{"id":50382,"date":"2022-06-06T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T15:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/?p=50382"},"modified":"2022-07-08T12:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T12:48:12","slug":"favorite-spaces-with-herb-smith-91e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/adv\/alumni-news-media\/2022\/06\/06\/favorite-spaces-with-herb-smith-91e\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Spaces with Herb Smith \u201991E"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Favorite Spaces with Herb Smith \u201991E<\/h1>\n

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In his dynamic home office, Smith finds and inspires joy and creativity.<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]Smith picked up his first trumpet when he was nine years old. Today, the Olds Ambassador rent-to-own brass horn can be found, along with dozens of other trumpets, in Smith\u2019s basement home office. Adorned with many objects that ground, inspire, and entertain, Smith\u2019s favorite space is as dynamic as he is.<\/p>\n

STOMP-sounding, junkyard-found hubcaps hang from the ceiling. Existential books written by yogis and philosophers are tucked among scores of music. Photographs and sculptures of Black musical legends like Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington rest on nearby walls and shelves\u2014smiling, encouraging, and inspiring the music that Smith and his students make there.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Smith came to Rochester to attend the Eastman School of Music\u2014and he never left. He\u2019s been with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) for more than 20 years and, today, is its third trumpet and a periodic guest conductor. He has also played with the Buffalo Philharmonic many times and frequently conducts for the Syracuse Symphoria.<\/p>\n

Smith also performs with Gateways Music Festival, a collaborative initiative with Eastman that connects and supports classical musicians of African descent. Committed to bridging racial divide through music, in 2020 he started Herb City Trumpets, a music education and mentorship program for Black teenagers and boys. The group operates through ROCmusic, a city-run initiative designed to give underrepresented youth music instruction.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”]

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For me, music is everything\u2014it has taken me wherever I\u2019ve been and leads me wherever I should go. \u2014Herb Smith<\/span><\/h6><\/blockquote>[vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”10px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_separator css_animation=”none” type=”normal” color=”#ffc70a” border_style=”solid” thickness=”5″][vc_empty_space height=”10px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

A few of Herb’s favorite things<\/h3>\n

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\nto elicit different musical sounds. Straight mutes have a distinctively nasal sound and are used
\nin both classical and jazz. Harmon mutes\u2014also called wah-wah mutes\u2014were a favorite of Miles
\nDavis (a favorite of Smith’s). Plunger mutes make a similar wah-wah sound and can be easily
\nsourced. Go into any hardware store, purchase a standard rubber sink plunger, and just put a
\nhole in the center of it to complete your mute.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\"[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Photo of Jerzy Semkow, RPO\u2019s principal conductor from 1985 to 1989.<\/strong> Semkow and his clear vision for music inspired Smith, as a trumpet player in Semkow’s orchestra and as a then-aspiring conductor. The two water bottles in the foreground feature Ward Stare, RPO\u2019s conductor from 2014 to 2021. Both men inspired Smith and modeled, for him, the qualities of an excellent conductor.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\"two[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Handcrafted conductor batons.<\/strong> Christopher Seaman, RPO\u2019s conductor from 1998 to 2011, gave Smith the personally handcrafted baton on the left. The one on the right came from Amazon but didn\u2019t work for Smith, so he attached a pen\u2019s grip to make it fit his hands. Jerry-rigging that baton was the catalyst for Smith to now order through PaGu Batons in Buffalo. Similar to Ollivanders, the wand shop in Harry Potter, customers select the size, style, and preferred wood type for their wished-for baton.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\"Photo[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The mouthpiece graveyard.<\/strong> Overseen by a blue-haired troll, these mouthpieces rest on a musical altar of sorts atop Smith\u2019s classic rolltop desk. The mouthpieces either were left behind by students or just lost their luster over the years.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\"photo[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Sonora windup phonograph record player.<\/strong> A friend of Smith\u2019s no longer wanted this conversation-generating 78 rpm-playing antique\u2014but Smith did. He often cranks it up and plays some of the old records stored inside, like \u201cHot Jazz with Jelly Roll Morton[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\"photo[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” background_color=”#e9e5d7″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Tune in<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Smith hears music everywhere: in the hum of a car engine, in the drizzling rain, and even in the thoughts that play over and over in his head\u2014like when he misplaced a friend\u2019s book and kept thinking to himself: \u201cDammit Walpole, I ain\u2019t got your book.\u201d That phrase inspired a tune that he and the Freedom Trio recorded a few years ago. Give it a listen and see if you can hear the words beneath the notes.<\/p>\n

Listen on Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n

Find inspiration<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Herb\u2019s City Trumpets<\/a><\/p>\n

Eastman\u2019s Centennial Celebration<\/a><\/p>\n

Gateways Music Festival<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Find this story and more good things for Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ alumni and friends in the summer issue of Buzz magazine<\/a>.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”25px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1654711896170{border-top-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;border-top-color: #999999 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}”]<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kristine Kappel Thompson, May 2022
\nPhotography by Matt Wittmeyer
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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