George Edwin Smith has directed and written for college, high-school, and middle-school choirs, orchestras, and bands, and has taught guitar and musical theater production at Yuba College and Merced Community College. As a music and visual adjudicator, he judges several performance events every year. He has had the honor of directing the California State FFA Band for the past eight years. He has performed with various ensembles across the nation and Canada.

Writing his first piece for wind band at age 12, Smith set the stage for his career. He won his first composition contest and was published at age 19, and won his first international prize at age 20. He has a degree in Music Composition and Geology from San Jose State University, where he studied under Higo Harada, Tikey Zes, Brent Heisinger, and Alan Strange, as well as Choral Conducting and Performance with Charlene Archibeque. Smith’s works have been performed by several outstanding organizations, including The Dallas Wind Symphony “America’s Premier Windband,” the San Jose State University Marching Band, the Young Artists Symphony from San Francisco Bay Area, and the Fresno State University Wind Orchestra. Recently, Gary P. Gilroy Music published his “Freeflight of the Falcon,” “Caught on the Roundabout,” and “Arise and Soar.” He also has pieces published by Lovebird Music, Word Inc., MasterPeace Music, GloriaDeoMusic, J.W.Pepper, Hal Leonard, and SMP Press.

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