Biography
 Jordan P. Smith is a New York-based saxophonist and conductor. His teachers have included Dr. Paul Cohen, Ken Radnofsky, Dr. John Sampen and Kathleen Mitchell, as well as Dr. William Silvester for conducting.
He has concertized extensively throughout the United States and internationally in Greece as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician, and has recently performed multiple times with the New World Symphony, the Sifodec Orchestra, The MSM Orchestra, the Brooklyn College Orchestra, and the French Woods Orchestra. Jordan was winner of the 2006-2007 TCNJ Concerto Competition, later performing Tomasi's Ballade for Saxophone and Orchestra with The College of New Jersey Orchestra.
Recent performance venues have included Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center, Yamaha Concert Hall in New York City, St. Peters Citigroup Center in New York City, the Professional Children's School, Yale University, Eisenhower Hall at West Point, and the 2011 International Saxophone Symposium.
As an orchestral and wind player Mr. Smith has performed works by Ravel, Prokofiev, Copland, Bernstein, Gershwin, Massenet and more under such acclaimed conductors as Michael Tilson Thomas, Robert Spano, H. Robert Reynolds, and Eugene Corporon.
As a chamber musician in New York City, Jordan has premiered works by composers Marilyn Shrude, Hayes Biggs, Marc-Antonio Consoli, James Adler, Robert McMahan, Steve Cohen, Rex Isenberg, Tamara Cashour, Adrienne Albert, Remy Le Boeuf, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Matthew Hough. He is also a member of the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet which recently released the premiere recording of Inhyun Kim's Saxophone Quartet on Carrier Records. Upcoming premieres include the Saxophone Quartet No. 2 by David Noon at Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Auditorium and a Four Winds (for winds) by Jeff Nytch.
Jordan P. Smith is currently a D.M.A. candidate at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, where he studies with Dr. Paul Cohen. He holds an M.M. degree in Saxophone Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and a B.M. in Music Education from The College of New Jersey. He is the conductor for the saxophone choir and saxophone ensemble of Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, and saxophone faculty for the Mason Gross School of the Arts Extension Division.
Mr. Smith was recently published in the 2011 January/February issue of "Saxophone Journal" in an article about Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé Suite and can be heard on the CD "Sculpting the Air: Modern Works for Wind Instruments" for the premiere recording of James Adler's Reverie, Interrupted. This recording was recently broadcast on Pittsburgh, PA's WRCT's Gordon Spencer "Classics" show and a recent review from Audiophile Audition praised his "liquid tone."
Equipment
Soprano Saxophone:
Yamaha YSS-875 EX, Gold Plated M1 Neck, Caravan Large Chamber Mouthpiece, Rovner Dark Ligature
Alto Saxophone:
Yanagisawa A992 Bronze Body, Caravan Large Chamber Mouthpiece, Vandoren Leather Ligature
Tenor Saxophone:
Yamaha YTS-875 EX, Caravan Large Chamber Mouthpiece, Vandoren Leather Ligature
Education
Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.), Performance
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
May 2013
Master of Music (M.M.), Performance
Manhattan School of Music
May 2010
Bachelor of Music (B.M.), Music Education
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)
May 2008
Teaching Positions
William Paterson University
Interim Adjunct Professor of Saxophone; Saxophone Quartet Coach
(2010 – 2011)
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey
Saxophone Choir and Ensemble Director
(Fall 2010 – present)
Mason Gross School of the Arts Extension Division, Rutgers University
Saxophone Faculty
(Fall 2010 – present)
French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts
Saxophone Ensemble Director; Saxophone Instructor; Theory Instructor
(2009 – 2010)
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