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       Stephen Oliver Award for new musical tehatre ('Super' 2025)

Antipodes Theatre Company's Winter Lab ('Super') 2025

               Arts Council England Projects Grant (‘The Beast’) 2024

                   Peter Whittingham Jazz Award (‘The Beast’) 2023
           Help Musicians UK Creative Collaboration Grant (‘Travels Backwards’) 2022-23

Hope Scott Trust 2022

International Songwriting Competition, Second Place ('Blue Dream') 2021

Arts Council England Projects Grant (‘Friends With Monsters’) 2021

Manchester Jazz Festival Originals Commission (‘Spaces’ as Nightporter) 2021-2

Lancaster Jazz Festival Commission (’The Secret Elevator’ as Ulita) 2021

Arts Council England Projects Grant (‘Sister’ as Ulita) 2021

Contemporary Arts Jazz Ensemble (CAJE) Commission (‘Entanglement’) 2021

  Manchester Combined Authority Covid-19 Micro-Commission (‘Small Stage’) 2020

       Britten Pears Artist Residency (‘Sister’ as Ulita) 2020

           Mercury Musical Developments BEAM Showcase (‘Sister’ as Ulita) 2020

              HOME Mcr PUSH Festival Residency (‘What Happened to Agnes’ as Ulita) 2020

         Arts Council England Projects Grant (‘What Happened to Agnes’ as Ulita) 2020

                   Leeds Playhouse Furnace Festival Residency (‘What Happened to Agnes’) 2019

                            Opera North Resonance (‘What Happened to Agnes’) 2018-2019

                         Manchester Jazz Festival Hothouse ('Blue Dream') 2018

                            HOME Mcr PUSH Festival Residency (‘Cabaret’ with Manchester Collective) 2018 

commissions

I WRITE MUSIC ACCROSS A VARIETY OF SETTINGS, INCLUDING THEATRE, LIVE ART & FILM. UNIFYING MY DIVERSE PRACTICE IS A PASSION FOR CREATIVE STORYTELLING. MY MUSICAL STYLE BLENDS MY CLASSICAL BACKGROUND WITH MY LOVE FOR THE LANGUAGE AND TEXTURES OF JAZZ.

 

I REALLY ENJOY TURNING MY HAND TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROJECTS, PLEASE DO GET IN TOUCH IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER!

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 "WHILE SMITH'S SINGING IS AN ENTRANCING BEAUTY OF ITS OWN, THE TRUE TRUMP CARDS ARE HER LYRICS AND MELODIES."
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For shows and commissions please contact me 

The photographs are by Monika Jakubowska & Chiara Terraneo. The birds are drawn by Luca Shaw.

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