Oscar Smith

Organ Scholar and Countertenor in @standrewschoir, ragtime pianist and somewhat wordy...

[UBC School of Music @UBC_Music]

Ever wonder what the Barnett Hall organ sounds like?👀Here is Ethnomusicology student Oscar Smith performing Fugue sur le Thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons (1962) by Maurice Duruflé on the @UBC organ!!
⁠https://t.co/nGNDd4SQFe
@UBCArtsCulture @ChanCentre

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

@MatthewHindson "If we are to accept value as a criterion for selecting what we study, then such choices will always be contested on some basis of identity"

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

@MatthewHindson Here's some thoughts from a recent SEM Conference on decolonising Tonal Analysis:

"I think it would be a mistake to swap out European music for some other system or systems, replacing one naked emperor with another." ~Michael Tenzer

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

@MatthewHindson More: "The hardest part of the task is to decouple tonality and value. Ideally musical analysis needn’t reflect value, it can just be about demonstrating insight into structure, yet paradoxically we can barely imagine analyzing any music that doesn't strike us as valuable.

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

@TheJoinery_jp どこでは買えますか? 大阪城には？とてもすごいよ!

[St Andrews Cathedral @standrewschoir]

Yesterday we were very priveliged to sing with the @ChoirofKingsCam ! Music by Darke, Stanford, Ley, and Tallis. All followed by a barbecue

[Ross Cobb @RossJCobb]

Privileged to have King's College Cambridge Choir join with my Cathedral choir this morning & conducted by the great Stephen Cleobury.

[St Andrews Cathedral @standrewschoir]

Our very own Director of Music, Ross Cobb, is playing a wonderful recital this afternoon!

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

Also this 16th century organ in Notre-Dame des Vertus. Thanking Sarah Kim for access to both organs!

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

An amazing experience playing at St Eustache while travelling in Paris.

[St Mary's Choir @stmaryschoir]

Organ recital at 4pm in the Cathedral this afternoon given by David Tagg.

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

Also I've decided on my recital/exam repertoire! Learning the Bach Trio 1 and the Leighton fantasy on Helmsley for August.

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

I'm really looking forward to David Tagg's organ recital at St Mary's Cathedral tomorrow afternoon!

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

Happy Birthday Wagner Style on YouTube! http://t.co/ObxW73uaL5

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

Writing a silly Baroque Variation of the National Anthem.

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Just got FaceBook after some pressure, but still prefer twitter.

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

At St James for the Immortality concert. Looking forward to @anthonypjhunt on the piano!

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

My latest ragtime adventure...

[Oscar Smith @DrDiapason]

@TheOrganist123 I see! Yeah that must be where the expression came from... #sarcasm