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Joanna Smith
Piano (Keyboard Connection)
Since graduating from the Royal College of Music in 1999 I have led a busy and varied career freelancing mainly as an accompanist. I work with instrumentalists and singers primarily in London and Essex for concerts, masterclasses, exams, auditions and competitions, and enjoy travelling when my commitments take me further afield. Much of my work is at the RCM, particularly within the woodwind and brass departments. As well as accompanying and duo work I love playing as a chamber and orchestral pianist, working with the Aurora Ensemble, BBC Concert Orchestra and RPO amongst others.
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Instruments: Piano, celeste, harpsichord
Teachers: Ruth Gerald (piano); David Ward (fortepiano); Christopher Wellington
(chamber music); Colin Courtney (clarinet)
Awards/Prizes: Countess of Munster Musical Trust
RCM Senior Exhibition
Old Broad Street Charity Trust
Essex Young Musician of the Year (2nd prize) 1997
RCM Adami Prize for Accompaniment
John Ireland Accompaniment Prize
RCM Margerita & Peter Oundjan Prize for violin & piano duo
RCM Fortepiano 2nd prize
English Speaking Union – Florence Warren Award
Southend Young Musician of the Year 1994
Accompaniment: Abingdon Summer School for Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Belfairs High School
Benfleet Operatic Society
Billericay Choral Society
Blackheath Choral Society
BP Choir
Brentwood Operatic Society
Charterhouse International Music Festival (Aug 2007)
Chelmsford Opera
Chelmsford Operatic and Dramatic Society
Chelmsford Young Generation Amateur Musical Society
Chigwell Row Operatic and Dramatic Society
Chorleywood Choral Society
Coopers Company and Coborn School
East London Chorus
East Malling Singers
Eastwood Chorale
Essex Concert Orchestra
Finchley Childrens’ Music Group
Goldsmiths College, London
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Havering Music Makers
Howard Wallace Chorale
Imperial College, London
Ingatestone Choral Society
King’s College, London
King John School, Thundersley
Leigh-on-Sea Musical Festival
Leigh Orpheus Male Voice Choir
London Forest Choir
London Gay Men’s Chorus
LSO Youth Choir
LSO Community Choir
Morgan Academy of Performing Arts
Munster Trust
New Empire Players
Opéra de Baugé
People of the Green
Potters Bar Choral Society
Royal Academy of Dance (Essex branch)
Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music Junior Department
Rug Opera
Southend Community Opera
Southend Festival Chorus
Southend Musical Festival
Southend Operatic and Dramatic Society
Stoneleigh Choral Society
Thundersley Operatic and Dramatic Society
Thurrock Music Services
Thurrock Thameside Musical Society
Ticino Musica – piano assistant to Susan Milan (Jul 2002)
Ulster Youth Orchestra
Windstruments – Flute Kitchen, Harrogate (Aug 2007)
Yamaha
Orchestras: Aurelian Symphony Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra
Elgar Chamber Orchestra
RCM Opera Orchestra
RCM 20th Century Ensemble
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Southbank Sinfonia
Southend Festival Orchestra
Southend Philharmonic Orchestra
Southend Symphony Orchestra
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Concerts include: Funtington Music Group – with Andrew Mason clarinet (Nov 2008)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Crawley, The Hawth (Nov 2008)
Radio 2’s “Friday Night is Music Night” (Oct 2008)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Royal Albert Hall (Oct 2008)
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra – Barbican (Oct 2008)
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra – Birmingham, Symphony Hall (Oct 2008)
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra – Basingstoke, The Anvil (Oct 2008)
Radio 2’s “Friday Night is Music Night” – guest soloist with Roderick Elms piano
duet(Sep 2008)
Ongar Music Club – with Lindsey Iles clarinet (Sep 2008)
Charterhouse International Music Festival (Jul 2008)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Royal Albert Hall (Jun 2008)
Southend Symphony Orchestra (Jun 2008)
Billericay Choral Society (Jun 2008)
Ongar Music Club – Aurora Ensemble (Apr 2008)
Ashford Music Society – Aurora Ensemble (Mar 2008)
Billericay Choral Society (Mar 2008)
St Mary Abotts Church, Kensington – with Katie Walton bassoon (Feb 2008)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Northampton, Derngate (Feb 2008)
Ongar Music Club – with Roderick Elms piano duet (Jan 2008)
