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Dr. Juliet White-Smithwhitesmith

  1. Professor of Music
    Viola
    Head, String Area
    Frasier 252
    970-351-2938
    juliet.whitesmith@unco.edu

Violist Juliet White-Smith is an active soloist and chamber musician. She has performed throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East. She has appeared at three International Viola Congresses, in Montreal, Tempe, Arizona and most recently in South Africa. Her chamber music collaborations have brought her onstage with such luminaries as violinists Andres Cardenes and Benny Kim, and pianist Gilbert Kalish. She has been a guest artist at various summer music festivals including Strings in the Mountains and Fontana Festival in Michigan.

A devoted educator with a history of printed contributions in American String Teacher and Journal of the American Viola Society, Dr. White-Smith has presented master classes at the Eastman School of Music and was a featured presenter at the ASTA National Conference in 2007. She has served as string juror for various competitions including the William Primrose International Viola Competition and has taught at the Interlochen Arts Camp and Bravo! Summer Institute for Strings and Piano at the University of Minnesota.

A prominent advocate of the viola, Dr. White-Smith is currently President of the American Viola Society. Her debut CD recording of works by contemporary American composers George Walker, Michael Colgrass and Maurice Gardner was released in May 2009 on the Centaur Records label.

Dr. White-Smith earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music.

More information about Dr. White-Smith, including media kit and links to her newly released CD, Fashionably Late: Juliet White-Smith Debuts!, can be found on her website at
www.julietwhite-smith.com