Cecilia has just won the prestigious JOYCE AWARD in music composition. Please go to the following web site to read more.http://www.joycefdn.org/FeaturedTopics/FeaturedTopicDet
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***************Cecilia has also been working on the archives of MAX ROACH. Documenting all of Max's work!*******************************************************
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***************Cecilia Smith is currently one of the leading vibraphonists of Four Mallet Technique and an ardent composer. She tours nationally and internationally with her various projects. She has recorded and performed with several renown artists including: Gary Bartz, Greg Osby, Milt Hinton, Alan Dawson, Randy Weston, Donald Harrison, Hubert Laws, Mulgrew Miller, Donald Byrd (trumpet), Cassandra Wilson, and Digable Planets. She has released 5 independent c.d.’s on the national and international level and one Japanese release . Her current c.d. is called DARK TRIUMPH (DT). DT Exposes Cecilia’s compositional abilities, through the use of full rhythm section, a - 23 piece string ensemble and Boy Sopranos from the Boys Choir of Harlem.*****************************************************
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She is currently the Artistic Director of the MARY LOU WILLIAMS RESURGENCE PROJECT (MLWRP). For the past 7 years she has, arranged, composed and exposed the unheralded work of Mary Lou Williams. This works has been celebrated at the Kennedy Center on a number of occasions. Cecilia recently appeared with the MLWRP at the Kennedy Center with an All-Star, Multi-generational mixed gendered big band, an All Star small ensemble and The Morgan State University Choir.******************************************************
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Cecilia is a graduate, former faculty member and clinician for Berklee College of Music.
She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY where she is a Senior Teaching Artist, teaching music in therapeutic settings for Hospital Audiences, Inc. (HAI) throughout NYC.********************************************************
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Cecilia is also a sought after Clinician where she teaches at a number of colleges and universities throughout the US and abroad. ************************************************************
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Lately Cecilia has been building a reel that will show her ability to write music for commercials. Check out the piece listed titled - ELUSIVE MONTAGE - if you are an advertiser looking for music for your products for Radio or Television. Contact me through my web site if you're interested in my work for hire.*******************************************************
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For more info and contact info- View Cecilia’s full bio on line at- www.ceciliasmith.com****************************************
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Review Quotes:Dark Triumph - This mix of storytelling and music of the highest order, Ellingtonian in scope and magnificence, unmistakably American, uplifting beauty, a masterpiece. . . . . All About Jazz.com****************************************************
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. . . . . . . . . The legacy of the pianist and composer, (Mary Lou Williams) who died in 1981, has always been a spiritual touchstone for the (Kennedy Center MLW Festival), festival performances, but this year it triggered a jubilant celebration, the mood charged by secular and sacred sounds alike. … Vibraphonist, arranger and bandleader Cecilia Smith saw to that. – The Washington Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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See web site for info Cecilia's various projects:
Cecilia Smith Duo with Pianist - Amina Claudine Myers,
The Cecilia Smith Quintet,
The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project - (MLWRP), Big Band & Choir,
The Dark Triumph Project - Orchestra and The Boys Choir of Harlem,
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