On Love and Storytelling with Alan Louis Smith

Abstract

Pianist-Educator-Composer-Poet Alan Louis Smith has “done it all” in the field of art song, and finds that, for him, it all comes down to “love and storytelling.” Through conversation with Smith, and drawing heavily on his own words, author Elvia Puccinelli explores Smith’s compositional output, and how love and storytelling have manifested themselves in various ways in Smith’s life and professional activity.