Personal profile
Research interests
Research interests:
Community Music, Improvisation, Composing for film, TV and Radio
Current research activity:
Improvisation
• Selected publications: Machine 2005, Delete Memory 2002, (both HQRecordings)
• ‘I Thought I Heard Buddy Boldemn Shout’ BBC Radio3 Feb 2006
• Radio Tesla (Star Radio 2005) www.starradio.org.uk
• Improvisation Continuums (2007) organising committee. Also presented paper and special composition and performance
Teaching interests
Popular music
Analysis
Composition
Research
Film music
Education/Academic qualification
Ph. D. (Glamorgan)
M.Mus (Wales)
B.A. Hons (Nottm)
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Improvised Music in Wales
Smith, R., 2025, The Routledge Companion to Diasporic Jazz Studies. Havas, Á., Johnson, B. & Horn, D. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, p. 298-307 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Collective Joy: The Spirituality of the Community Big Band Wonderbrass
Smith, R., O'Mahoney, H. & Roberts, S. B., 24 Aug 2023, In: Religions. 14, 9, 17 p., 1099.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Musical Micro-utopias: Jazz everywhere and everyone playing jazz
Smith, R., 17 Dec 2021, In: Riffs: Experimental writing on popular music. 5, 2, p. 56-66 11 p., 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What can the Welsh school music sector learn from the community music movement?
Smith, R., 1 Apr 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Popular Music Education. 5, 1, p. 55-70 16 p., 4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improvisational approaches: improvisation in composing, performing and working with assistive technologies
Smith, R. & Challis, B., 2019, In: Contemporary Music Review. 38Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thesis
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Wonderbrass: Creating a Community Through Music
Smith, R. (Author), Fyfe, J. (Supervisor) & Carr, P. (Supervisor), 2013Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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