Here is a printable one-page resume.
Upcoming Performances:
2020
- Mozart: Requiem - Cantate Chamber Singers - March 1, 2020
- Bach: St. John Passion - Washington Bach Consort - March 22, 2020
- Bach: St. Matthew Passion - Washington National Cathedral - April 5, 2020
Past Performance Highlights:
2019
- Einhorn: Voices of Light - National Philharmonic Orchestra - Nov 23, 2019
- Handel: Messiah - National Philharmonic Orchestra - Dec 21 - 22, 2019
“Vocal moments of note were tenor Matthew Loyal Smith's 'Comfort Ye...'”
- Montgomery Sentinel, Dec 2019
2018- Handel: Messiah - National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Bach: St. John Passion - Washington Bach Consort
2017- Bach: Magnificat - National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Mozart: Requiem - Choral Arts Society of Washington
- Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass - Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
- Bach: Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 - All Souls Unitarian Church
2016- Handel: Messiah - National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Handel: Messiah - Kennedy Center annual sing-along
- Haydn: The Creation - Choral Artists of Sarasota
- Simply Magnificat: 4 settings of the Magnificat by Bach, Telemann, Buxtehude, and Fasch, Washington Bach Consort
2015- Britten: Cantata Misericordium, and Haydn: Theresienmesse - The City Choir of Washington
- Bach: Cantatas 80 and 147 - The National Philharmonic Orchestra
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G.F. Handel: Messiah - The National Philharmonic Orchestra
“Tenor Matthew Loyal Smith sang with vibrancy, every sustained note open and supported.”
- Washington Post, Dec 2015
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Music from Italy including Monteverdi's Combattimento di Tancredi - National Gallery of Art:
“Tenor Matthew Loyal Smith brought a pure, focused sound, along with agile embellishments, to the role of Tancred.”
- Washington Post, Jan 2015
- Bach: St. John Passion - Washington National Cathedral
- Bach: St. John Passion - The National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Bach: Mass in B Minor - Washington Bach Consort
2014- G.F. Handel: Messiah - The National Philharmonic Orchestra
- G.F. Handel: Hospital Foundling Anthem - Gloria Musicae - Sarasota Opera House, Sarasota, FL
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French music in honor of Degas and Cassatt exhibition - National Gallery of Art:
“The best solo contributions came from ... tenor Matthew Smith, the heroic-voiced returning son in excerpts from Debussy's cantata 'L'enfant prodigue.'”
- Washington Post, June 2014
- Mozart: Grand Mass in C Minor - The City Choir of Washington
- Bach: Mass in B Minor - The National Philharmonic Orchestra
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C.P.E Bach: Magnificat - Washington Bach Consort:
“Matthew Loyal Smith's refined tenor voice ... added depth to this full-blooded reading of a work that deserves to be much more widely heard.”
- Washington Post, May 2014
2013- Hamer: Lost Childhood: a Concert Opera - The National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Bach Cantata 140 - The National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Part Songs, Airs, and selections from Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience - National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Nicholas White The Raven - April 13, Concord, NH
- Britten Choral Dances from Gloriana and Art Songs by Britten and Vaughan Williams - April 20, Featured guest of the National Philharmonic Singers, Rockville, MD
2012- Chilcott Requiem and Beethoven Mass in C - Choralis - at National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
- Rimsky-Korsakov Mozart and Salieri, at National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Mozart Requiem - Temple University Performing Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
- Messiah, G.F. Handel - The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Rockville, MD
- Nicholas White The Raven World Premiere Performance - Dumbarton Concert Series, Washington, DC
- Messiah, G.F. Handel - The National Philharmonic Orchestra
- St. Matthew Passion, J.S. Bach - Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC - Washington Post Review
- Mass in B Minor, J.S. Bach - City Choir of Washington - St Paul's Lutheran Church, Washington, DC - Washington Post Review
- Vespers 1610, Claudio Monteverdi- Artek and the National Gallery of Art Vocal Ensemble, Performances in New York City and Washington, DC :
“...tenor Matthew Smith ... gave a clear, vibrant rendition of ‘Nigra sum’ and was seconded ably by tenor Philip Anderson in ‘Duo seraphim.’”
- Washington Post, Jan 2010
“...Matthew Smith and Philip Anderson doing good work in the extended and challenging tenor parts.”
- New York Times, Jan 2010
“Singers weren't the dutiful conservatory grads often heard in Europe's early-music festivals, but more seasoned singers who clearly had something personal to bring to the music - and did, particularly tenor Matthew Smith.”
- Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan 2010 - Vespers 1610, Claudio Monteverdi - Duke University Chapel
- Cantata BWV 130, J.S. Bach - Washington Bach Consort, part of the AGO convention, St. Paul's Lutheran Church
- Solo Recital: Songs of Finzi and Britten with Alice Mikolajewski, Piano - George Washington Masonic Memorial, Alexandria, VA
- Cathedral Lenten Series - Washington National Cathedral, Lent 2010 - Soloist in Bach's St. Mark Passion, Leighton's Crucifixion, and Scarlatti's Stabat Mater
2009- Vespers, Sergei Rachmaninoff - National Philharmonic, Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD - Washington Post Review
- Vespers, Sergei Rachmaninoff - Washington Chorus, St. Peter and Paul's Orthodox Church, Potomac, MD
- St. John Passion, J. S. Bach - Washington National Cathedral Choir, Washington, DC
2008- Carmel Bach Festival - Adams Vocal Master Class Fellow - Performed twice weekly Master Classes and a Showcase Recital at the Sunset Center with selections from various Bach Cantatas
- What's Opera Bach! - Washington Bach Consort - Harman Center for the Arts, Washington, DC
- Pirates of Penzance, by Gilbert & Sullivan - role of Frederic, Washington Savoyards, 16 performances at Atlas Theater in Washington, DC
- Love's Comedy - by Kim Sherman, role of Lind, George Mason University, VA
2007- Magnificat - J.S. Bach - Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC
- Serenade to Music - Ralph Vaughan Williams - Cathedral Choral Society, Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC
- Cantata BWV 23 - J.S. Bach - Washington Bach Consort, Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC
- Various Opera Scenes - Washington Concert Opera, The Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC