Ian Smith is a highly experienced and accomplished professional saxophone, clarinet and flute session musician working at the very highest levels of the industry. As a versatile saxophone and woodwind player, Ian has developed a reputation as a first call musician for over 25 years on a variety of projects from sessions and concerts, through to theatre and primetime TV and Radio shows.
Ian offers a premium online session musician for hire service direct from his high specification studio enabling clients to obtain the best quality saxophone, flute or clarinet tracks for their own projects without the hassle of hiring expensive studio space and enabling producers to keep costs to a minimum.
Ian Smith's online session musician service provides the highest quality in recorded saxophone, flute and clarinet tracks and is tailored to each and every clients' unique requirements.
Royal Shakespeare Company:
Timon of Athens (Stratford Upon Avon)
A Winter’s Tale (Stratford Upon Avon)
Pericles (Stratford Upon Avon)
Secret Garden (Stratford Upon Avon & London)
RSC CD recording (Saxophone Soloist) - John Woolf & Friends (2011)
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
UK / European No.1 Tours:
Barry Manilow (Lead Alto Saxophone/Woodwind UK Tours)
Gladys Knight (Lead Alto Saxophone)
The Four Tops (Lead Alto Saxophone and Soloist)
The Temptations (Lead Alto Saxophone)
Sister Sledge
Annie Get Your Gun
The Supremes
The Three Degrees
Frank Sinatra Jnr
42nd Street
Joseph & His Technicolor Dreamcoat
Barnum
Copacabana
Guys & Dolls
Hello Dolly
Me & My Girl
A Chorus Line
West Side Story
Chicago
Phantom of the Opera
Singin’ In The Rain
Evita
Hairspray
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
London West End:
City of Angels (Prince of Wales Theatre)
West Side Story (Prince of Wales Theatre)
The Shaughraun (Albery Theatre)
Chicago (Adelphi Theatre & Cambridge Theatre)
The Pyjama Game (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Media Selection:
BBC TV & Radio Sessions
BBC Licence Fee Jingle - (Featured Saxophone Soloist and all Woodwind)
Central TV (resident musician Central Weekend late 1990's)
ITV X Factor Sessions as a backing musician (Saxes, and Flute)
A Garden Heritage - (Flute Soloist) a collection of BBC TV's “Gardener’s World” programmes
Inga Lindstrom's Tanz Mit Mir - (Clarinet Soloist) - ZDF TV Drama 2017
"While The Sun Shines" - (Sax/Clarinet Soloist) - Theatre Royal, Bath 2017
"Driving Miss Daisy" - (Clarinet Soloist) - Jon Nicholls/Theatre Royal, Bath 2017/2018
Countless independent recording projects for a variety of independent producers (Jingles, Albums, Library Music - Audio Network amongst others, artist backing, artist demo tracks, Tunedly.com and Session Exchange sessions).