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September 8, 2008

Welcome to my blog

Tim SmithThanks for checking out my blog, where you will find my blithering bloviation on the classical music scene. I don't want it to be entirely about me (honest, really, I mean it). Please feel free to post your comments, recommendations, links, etc. Why should political blogs have all the fun? We classical music types can be just as emphatically opinionated as anybody else, so don't hesitate to prove that. I'd love to hear from you.

Although I plan to continue attending all sorts of performances in the Baltimore/Washinton area (and beyond), just as I have for the past eight years, I won't be able to get as many reviews into the print edition as I used to.  A lot of those reviews will be posted here from now on. I'll also be using the blog to alert you to notable events or developments, recordings and DVDs -- anything I think will be of interest to those who love classical music (or want to learn more about it).

Thanks again for reading. I'll be talking to you soon.

BALTIMORE SUN PHOTO: Gene Sweeney, Jr. (2008)

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About Tim Smith
I was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up there. Initial thoughts of becoming a cocktail pianist faded when I realized I hated taking requests. I decided to study music history instead, and got a B. A. in that field from Eisenhower College in Seneca Falls, New York, and an M.A. from Occidental College in Los Angeles. After free-lance gigs for the Washington Star and the Washington Post, I worked as classical music critic for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel during the 1980s and '90s, a period when I also ventured into radio, contributing to NPR and hosting a weekly show on a West Palm Beach station. Since April 2000, I've been classical music critic at the Baltimore Sun. Over the years, I've written occasional articles for the New York Times, BBC Music Magazine and other publications, and I'm a longtime, regular contributor to Opera News and the U.K. magazine Opera. You may still be able to find on the remainder racks my one and only book, The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music (Perigee, 2002).
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