Linda Catlin Smith, composer

Linda Catlin Smith grew up in New York and lives in
Toronto. She studied music in NY, and at the University of
Victoria (Canada). Her music has been performed and/or recorded
by: BBC Scottish Orchestra, Exaudi, Tafelmusik, Other Minds
Festival, California Ear Unit, Kitchener-Waterloo, Victoria and
Vancouver Symphonies, Arraymusic, Tapestry New Opera, Gryphon
Trio, Via Salzburg, Evergreen Club Gamelan, Turning Point
Ensemble, Vancouver New Music, and the Del Sol, Penderecki, and
Bozzini quartets, among many others; she has been performed by
many notable soloists, including Eve Egoyan, Elinor Frey, Philip
Thomas, Colin Tilney, Vivienne Spiteri, and Jamie Parker. Â She
has been supported in her work by the Canada Council, Ontario
Arts Council, Chalmers Foundation, K.M. Hunter Award, Banff
Centre, SOCAN Foundation and Toronto Arts Council; in 2005 her
work Garland (for Tafelmusik) was awarded Canada’s prestigious
Jules Léger Prize. In addition to her work as an independent
composer, she was Artistic Director of the Toronto ensemble
Arraymusic from 1988 to 1993, and she was a member of the
ground-breaking multidisciplinary performance collective, URGE,
from 1992-2006. Linda teaches composition privately and at
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.

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Piano Quintet (2014)


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