Joshua Smith, M.M.

Joshua Stephen Smith is a conductor, pianist, creative collaborator, and coffee enthusiast based in Southwest Oklahoma. His passion for coffee comes second to his passion for music making with others. Joshua has completed over a decade of teaching both in public and private schools while distinguishing himself nationally as a talented young conductor, music director, collaborator, and teacher of choirs, orchestras, and church musicians. He has received critical acclaim for his recent work with “excellent and sensitive” conducting of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker for Michael Bolger’s NUTCRACKER, a contemporary adaptation of the ballet, produced by The Complex Ballet Company (Putnam, CT).

Joshua took his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Conducting from The University of Oklahoma and now serves as Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. He also currently serves as the Lead Pastor/Elder at Sharon Baptist Church. Through his interdisciplinary approach, Joshua carries the value of collaboration into score study, innovative programming, curriculum design, and ensemble leadership of the many children, youth, collegiate, and church choirs under his baton. When not making music, Joshua is reading about covenant epistemology, drinking coffee, and enjoying a round of TopGolf/board/card games with family and friends.

BA in Piano Performance (University of Science & Arts)
Post-Graduate Studies in Conducting (Southwestern Oklahoma State University)
MM in Conducting (Messiah University)
DMA in Conducting (The University of Oklahoma)

Applied Choral Conducting

Theory Concepts for Conductors

• Secondary School Vocal Music (Jr. & Sr. High)
• Private School Arts Education
• Church Music
• Music Learning Theory
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Music Philosophy
• Orchestral/Choral Collaboration