“Relatively simple, elegantly-turned, beautifully vocal music.”
- Gabriel Jackson
“Mesmerizing, beautiful, and inventive.”
- Lori Laitman
…the score is beautifully crafted, eminently lyrical, eloquently voiced and superbly communicative of its heart-warming text.
- Michael Caruso, The Chestnut Hill Local
Michael Robert Smith is an award-winning composer of contemporary concert music. His work, described as “mesmerizing, beautiful, and inventive,” has been commissioned and performed by leading ensembles across the United States, including The Crossing, the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, the Butler Opera Center, Ensemble for These Times, and the SFCM New Music Ensemble, alongside soloists such as soprano Winnie Neih and cellist Nadia Geier. He holds a degree from Westminster Choir College, a graduate degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and is currently pursuing his DMA at the University of Texas at Austin.
News
My first opera, “Downwind” will given it’s world premiere by the Butler Opera Center on February 19, 21, and 22, 2026 at the McCollough Theatre in Austin, Texas. You can find information and tickets here. Poster designed by Nathan Russell, Durango, CO.
Wind and a Bobwhite for satb choir, piano and djembe will be given it’s world premiere by the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay on February 20 and 21 at Hyde Park UMC in Tampa, Florida. You can purchase your tickets here.