He was Principal Clarinet of the Scotia Festival Symphony Orchestra, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Pierre Boulez, Music Director and Principal Clarinet of the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Chicago, IL.

Nominated for a Grammy® Award for best chamber music performance with the Chicago Symphony Winds, he is also a founding member of the Chamber Soloists of Chicago heard live on nation-wide broadcasts from WFMT-FM, Chicago, IL.

A participant in the Scotia Festival of Music, heard collaborating with members of the Lincoln Center Chamber Players, he has also been a featured guest artist on the Bay Chamber Concerts with members of the Vermeer Quartet. Has toured the United States under the auspices of Columbia Artists management with the Chicago Symphony Chamber Players. He has also regularly been a guest chamber musician and teacher at the AFFINIS Music Festival, Tokyo, Japan. He can be heard internationally as a featured soloist and chamber musician from the CBC Radio, Canada.

His principal teacher has been Robert Marcellus. He has been visiting Professor of Clarinet at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He presently is Associate Professor of Clarinet at Roosevelt University - Chicago Music College. Gregory Smith is a Buffet artist and clinician.

He and his wife, fellow clarinetist Carolee, began Gregory Smith Clarinet Products, Inc. in 1995 as a result of 45 years combined experience playing and researching fine vintage clarinet mouthpieces.

Gregory Smith can also be reached via email at Gregory_Smith_Clarinet@compuserve.com or
103356.1577@compuserve.com.