Repertoire Shostakovich/Atovmyan/McCourt: 'Waltz No. 2' from "Suite for variety orchestra" (c.1956?) Allen Vizzutti: Cascades (1980/2009)R. Schumann: Drei Romanzen, Op. 94 (1849)H. Eccles: Violin Sonata in G Minor (1720)Koetsier: Concertino, Op. 77 (1978/82)About the ArtistsAndy Smith was appointed by to the Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra by Andrew Davis in January of 2012. He began performing with the group in September of that same year. Smith, from Amarillo, Texas, earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Texas Tech University, where he studied with Kevin Wass. He has also studied at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with Daniel Perantoni. Prior to winning the Lyric Opera position, Smith was a highly sought after tubist in Texas, where he performed regularly with the Lubbock and Big Spring Symphonies. In addition to his duties in the pit, Smith has served as the principal tubist for the Grant Park Orchestra since 2018. He has also performed with many different orchestras in the Midwest including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Smith is a Buffet Performing Artist. Smith is on the faculty of the DePaul School of Music.Tomoko Kashiwagi is visiting lecturer in music in chamber and collaborative music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Kashiwagi was previously associate professor of piano and collaborative piano and held the Emily J. McAllister Endowed Chair at the University of Arkansas, where she joined the faculty in 2012. She is also the founder of the Ozark Music Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to building community through music. Her work has been supported by multiple Mid-America Arts Alliance grants. In 2025, she was inducted into the Steinway & Sons Music Teacher Hall of Fame in recognition of her commitment and passion as piano educator. She has presented multiple times at CollabFest, the conference of the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society. Maintaining an active performance career across the United States and internationally, Kashiwagi is dedicated to exploring a wide range of repertoire as both a performer and educator, with a particular passion for collaborative playing. She earned a Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Performer Diploma in Piano Performance from Indiana University. She later became the inaugural recipient of the Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Anne Epperson, current chair of Jacobs' Department of Chamber and Collaborative Music.