CLINTON SMITH
CONDUCTOR
CLINTON SMITH
CONDUCTOR
CLINTON SMITH
CONDUCTOR
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 7 & 9, 2022
DAYTON OPERA
Conductor
Charlie Parker's Yardbird
by Daniel Schnyder
While the body of tormented saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker lies unidentified in a New York City morgue, his ghost travelsback to the famed NYC jazz club Birdland, where he struggles to complete his final masterpiece. Fusing classical and jazz styles into an intriguing mix, Charlie Parker's Yardbird is a powerful expedition into the mind, heart, and personal pergatory of the jazz genius.
December 12 - 18, 2022
ARIZONA OPERA
Conductor
Frankenstein
(Orchestral Workshop)
by Gregg Kallor
As part of the development of Frankenstein, which will receive its official stage premiere in the 2023/24 Season, there will be an orchestral workshop of the piece with orchestra in December 2022. This will be the opera’s second workshop of the full work, following a successful first workshop in New York City at OPERA America in September 2021 with piano accompaniment.
