
Name: Ray Smith
BYU employee since: 1982
My job at BYU is… professor of music: I teach saxophone and other woodwind instruments. I direct BYU’s premier jazz big band, Synthesis
I’m currently working on… finishing my 40th and last year at BYU. The biggest project that is still left is taking Synthesis to the Rudin Jazz Championship
I’m currently reading… books on recording, mixing and mastering music, as well as books on photography post-processing and graphic design.
I get most excited about my work when… I see my students really growing and becoming professional in their playing.
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