festival Scored for SSAATTBB a cappella. Rise Heart, Thy Lord is Risen (2000) Written for the Norwich Diocesan Choral Festival. First performed in Norwich Cathedral, June 2000. Published by Animus. Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies (2002) Commissioned for the 2002 Prep Schools Festival, Hurstpierpoint College First performed Hurstpierpoint College, November 2002. At a Solemn Music (2003) A setting of Milton's poem for SATB, 3 trumpets and organ. Published by Animus. Sing We to this Merry Company (2003) Winner 2003 Thornesian Prize. Published by OUP. First performed, Chichester, December 2003 by the Chantry Quire. The Earth is the Lord's (2004) Highly Commended 2004 Vanguard Premieres Competition. First performed, Michigan, June 2005 by Vanguard Voices conducted by G. Kevin Dewey. Published by Roger		None added