About
Stephanie Lynne Smith

Born and raised in Wichita Falls, Texas, Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance (1998) from University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master of Music in Chamber Music Performance (2001) from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In the Bay Area, she served as Artistic Director for the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, commissioning Halloween in the Castro: A Horror Opera by Jack Curtis Dubowsky and the musical Group Therapy by June Bonacich, along with countless pieces for choir and solo voice.

 

She has accompanied luminaries such as Alan Cumming, B.D. Wong, and Sharon McNight and toured with Bugs Bunny at the Symphony as pianist/slide guitarist, performing with the New York Philharmonic in Avery Fisher Hall and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. In 2013, Stephanie was Artist in Residence at the Shari Carlson Studio and wrote, directed, and starred in her original play titled High Anxiety: One Woman’s Journey that chronicled her performance anxiety. She  toured for over a decade with Broadway veteran Franc D’Ambrosio (The Godfather III/The Phantom of the Opera) and had the privilege of witnessing and playing for his knighting ceremony by the Italian government.

 

Stephanie, aka “Miss Smith,” loves to encourage and support local, living composers and has produced The Music of Paul James Frantz, The Journey So Far: Music of Jeff Becker, and the composer showcase My Magically Talented Friends in the Miss Smith Presents studios. In October 2021, she accepted a staff teaching position in Portland at Resound NW: A Place to Sing and maintains her performance studios in Salem, Portland, and San Francisco.