Fenwick
Smith
Flute; Chair, Woodwinds
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Fenwick Smith, second flutist of the BSO from 1978 to 2006,
spent five of those years as acting assistant principal flute.
A member of the Boston Chamber Music Society since 1984, he
has also performed on baroque flute with Boston’s leading
early music ensembles, and was for 13 years a member of the
contemporary music ensemble Boston Musica Viva. After 31 seasons,
his annual Jordan Hall recitals are a prominent feature of
Boston’s concert calendar. As a concerto soloist Smith
has introduced to Boston audiences Lukas Foss’s Renaissance
Concerto and the flute concertos of John Harbison and
Christopher Rouse. His discography includes premiere recordings
of works by Copland, Foote, Gaubert, Ginastera, Koechlin, Dahl,
Schulhoff, Schoenberg, Harbison, Cage, Pinkham, Rorem, and
Reinecke. Smith states: “My teaching tends to be analytical
and specific. Areas of particular interest to me include the
player’s physical motion, and the ways it can help or
hinder performance; the production and musicianly use of vibrato,
and the control and use of intonation and tone color to enhance
expressivity. While I consider myself a generalist, and am
interested in all kinds of good music for the flute, I am particularly
fond of the French baroque repertoire.”
Smith retired from the BSO in August 2006, and will take on an expanded teaching commitment at the Conservatory. Verne Q. Powell Flutes, Inc., where earlier in his career Smith worked as a flute maker, plans to sponsor him in masterclasses and recitals, nationally and internationally, as an emissary of the company. Smith also looks forward to further concertizing and recording, and to the pursuit his many extra-musical interests. In 2008, Smith was named Musician of the Year by the Boston Musicians's Association.
B.M., Eastman School of Music. Flute with Joseph Mariano. Recordings on Nonesuch, Hyperion, Koch, Naxos. Visiting professor of flute at University of Michigan School of Music (1997–98). Also faculty of Tanglewood Music Center. 2001 recipient of NEC's Laurence Lesser Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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