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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.

– The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Smith as professor of practice in organ: sacred music, effective Aug. 1.

Prior to his appointment, Smith was director of music at St. Paul’s Parish, K Street, in Washington, D.C. He served as Jacobs visiting associate professor of music from 2009 to 2011.

“The Jacobs School of Music is delighted to welcome Jeffrey Smith back to our organ faculty,” said Abra Bush, David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean.

His compositions are published by E. C. Schirmer.

Experience, Professional Engagement, and a Passionate Commitment to Teaching

Our internationally recognized faculty bring a wealth of experience, talent, and wisdom to the department. “His vast experience in and mastery of organ performance, as well as choral conducting, will help to ensure that our students enjoy the best possible preparation for their careers in sacred music.”

“Jeffrey Smith is a church musician of the highest order, a consummate expert in the diverse disciplines we wish our students to master—from choral training and conducting to the many facets of organ performance, with special expertise in organ improvisation,” said Janette Fishell, chair of the Jacobs Organ Department.

Smith will plan and oversee all music ministries of the parish during the active recruitment of a permanent director. He won highest honors in receiving the fellowship of the American Guild of Organists and being named a fellow of the Royal School of Church Music and of the Guild of Church Music (U.K.).

Smith’s teachers included Thomas Murray, Wolfgang Rübsam, John Birch, and David Willcocks.

He studied improvisation with Gerre Hancock and Philippe Lefebvre, organist of Notre Dame de Paris.

As a commentator on church music, Smith has been heard on both NPR and BBC radio, and his choral and organ discs on the Pro Organo label have been critically praised. He studied improvisation with Gerre Hancock and Philippe Lefebvre, organist of Notre Dame de Paris.

He won highest honors in receiving the Fellowship of the American Guild of Organists and was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music in 2004. “He is an engaging teacher, caring mentor and excellent colleague, whose leadership of our sacred music core curriculum will take us boldly into a new age of excellence.”

Smith was music director at St.

Paul’s Parish, K Street, in Washington D.C., for 17 years. His choral and organ disks on the Pro Organo label have been critically praised. “I am eager to join outstanding colleagues Janette Fishell and Christopher Young in enriching the breadth and depth of the organ department. The Archbishop of Canterbury presented him with an Honorary Fellowship of the Guild of Church Musicians in 2011.

Jeffrey studied under such notable musicians as Thomas Murray, Gerre Hancock, Wolfgang Rübsam, John Birch, David Willcocks, and Philippe Lefebvre, organist of Notre Dame de Paris.

As a commentator on church music, Dr.

Smith has been heard on both NPR and BBC Radio. While there, he conducted its Choir of Men and Boys in an extensive liturgical program, devised and conducted tours and recordings, and oversaw a weekly concert series.

He is active as a choral conductor, workshop leader, and recitalist, and in the work of the Royal School of Church Music, American Guild of Organists, and Association of Anglican Musicians.

Smith earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University and also studied at Northwestern University and the Royal College of Music, London.

Jeffrey Smith joins Christ Church Cranbrook as interim director of music

[Christ Church Cranbrook] Christ Church Cranbrook, an Episcopal church, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Smith as Interim Director of Music. In addition to their work at the Jacobs School, they are active on the national and international stages as recitalists, teachers, lecturers, and recording artists.

Janette Fishell

Professor of Music (Organ); Chair, Organ Department

Areas of instruction:  Applied organ at all degree levels; Organ Pedagogy and Organ Pedagogy Practicum, Graduate Selected Topics in Organ Literature and Performance Practice

Phone: 812-855-3969

Email:  [email protected]

Office: East Studio Building, JS222

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Dr. Smith comes to Christ Church Cranbrook (CCC) with an impressive international reputation among church musicians and is recognized as one of the leading Anglican musicians in the world.

Since 2009, Jeffrey Smith has served on the organ and church music faculty of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

Smith grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and currently lives with his family in London, U.K., where his wife works as a journalist and his son is a chorister at Westminster Abbey. His ministry at Christ Church Cranbrook will begin on August 1 and continue until June 30, 2015.

Smith replaces John Repulski, a well-known musician throughout the region.

Dr. Janette Fishell at the Eberhard Friedrich Walcker organ in Neuhausen auf den Fildern, Germany, interivew and performance of  works from Robert Schumann, Studien für den Pedalflügel op. While there, he conducted its Choir of Men and Boys in an extensive liturgical program, devised and conducted tours and recordings, and oversaw a weekly concert series.

He is active as a choral conductor, workshop leader and recitalist, and in the work of the Royal School of Church Music, American Guild of Organists and Association of Anglican Musicians.

Smith earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University and also studied at Northwestern University and the Royal College of Music, London.