“A stunning debut by a rising star” -The WholeNote, October 2019
“Gillian Smith demonstrates a great skill and mastery…magnificently appropriates Canadian repertoire” -La Scena Musicale, November 2019
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Performing music from my recent album of new Canadian music for solo violin, En Route, at the Open Waters Festival in January 2024 at the Joseph Strug Concert Hall at the Dalhousie Arts Centre in Halifax.
EN ROUTE IS AVAILABLE NOW
I am thrilled to announce the release of my upcoming album, En Route, which features five new works for solo violin which were commissioned for this project from five Canadian composers.
En Route is available now:
The pieces featured on the album are:
EN ROUTE | Hsiu-Ping Patrick Wu
Nebula Variations | Derek Charke
Amy Brandon: Dualisms
Tree Talk | Carmen Braden
Limpidités IV | Corie Rose Soumah
I gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for this project.
En Route Album Launch
Thank you so much to everyone who came to the En Route album launch concert!
It was an honour to perform works by Amy Brandon, Derek Charke, and Hsiu-Ping Patrick Wu at the concert, including the premieres of “Dualisms” and “EN ROUTE” by Amy Brandon and Hsiu-Ping Patrick Wu, respectively.
It was wonderful to be able to perform these pieces from the album in the wonderful space in which I recorded them- Joseph Strug Concert Hall at the Dalhousie Arts Centre in Halifax.
Nova scotia tour 2023
Pianist Jennifer King and I were thrilled to have the opportunity to perform the program below in Lunenburg, New Glasgow, Shelburne, Truro and Halifax over the past few months!
Our program included the following works for violin and piano:
Carmen Braden- Magnetic North (for violin and piano)
Amy Brandon- Dualisms: I. Darkly melting (for solo violin)
Derek Charke- Prelude and Impromptu (for violin and piano); Nebula Variations : II. Interlude (for solo violin)
Adam V. Clarke- Prelude (for violin and piano)
Claude Debussy- Sonata for violin and piano in G minor
And other works for violin and piano
Many thanks to Arts Nova Scotia and NS Gaming Support 4 Culture for their support of this tour.
Into the Stone
I released my first album of music for solo violin, Into the Stone, in 2019. This album features works by Kati Agócs, Chantale Laplante, Alice Ping Yee Ho, Veronika Krausas, and Ana Sokolović. It was nominated for an ECMA for Classical Recording of the Year in 2020.
Please find below Spotify links to three tracks from the album: Alice Ping Yee Ho’s Caprice, Ana Sokolović’s Cinque Danze per violino solo: No. 2, and Veronika Krausas’ Inside the Stone:
Gillian Smith, Violinist 
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