ja Smith Music
Subscribe and follow on social media:
  • Home
  • Musician
    • Originals
    • Performance
    • Drumset Covers
  • Teaching
    • Percussion Studio
    • Marching Percussion
  • Scholarship
  • Instrument Craft
    • Keyboards >
      • East Jordan
      • The L
      • The Michigandered Marimba
      • Glass Marimbas
      • Marimba Makeover
    • Asgard
    • Cajon >
      • C
      • Nanako
      • Los Banditos
    • Other Instruments >
      • Xenakis Contraption
      • Table Music
      • Woodblocks
      • Wacky Orange
      • Hyoshigi
      • Pipes
      • Slats
    • Rust Belt Stand
    • Gifts from Scrap >
      • Wind Chimes
      • Pig Stacker Toy
      • Drink Coasters
  • Links

HOME

Picture
Alex Smith is Assistant Professor of Percussion at University of Central Missouri (August 2017). He received a DMA from Michigan State University (2019) along with an MM in percussion performance and an MA in musicology/ethnomusicology (2015). Alex earned his undergraduate degree from East Carolina University (2010).
​
Alex released his first album, Determined Volumes, with the pfMENTUM label in October 2020. The quartet he is a part of, Without Borders, has toured in Taiwan, Japan, and the US. He is an active instrument craftsperson and a composer. He received a Fulbright-Hays DDRA to conduct original research for eight months in Ghana from Dec 2018-Aug 2019. Alex endorses Vic Firth and Zildjian.


Determined Volumes

Digital Download on Bandcamp: https://jasmith.bandcamp.com/releases
Purchase Physical CD: https://pfmentum.com/product/alex-smith-determined-volumes-pfmcd140/ 
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.