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Kristen Smith
Adjunct, Instructor of Bassoon
Adjunct
College of Arts and Sciences: Music
Profile
Kristen Smith is instructor of bassoon at the University of Dayton. She is second bassoon in the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra where she has performed for 29 years. An avid musician, she has performed with the New Orleans Symphony, the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Cincinnati Ballet, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony and the Northern Kentucky Symphony, to name a few. She has also taught bassoon performance at Northern Kentucky University, as well as several area high schools. She is a requested lecturer and clinician and has lectured at Wright State University, East Tennessee State University, and for band programs in the southern Ohio area. She earned her bachelor degree at Louisiana State University studying with William Ludwig, and her masters degree, studying with William Winstead, at Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Kristen is a native of Texas.
Faculty perspective
"My approach to teaching involves meeting students where they are and partnering with them to achieve goals, ones they have for themselves as well as ones we create together, resulting in students gaining the confidence in their own ability to understand and appropriately respond to each new situation or musical setting they may find themselves in. Introducing students to new tools, techniques and new ways to approach their progress and ultimate success gives me great satisfaction and helps students gain mastery over themselves, their instruments and any other impediment to becoming the musician they ultimately want to be."
Professional activities
- Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
- Dayton Bach Society
- International Double Reed Society
- Private Double Reed Studio, owner
Research interests
- Performance Practice and Pedagogy
- Arts Immersion: linking performing art to visual art
- Painting- oil, acrylic, and watercolor
Courses taught
- Faith Traditions in Music History
- Woodwind Pedagogy
- Bassoon private instruction
- Woodwind chamber ensemble coaching
- Woodwind master class
Discography and Publications
Multiple recordings with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra.