Gregg Smith Singers
Musician in Yonkers, NY
Gregg Smith established the Singers in 1955, when he was a graduate teaching assistant in the music department of UCLA. In 1958 the group took its 1st step toward international recognition with a European tour that included an appearance at the Brussels World's Fair. Soon after, the Singers came to the attention of Igor Stravinsky, and in 1959 they started a 12-year association which ended with Gregg Smith traveling to Venice, at the family's request, to prepare the chorus and orchestra for Mr. Stravinsky's funeral.
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read moreOn Delicious Numbers Albany Records (TROY1645), Gregg's voice as a composer of solo works is being heard in commercial release for the first time! These works-a scena on a scandalous story from the Apocrypha (poetry of Wallace Stephens), a virtuosic sonata set on Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, and a jazz-inspired cycle on poems about life from a NYC perspective, by our own Kim Rich Norton- were chosen from Gregg's 50 works for solo soprano, most of them written for Rosalind Rees. Under Gregg's direction, soprano Eileen Clark, pianist Thomas Schmidt, violinist Ari Streisfeld, and clarinetist Evan Ziporyn joined forces.: Gregg advised us at rehearsals and recording sessions for Delicious Numbers.
Gregg Smith Singers
read moreWe are proud to present a comprehensive discography detailing the vast recording history of The Gregg Smith Singers as a group and individual members of GSS thanks to funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the meticulous work of Michael Sherwin.
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