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Grant Smith is an organ master's degree student at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA in the studio of Ken Cowan. He performs regularly as organ soloist across Texas and California. Recent competition successes include First Prize at the 2022 Feith International Organ Competition in Blieskastel, Germany, First Prize in the 2023 Hall Organ Competition in San Antonio, Texas, and semi-finalist in international competitions in Tokyo and Seoul in 2023. He is a sought-after collaborative performer on organ, piano, and harpsichord.
Grant received two bachelor’s degrees in music and civil engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. A two-time winner of the university's concerto competition, he performed as featured soloist with the Cal Poly Symphony both on organ and piano.
Grant is currently organist and pianist at West University Baptist Church in Houston and organist and pianist for the Houston Masterworks Chorus.
Grant received two bachelor’s degrees in music and civil engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. A two-time winner of the university's concerto competition, he performed as featured soloist with the Cal Poly Symphony both on organ and piano.
Grant is currently organist and pianist at West University Baptist Church in Houston and organist and pianist for the Houston Masterworks Chorus.
Robert Schumann: Canonic Etude in A-Flat Major, Op. 56 No. 4
Robert Schumann's 6 Studien in kanonischer Form are some of the best works ever written for pedal piano. The beautiful call-and-response melodies in this piece are so organic that the listener may not even realize the strict and pervading canons that govern them.
This recording was made by Grant Smith at Rice University on the Fisk/Rosales organ in January 2023.
This recording was made by Grant Smith at Rice University on the Fisk/Rosales organ in January 2023.
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J. S. Bach: Trio on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676
Просмотров 2752 месяца назад
Of all of Bach's settings of this chorale for organ, BWV 676 is perhaps the most graceful and flowing. The 6/8 meter and scalar figures give this piece a sense of a lilting dance. This recording was made by Grant Smith at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, in January 2023.
Felix Mendelssohn: Song without Words in A Minor, "Volkslied" Op. 53 No. 5
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Volkslied (Folk Song) showcases two of Felix Mendelssohn's strengths as a composer: fiery energy and melodic song writing. This recording was made by Grant Smith at Rice University on July 19, 2022.
Louis Vierne: Toccata, Pièces de Fantaisie Op. 53 No. 6
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Grant Smith, organ March 17, 2023, Rice University Fisk/Rosales organ
J. S. Bach/Sergei Rachmaninoff: Gavotte from Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major
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Grant Smith, pianist July 19, 2022, Rice University
Alban Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1
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If Arnold Schoenberg had not emphasized instrumental composition in Alban Berg’s lessons, this sonata might never have been written. Schoenberg saw that Berg had an affinity for writing vocal works but lacked skill in instrumental composition, so he required Berg to write many instrumental pieces. Berg had attempted composing five earlier piano sonatas, but this sonata, dating from 1907-1908, i...
Christopher Enloe: Exsultet (2023)
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Program note from the composer: Like the ancient Latin hymn, Exsultet is a triumphant exaltation of Christ as King victorious. Exsultet recontextualizes cellular fragments of three hymn tunes - Passion Chorale, Duke Street, and Lasst Uns Erfeuen - into richly varied musical contexts. While I was initially drawn to purely aesthetic features of these tunes, my associations with text drove the com...
Joseph Ahrens: Orgelmesse (1945)
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Joseph Ahrens (1904-1997) was a German organist, composer, and teacher best remembered for his contributions to Catholic church music. His Mass for Organ takes inspiration from Baroque styles and chant. 0:00 Introitus 2:10 Kyrie 6:00 Gloria 8:22 Graduale 11:20 Credo 13:32 Offertorium 16:44 Sanctus 18:08 Benedictus 22:19 Agnus Dei 26:19 Communio 30:00 Exodos This recording was made on the Hauptw...
Isaac Albéniz: "El Puerto" from Iberia Book I
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Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) was a Spanish composer and pianist best remembered for his collection of twelve piano pieces, Iberia, written 1905-1909. Eleven of the twelve are based on dance forms; "El Puerto" draws on the zapateado, an exciting dance with rapid footwork and guitar strums. These influences are especially heard in the passage beginning at 0:45. I performed this piece for several rec...
