Michael Robert Smith

composer/singer/conductor based in Philadelphia.
He/him

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

Submitted my latest work "Refractions" for cello and piano. The piece was commissioned and will be premiered by @E4TTimes with the wonderful Abigail Monroe and Margaret Halbig. Very excited for the premiere on April 15th at the SF Conservatory.

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

@juddgreenstein I feel like our field is full of people who are annoying proud of dealing with the unnecessary difficulties that have been historically built into classical music. It's very odd

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

A pathetic excuse of a man. It takes 5 minutes of reading to realize how wrong he is.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

I reject statements from nations with atrocious human rights records: China, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

Without a doubt, this is a humanitarian tragedy.

Hamas alone owns this calamity.

We must demand Hamas free the hostages and surrender—ending suffering, death and chaos.

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

Agreed! I cannot stress enough how important this is. I have received so much good will due to clear and clean scores.

[Aaron Lee, composer @MusicOfLee]

A clean, beautifully notated score is important!

If you’re expecting someone to perform your music, the least you can do for them is give them the best possible reading experience you can.

So composers really shouldn’t neglect their engraving skills!

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Otherwise known as “children”

[JT Chapman 🇵🇸 @_SecondThought]

Bombing hospitals, schools, universities, using white phosphorus, snipers shooting patients inside a hospital, cutting off food, water, electricity, locking an entire population in the world’s largest concentration camp then bombing it, all while pretending to be the victim 🧵

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

The French government has joined the German government in stating that international law on genocide does not apply to Israel - that, because Jews have been subjected to genocide, Israel has moral & legal immunity for any war crime, even a genocide, it chooses to commit.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

This is what ethnic cleansing looks like.

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

@june_made_it Asking the coaching staff to make smart decisions? That's a big ask bro.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

*unless global shipping is delayed

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

@theneedledrop Artists should be true to themselves. I feel that if the artist isn't being honest, the audience feels it. In my opinion, that counts as taking the audience into consideration.

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

@griffincandey I'd be happy to do this as well if you'd be interested! Feel free to dm me.

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

@mormolyke 🤦‍♂️

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

@Nerd4Cities I've lived in Philly for 8 years and have never had any problems.

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

I tried. I tried so hard but I must say, I really didn't like Succession. Got to the 4th episode of season 3. Couldn't stand it anymore.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Shameful.

The Biden Admin can no longer reconcile their professed concern for Palestinians and human rights while also single-handedly vetoing the UN’s call for ceasefire and sidestepping the entire US Congress to unconditionally back the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza.

["Dena" @bikemamadelphia]

Philadelphia is dangerous

[Barbara Lee @BarbaraLee_CA]

More than 17,000 Palestinians have been killed in two months.

This is a humanitarian disaster.

We need a permanent ceasefire. Now.

[Nikil Saval @NikilSaval]

This Eagles season is going to kill us all

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

@piargno84 I swear it's a gauge of how much shit they can make you do

[Michael Robert Smith @MichaelRS_Music]

@Orchestorm I've got two commissions incoming but haven't started yet. One of them is for Choir, brass, and organ with new poetry by Kyle Conner for the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia. Can't wait to get started on it!