Smith, Margery
clarinets
Margery Smith is a Sydney-based performer, composer and improviser. She has studied clarinet and saxophone at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, as well as in Europe and the USA. Past lives have been as Associate Principal Clarinet with the Sydney Symphony and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. As a composer her work includes pieces for Orchestra Victoria, Continuum Sax, PACT Youth Theatre, and Sydney Omega Ensemble. Her career incorporates time spent composing, as well as various projects involving the use of improvisation and collaboration in educational and community contexts. At present Margery is Head of Classical Performance at the Australian Institute of Music (www.aim.edu.au) and a member of Continuum Sax.