Nikolai Kapustin: Jazz Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
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Nikolai Kapustin's music is a one-of-a-kind fusion of jazz and classical. While he retained classical genres and forms (such as the sonata, prelude, and etude), he wrote in a virtuosic jazz style. The Jazz Preludes bear many structural resemblances to Chopin's monumental 24 Preludes, but Kapustin's set of preludes sounds worlds apart. This recording was on Grant's third-prize winning program in...
Nikolai Kapustin: Jazz Prelude No. 11 in B Major
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Nikolai Kapustin's music is a one-of-a-kind fusion of jazz and classical. While he retained classical genres and forms (such as the sonata, prelude, and etude), he wrote in a virtuosic jazz style. The Jazz Preludes bear many structural resemblances to Chopin's monumental 24 Preludes, but Kapustin's set of preludes sounds worlds apart. This recording was part of Grant's third-prize winning progr...
Robert Muczynski: Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations), Op. 48
Просмотров 5443 года назад
Chicago native and longtime professor at the University of Arizona Robert Muczynski composed this fascinating piece in 1996. It is a set of variations on the familiar theme from Paganini's Caprice No. 24. Grant Smith won third place in the CAPMT California State Contemporary Competition in 2021 with this recording.
Reger: Introduction and Passacaglia in D Minor, WoO IV/6 - Grant Smith
Просмотров 8793 года назад
Max Reger composed this work in 1899 for the "Schönberger Orgelalbum" to help fund a new organ in Schönberg im Taunus. Grant Smith made this recording using Hauptwerk on the Sonus Paradisi sample set of the Fleiter organ in the Billerbeck cathedral. The organ has 72 speaking stops across 4 manuals and pedal.
G. F. Handel: "For Unto Us a Child Is Born" from Messiah, Organ Arrangement by W. T. Best
Просмотров 35 тыс.3 года назад
Grant Smith plays the Sonus Paradisi sample set of the Marcussen main organ from the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam. The transcription by Best was not strictly followed; some simplifications and additions were made. Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The eve...
J. S. Bach Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525
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J. S. Bach Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525
Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableaux in B Minor, Op. 39 No. 4
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Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableaux in B Minor, Op. 39 No. 4
Rheinberger Organ Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 177 III Con Moto
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Rheinberger Organ Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 177 III Con Moto
Brahms Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 1st Movement
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Brahms Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 1st Movement
Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, Op. 35 No. 5
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Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, Op. 35 No. 5
Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau in E-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 7
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Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau in E-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 7
Lyapunov Prelude No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 5
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Lyapunov Prelude No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 5
Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 I
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Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 I
Holst Jupiter for 2 Pianos, from The Planets Op. 32
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Holst Jupiter for 2 Pianos, from The Planets Op. 32
Kapustin Prelude in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 No. 17
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Kapustin Prelude in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 No. 17
Schubert Impromptu Op. 90 No. 1 in C Minor D. 899
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Schubert Impromptu Op. 90 No. 1 in C Minor D. 899
Bach/Krebs Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 558
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Bach/Krebs Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 558
Chopin Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 10 No. 4
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Chopin Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Lyapunov Transcendental Etude in B Minor, Op. 11 No. 10 "Lezghinka"
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Lyapunov Transcendental Etude in B Minor, Op. 11 No. 10 "Lezghinka"
Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35 No. 1
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Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35 No. 1
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This is really good! Don't listen to the haters!
Very good.
Excelente 🤩
Magnificent!!!
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I love Handel, much of his music is filled with joy. It makes me smile and tear up at the same time.
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Wonderful, you are gifted ..i really want to learn
You did this piece supreme justice, despite it’s obvious difficulties, you played it flawlessly. Congratulations and God Bless 🙏🕊✝️🕊🛐🕊🙏
beautiful!
