Background
Smith, Michael Joseph was born on August 13, 1938 in Tiline, Kentucky, United States. Son of Marvin Gilford and Bobbie Bell (Vinson) Smith.
composer educator musician writer
Smith, Michael Joseph was born on August 13, 1938 in Tiline, Kentucky, United States. Son of Marvin Gilford and Bobbie Bell (Vinson) Smith.
Student, New England Conservatory Music. Student, Julliard School.
President, board directors, World Music (United States of America), Inc., Atlanta, since 1993. Composer-in-residence, Georgia, 1980, 88-90. Lecturer, performer Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Bowdoin College, Maine, Royal Opera, Stockholm, Control.Conservatory Music, Beijing and Xian, China.
Researcher International Business Machines Corporation Corporation Scandinavia and Roland Synthesizer Corporation, since 1986.
With United States Navy, 1955-1959. Member Swedish Composers Society, International Society Contemporary Music.
Married Kerstin Alli-Maria Andersson, May 1973. Children: Tanja Michaelsdotter, Kassandra Michaelsdotter. Married Wei Wei, 1994.
Children: Symington Wei, Remington Wei, Vinson Wei.