Conductor Kirk Smith is currently Associate Professor of Music at Iowa
State University and Director of Orchestra Activities. He also serves
as co-conductor of the Black Music Repertory Ensemble of Chicago and has
guest-conducted throughout the United States and also in Taipei, working
with notable soloists such as violinists Robert McDuffie, Sanford Allen,
and Diane Monroe; vocalists Simon Estes, William Brown, Hilda Harris, and
Donnie Ray Albert; and the percussion group Nexus. Recent engagements
include the Des Moines Symphony and the Dayton Philharmonic. Kirk is a
native of Baltimore, Maryland.