Soy un gran de Felix Mendelssohn y esta interpretación es perfecta! 👌🏼
I really enjoyed it !
too fast
It says allegro con fuoco…
I remember long time ago this set had play very well Anny Fisher, great Hungarian Pianist's...much more interesting & correctly ❤❤!❤❤❤
The key of the sonata is A flat major but am i right to say this funeral march movment 3 is in A flat minor
I have played it over and over again.
How do you do that fortissimo chordal tremolo?? I can’t get it :(
20% slower would be much better...
I like this piece :D
OMGoddess this performance is playing ceaselessly in my heart, and throughout all my musical sensuous comprehension. I've repeated it 11 times already. Stunning technique, and rather an ingenious indeed "sexy" arrangement, my dearest GS! Thank you. Love andrea.
not number 7
Et lorsque Felix remonta au ciel, Jean-Sébastien vint chaudement l'embrasser...
Absolutely brilliant. OMG, your Hauptwerk organ is beautiful. WOW! That must have cost quite a lot of money. Your playing & interp alone is astonishing & fantastic, but HUGE kudos playing it from memory. FUTU is perhaps my favorite Messiah chorus. I think the first time I heard it was as a child with Bernstein conducting it. It was one of the many wonderful selections of a volume the annual LP from Goodyear's GREAT SONGS of CHRISTMAS. I can't recall what year, but I've loved that chorus ever since that first hearing. Even the choral score reduction for accompanying a performance of Messiah with only organ (or piano) is fiendishly difficult. There is true genius in successfully playing orchestral reductions on organ for choral works. I am always amazed at the folks who are so adept & good at it. It's not just the ability to play these scores well, but to know how to register them well on the particular instrument one is playing. My late undergrad college organ professor was brilliant playing orchestral reductions & registering them. I will never forget his playing of the Verdi Requiem score & Bloch's Sacred Service & Brahm's Requiem on organ. He was a genius playing them & achieving the orchestral nuances & sounds of each score.
Very nice performance!! ✨
Thanks for uploading!
This guy is a genius...he must be a prodigy when he was a baby😂
Wonderful! Your performance of this is sublime.
Wonderful! Great fingering!
Finally the video i need!
I was about to ask if this was the real organ you were playing on, and then I saw the cabinets and shelves behind you and realized it's just a very sweet setup you have in your home! haha That was a truly wonderful performance. Does the real organ look like the setup you have here, with the stop knobs and everything? :-)
Haha yes this is a home setup. The real organ is spectacular, I recommend you look up some pictures of the Laurenskerk main organ in Rotterdam!
👍 Uno dei migliori brani che abbia mai sentito!! La considero una melodia "alta che incide nei sentimenti e nello spirito". Tutto questo, grazie anche all'organista molto esperto!! Grazie mille che ci hai scacciato un po' di pensieri preoccupanti!!!
The reason I've always loved Handel his music is almost invariably uplifting.
Belle interprétation. Great ! Thank you for this.
Finally, a performer who takes you to the music instead demanding attention for himself. He managed to actually do something with the introduction rather than just make noise. Articulate and comprehensible, this was a very mature performance. The tempo is likely what Reger himself would have employed, before Anthony Newman, Herbert von Carrion and the current British school of racing organists redacted organ performance history. Well done sir!
What console maker is this?
Mixtuur organs in the Netherlands. A very nice console.
Very difficult. I highly apreciate your effort, because I know Handel's transcriptions by Best. How long did it take to learn this piece?
I practice slow emotions Too far for me in this speech Your very indeed ❤
Just discovered this arrangement! Love it. Precise and brilliant combination of stops and amazing technique! Thank you and God bless you 😇
This is great! I'll pop by Shepherd next time you're practicing
Beautiful!
he strikes again
How I wish u can teach organ the way I love its sounding
One of the best funeral marches in classical music EVER.
Beautifully played and well constructed. Well done!
Wow! that's amazing to see you play this carol. God Bless You!!
I can't stop playing this, it's so good😢
horrid.
Absolutely amazing! The best performance I've seen and heard.
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