In this episode, I chat with Mr. Elijah Smith. Mr. Smith is an American composer and electronic musician whose work spans orchestral, chamber, and multimedia genres, marked by dense textures, rhythmic ambiguity, and rich gravitational harmonies. His music has been described as "gnashing and relentless" by the Chicago Tribune, "seductive" by Gramophone, and "an ingenious study in clarity and distortion" by San Francisco Classical Voice, and has been performed by ensembles including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, JACK Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, Sō Percussion, and Yarn/Wire. He is Instructional Faculty and Manager of New Music Activities at the Curtis Institute of Music and Visiting Faculty at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Smith holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University and his music is published by Project Schott New York.
