Welcome to the website of organist and pianist Robert Smith.
Robert is currently the Assistant Organist at St. Paul's Bloor Street in Toronto (Canada). He was previously the Organ Scholar at Somerville College, Oxford, where he completed a degree in History at the University of Oxford. His first commercial solo CD will be released on the German label Jubal later this year.
To find out more about Robert, please click on the biography button at the top of the page. You can also have a look at his repertoire list, concert diary and photo gallery or listen to live recordings of some of his most recent performances.
Based in Toronto, Oxford and Birmingham, Robert is available as a soloist and accompanist for concerts, recitals, services, cathedral visits and weddings. Please use the contact form if you are interested in booking him for an engagement.
To find out more about Robert, please click on the biography button at the top of the page. You can also have a look at his repertoire list, concert diary and photo gallery or listen to live recordings of some of his most recent performances.
Based in Toronto, Oxford and Birmingham, Robert is available as a soloist and accompanist for concerts, recitals, services, cathedral visits and weddings. Please use the contact form if you are interested in booking him for an engagement.
Latest News
- 1 May 2015, 7:30pm - Robert will be playing a solo recital at St. Paul's Church Bloor Street, Toronto
- 14 February 2015 - The first live recording from Robert's summer tour has been uploaded to YouTube: Bach's Prelude in C minor played on the 1735 Silbermann organ of the St.-Petri-Kirche, Freiberg (Saxony)
- 23 December 2014 - Robert's two summer tours and his upcoming CD release are mentioned in Somerville College's alumni magazine. Click here to read the article.
- 2 November 2014, 6pm - Robert will be accompanying the Choir of St. Paul's Church Bloor Street (Toronto) for a service of choral evensong at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Creemore (Ontario). The choir will be conducted by Thomas Bell and the service will include music by Dyson, Pitoni and Händel.
- 1-10 August 2014 - Robert will be touring Germany and play solo recitals in Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia. Details of all his performances are listed on the diary page.
- 1 July - 13 July 2014 - Robert will be undertaking his first US tour. Venues include Washington National Cathedral and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston). See the diary page for details of all his solo recitals, concerts and services in America.
- 22 June 2014 - A new video recording featuring Robert has been uploaded to Somerville Music Society's YouTube channel: the Adagio from Vierne's Organ Symphony No. 3.
- Robert has been appointed as Assistant Organist of St. Paul's Church Bloor Street, Toronto (Canada), for the academic year 2014/2015
- 19 June 2014, 1:15pm - Robert will be playing a lunchtime organ recital on the new Dobson organ at Merton College Chapel. Click here to see the programme. The following day (20 June 2014, 1:15pm) he will be performing a piano recital at Somerville College Chapel. See the Facebook event for details.
- 14/16 March 2014 - Robert is playing the organ and harpsichord for two performances of Bach's St John Passion in Woodstock and Oxford. The concerts will feature the Choir of Somerville College, the Musicians of the Dreaming Spires and soloists William Wallace (tenor - Evangelist), Simon Grange (bass - Christus), Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Victoria Pym (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Doody (tenor) and Jerome Knox (baritone). See the choir website for details.
- 19 February 2014, 12pm - Robert is playing a lunchtime recital on the 1897 Father Willis organ at Oxford Town Hall. Tickets are £4 and come with complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits. The programme will include works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Wesley, Reger, Gowers and John Williams. See the Facebook event page for further details.
- 1 February 2014, 4pm - Robert will be accompanying the Choir of Somerville College for a service of choral evensong at Coventry Cathedral. The music includes Rubbra's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A flat, Howells' A Hymn for St. Cecilia and organ solo works by Vierne.
- 8 December 2013, 4pm - BBC Radio 3 will broadcast a live recording of Daniel Saleeb's Psalm which features Robert playing the Metzler organ of the University Church.
- 30 November 2013, 7:45pm - Robert performs alongside soloists Mary-Louise Aitken (soprano) and Thomas Guthrie (baritone) and the Choir of Somerville College in a concert at Douai Abbey. The programme includes Fauré's Requiem, a selection of seasonal anthems and Messiaen's Joie et clarté.
- 9 November 2013, 7:30pm - Robert will be playing the organ and the piano for the 'Writing for Voices' concert at the University Church as part of the Britten in Oxford festival. He will be accompanying the Choir of Somerville College in works by Eric Whitacre and Daniel Saleeb. Robert will also be playing the organ for the concert's finale, a celebratory performance of Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb featuring six choirs (including Schola Cantorum of Oxford) conducted by Nicholas Cleobury. The concert will be recorded by BBC Radio 3.
- 4 November 2013 - The CD Advent Calendar featuring the Choir of Somerville College accompanied by Robert Smith is released by Stone Records. The album is available for purchase from Amazon UK, Amazon US and Presto Classical.
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Advent Calendar 24 Advent Carols + 1 Bonus Track for Christmas Day The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford David Crown, conductor Mary-Louise Aitken, soprano Jeremy Carpenter, baritone Douglas Knight, organ Robert Smith, organ Keith Fairbairn, percussion Stone Records 5060192780338 Download CD Booklet |
