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Kandie K. Smith
Associate Professor of Voice

Director of Lyric Theater

• B.M. Stetson University
• M.M. University of British Columbia
• D.M.A. University of Cincinnati
  College-Conservatory of Music

Kandie Smith received Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees in Voice Performance and Opera from Stetson University, the  University of British Columbia and the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, respectively.

Winner of concerto competitions at both Stetson and UBC, the Giffin Voice Scholarship Competition (Stetson), numerous NATS competitions, the Society of Arts and Letters Voice Competition (2nd Place), and a Rotary International Scholarship, Dr. Smith has also enjoyed a vibrant career in musical theater and operetta. She has sung leading roles with a variety of local, regional, and international companies, including Seaside Music Theater, Ohio Light Opera, Riverside Theater of Vero Beach, and Karl-Heinz Stracke’s Interworld Productions (for which she played Carlotta in the German premier tour of PHANTOM!). She has also sung the soprano solos in a number of oratorios presented by local and regional organizations and orchestras, including the Winter Park Bach Festival, the Orlando Messiah Society, and the Daytona Beach Choral Society.

She has pursued her passion for singing into the academic arena and has held teaching positions at several colleges, including Stetson University, the University of North Florida, and Brewton-Parker College.

Concurrent with her academic duties she has continually used her administrative experience garnered by years of service to several not-for-profit arts organizations, including the Daytona Beach Symphony Society, Central Florida Cultural Endeavors, the Florida International Festival, and Seaside Music Theater. Most significantly, from 2005-2007 she served as the Executive Director of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, during which time she worked with many of the leading voice pedagogues in North America.