Alan Smith conducts art song residency at Vanderbilt

Pianist Alan L. Smith, chair of Keyboard Studies and director of Keyboard Collaborative Arts at USC Thornton, held a residency last month at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music as part of its Mary Cortner Ragland Master Series. Smith worked with singers and pianists in German, French and British art song.

Smith is highly respected in the field of collaborative musicianship and has worked with artists such as mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, bass-baritone Thomas Stewart, and violist Donald McInnes.