Music Director and Conductor: Brad Smith

The Music Department is pleased to announce the appointment of Brad Smith as the new Music Director and Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Prior to his appointment at Penn, Mr. Smith served for two years as Music Director of the University Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra at The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied conducting with Kevin Noe while completing work for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Orchestral Conducting. Prior to that, Mr. Smith received his Master of Music degree in Wind Band Conducting from UT Austin, serving as Assistant Conductor to both the UT Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band while studying with Jerry Junkin.

Before beginning graduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin, Mr. Smith taught instrumental music for four years in the public schools of Texas. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Stephen F. Austin State University, where he studied conducting with John Whitwell, Kevin Sedatole and Rob Carnochan. Mr. Smith participated in the Donald Thulean Conducting Workshop sponsored by the American Symphony Orchestra League, hosted by the San Francisco Youth Symphony in February.