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Bridging modernism and American pop and jazz idioms, the innovative and highly energetic music of Rob Smith is frequently performed throughout the United States and abroad. His music has received numerous awards, including those from ASCAP and the National Band Association. He has received commissions from the Texas Music Festival Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program, the American Composers Forum (as a part of their Continental Harmony project) and several nationally renowned university wind ensembles, among others. In 1997, he was the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to Australia, which led to a teaching position at the University of Wollongong in 1998. Commercial recordings of his music are available by the Society for New Music (Syracuse, NY), saxophonist Jeremy Justeson, Austrian toy pianist Isabel Ettenauer, and the University of Houston and Texas Christian University Percussion Ensembles. Currently, he teaches at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music where he is Associate Professor of Music Composition and director of the AURA Contemporary Ensemble. He also serves as one of the artistic directors of Musiqa, a Houston-based contemporary chamber ensemble. Boosey & Hawkes, Carl Fischer, Southern Music, C-Alan Publications, and Skitter Music Publications publish his music.

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Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Spin	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2011	00:09:30
Kicking and Screaming	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2010	00:15:00
Beacon Fires	Band	2009	00:09:45
Fuse	Band	2008	00:05:45
Breaking Point	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2008	00:03:35
Transparent	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:12:35
Sprint (mixed ch. ens.)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2007	00:03:00
Concerto For Orchestra	Orchestra	2006	00:21:30
Sprint (percussion ensemble)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2006	00:02:45
Free Toy Inside	Keyboard	2006	00:02:45
Blue Norther	Band	2004	00:08:30
Surge	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:06:35
Push	Orchestra	2003	00:12:30
Morse Code Pop	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:05:50
Spike	Keyboard	2003	00:03:40
The Path Ascending	Band	2002	00:08:40
Schroeder's Revenge	Keyboard	2001	00:03:30
Push	Band	2001	00:12:30
Dance Mix	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:09:00
Whirl	Band	1999	00:11:00
Slide Machinery	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:08:30
Sprung-Out	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:07:00
Juggernaut	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:09:00
Hot Seat (a.sax & pno)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:08:00
Hot Seat (cl & pno)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:08:00
Panther Fire	Band	1996	00:06:00
Schizo 'squito	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1996	00:04:45
Schizo 'squito	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1996	00:04:45
Traversing the flow	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:09:30
Essential Torque	Keyboard	1995	00:10:45
squizo 'squito	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1995	00:06:30
Skitter Music	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:07:45
Moody Garden	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1993	00:09:45
Catalytic Concerto	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1993	00:12:00
Fanfare for Leonard	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1993	00:03:00
The Road Taken	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:12:00
Three pieces for trombone choir	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1990	00:15:00