Harmony Brass – Windmill Hall, Upminster (Dec 2007)
Chelmsford Opera – Great Baddow (Dec 2007)
Billericay Choral Society (Dec 2007)
Winchester Cathedral – with Jennie Taft flute (Aug 2007)
Victoria & Albert Museum – with Jennie Taft flute (Jun 2007)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall (Jun 2007)
Uckfield Music Society – with Aurora Ensemble (May 2007)
Billericay Choral Society – URC, Billericay (Mar 2007)
Civic Centre, Southend – with Laura Burns soprano (Mar 2007)
St.George’s Church, Hanover Sq – with Jonathan Parkin clarinet (Mar 2007)
St.James’s Church, Piccadilly – with Jonathan Parkin clarinet (Feb 2007)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Imperial War Museum (Feb 2007)
Howard Wallace Chorale, Shenfield (Dec 2006)
Aurelian Symphony Orchestra, Brentwood Cathedral (Dec 2006)
Billericay Choral Society – The Link, Billericay (Dec 2006)
Harmony Brass, Upminster – with Roderick Elms piano duet (Dec 2006)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hawth, Crawley (Nov 2006)
Southend Symphony Orchestra, Hadleigh, Essex (Oct 2006)
Howard Wallace Chorale, Shenfield (Oct 2006)
Rug Opera, Ingatestone Hall (Sep 2006)
St.Sepulchre’s Church – with Hayley Lambert saxophone (Sep 2006)
Howard Wallace Chorale, Shenfield (Jul 2006)
Civic Centre, Southend – with Roderick Elms piano duet (Jun 2006)
Benslow Music Trust - with Stephen Bell horn & Roderick Elms piano (Jun 2006)
Repton School Subscription Concert – with Aurora Ensemble (Jun 2006)
St. James’ Church, Mansion House – with Lorna John oboe (May 2006)
Ongar Music Club – ‘Mixed Doubles’ with Stephen Bell & Charlie Lines horns and Roderick Elms piano (May 2006)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall (May 2006)
Howard Wallace Chorale, Maldon (May 2006)
Howard Wallace Chorale, Shenfield (Apr 2006)
Billericay Choral Society (Apr 2006)
Redbridge Schools Choral Festival, Royal Albert Hall (Mar 2006)
All Saint’s Church, Hertford - with Andrew Mason clarinet (Mar 2006)
Harmony Brass, Stock (Feb 2006)
Ongar Music Club – ‘Keyboard Konnections’ with Roderick Elms (Jan 2006)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cadogan Hall (Dec 2005)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Queen Elizabeth Hall (Dec 2005)
Southend Festival Orchestra, Cliffs Pavilion (Nov 2005)
Strathearn Music Society – with Kimberley Boyle flute (Nov 2005)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Reading (Oct 2005)
St.Giles-in-the-Fields – with Kimberley Boyle flute (Oct 2005)
Ongar Music Club – with Sophie Biebuyck soprano (Sep 2005)
Hindhead Summer School - with Kyle Horch saxophone (Aug 2005)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Glastonbury (Aug 2005)
Southend Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 (Jun 2005)
Ongar Music Club – Aurora Ensemble (May 2005)
Chelmsford Opera, Hylands House (Apr 2005)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cadogan Hall (Dec 2004)
Wigmore Hall – YCAT finals (May 2003)
Wigmore Hall – Park Lane Group concert (Mar 2003)
Ticino Musica, Ascona – Concert with Susan Milan flute (Jul 2002)
The Aurora Ensemble with Janet Ellis (Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames) (Feb 2002)
Duo Concert at Studio San Colombano, Bologna (Nov 2000)
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert (Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago) - live radio broadcast (Jul 2000)
Mozart Piano Concerto No.6 with Orchestra of Old Saint Paul’s,Edinburgh (Jun 2000)
BBC Prom Concert - Serpentine Gallery (Jul 1999)
The 12th Bois du Vent Summer Opera in Fontainebleau (Jun 1999)
Musical Director: ‘Rainbow 2000’ – Shows include:
The Great All American Disaster Musical (2007)
Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be (2006)
Wizard of Oz (2006)
Allo Allo (2004)
Eating Raoul (2004)
Wild Wild Women (2003)
Guys & Dolls (2003)
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (2002)
Honk! (2002)
Lust (2001)
Ali Baba and the Naughty Thieves (2001)
Lust (2000) - also produced premiere CD recording released by ‘Dress Circle (Jan 2001)
Adjudicating: 56th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival (Feb/Mar 2004)
54th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival (Mar 2002)
Thurrock Young Musician of the Year (2007-2003, 2001-1999)
Teaching: Private piano teacher (since 1991)
Administration:Committee member - Ongar Music Club (from 2005)
Programme secretary - Southend Chamber Music Club (1997-2001)
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Instruments
Piano (Keyboard Connection), Celeste, Harpsichord, Piano
