Press

Caitlin Smith is a Toronto-based composer, clarinetist and saxophonist. Recently awarded a study grant through the Canada Council for the Arts, Caitlin will spend 2008-2009 studying composition with the renowned pianist and composer Jim McNeely in New York city. She is a recent graduate of the jazz program at Humber College, where she studied with John MacLeod, Terry Promane and Don Thompson. Caitlin has also studied composition with Dave McMurdo, Jim McNeely and film composer Christopher Dedrick. She has studied classical clarinet and classical harmony and theory through the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Caitlin works professionally as an arranger, copyist, teacher, and performer. Her compositions and arrangements have been performed by the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra Chamber Ensemble; The Darren Sigesmund Big Band; The Sydney Improvising Musicians' (SIMA) Jazz Orchestra in Sydney, Australia; The Hamilton All-Star Big Band with the Canadian Orpheus Men's Choir; and played on the radio station JazzFM 91.1 in Toronto.

What people are saying:

Smith's sophisticated mix-and-match style of music was realized beautifully.... We look forward to hearing where her music next takes her."
--The Live Music Report

Photos for media use

You can download a collection of high-resolution photos that are free for use by the media. You can see a slideshow below showing what's available, but the full set, at full resolution, is available for download from Flickr.

Caitlin's radio interview

Click above to listen to Caitlin's appearance on Toronto Jazz radio station Jazz.fm. Caitlin was interviewed for one hour by Larry Green on November 17, 2005. [mp3 format, about 25 MB, one hour]

Right click here and select "Save as..." to download the mp3 file to your computer, if you want a copy you can play any time.