Artist Representative:
Marie LaVaque, Operations, Scheduling and Itineraries Manager.
"MR. SMITH IS A VIRTUOSO ON THE KEYBOARD."
"...CLEAN AND BRILLIANT...”
- The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"...A VERY FINE KEYBOARD ARTIST."
"...HIS LUMINOUS TONE AND RANGE OF COLOUR WAS A DELIGHT."
- Review of London Recitals, London, England
“...BOUNDLESS SELF-ASSURANCE...” “ HE HAS GIVEN RECITALS, OFTEN OF ONLY HIS OWN COMPOSITIONS...” -The Detroit Free Press, Detroit
“POET AS WELL”
“SMITH IS ALSO A POET AND HIS MYSTICAL EFFUSIONS HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO SOME OF HIS MOST PERSONAL STATEMENTS.”
- The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
“...DARING...” “...MAKING STATEMENTS OF HIS OWN...”
“...THOROUGHLY MUSICAL AND BEAUTIFUL.”
“...A COMPOSER OF SKILL AND IMAGINATION WITH AWARENESS OF WHAT A PIANO IS CAPABLE OF DOING.”
- The London Free Press, London, Ontario, Canada
“...A TALENT FOR COMPOSITION...”
“...A BRAVURA PIANO TECHNIQUE...”
“...VIRTUOSO TALENT THAT APPEARED FROM SMITH’S DEXTEROUS PIANO PLAYING.”
- Het Parool, Amsterdam, Holland
“THE NOMENCLATURE OF HIS WORKS IS MYSTERIOUS DUE TO THE PARTICULAR MIXTURE OF LATIN, GREEK AND MODERN LANGUAGES (SUCH AS “LUX-HYMN EIDOLA, MYST XXIII”, “METANIMASQUE SONATA IV”, AND “MYSTERY-ÉLAN PHANTASMATA, BOOK CXVIII.”
“...FROM WATERWORKS TO GNOMIC ROUNDS FROM FIREWORKS TO BELL FANTASIES FROM WILL-O'-THE-WISPS TO THUNDERSTORMS...” “...CALLS TO UNLIMITED SOURCES OF LIGHT...”
- Carnegie Hall, Aufbau, New York