Mikhaila Smith

Mikhaila Smith is a Cape Town-born composer, orchestrator and pianist based in New York. She studied composition and orchestration with Hendrik Hofmeyr at the University of Cape Town where she obtained a Bachelor of Music degree in composition in 2017. During her studies, she was selected to spend a semester abroad at the University of California Los Angeles where she studied music theory, composition and orchestration with professors Ian Krouse and David Lefkowitz. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in film scoring at New York University Steinhardt under the tutelage of Grammy Award-winning composer and orchestrator Michael Patterson. 

Her works, both concert and film, have been performed in Cape Town, Los Angeles and New York. Her most recent film, “An Invitation to Tea” by Desiree Abeyta, is premiering at the Charlotte Film Festival this year. She is currently working as orchestrator on the stage performance of Kyle Shepherd’s “Fiela se Kind” score which will be performed by the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra under the baton of Brandon Phillips next year.

Mikhaila’s artistic world involves collaborating with other artists, storytelling and immersing herself in worlds beyond this one through the expressive and powerful medium of film music.  

Links

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mikhailaalyssasmith