Henry Scott Smith

Henry is a violinist from Rochester, NY. He is the marketing coordinator and a full-time Suzuki violin teacher at the Kanack School of Musical Artistry, where he has been on faculty since 2021. His work focuses on using the violin as a means for greater self-understanding, discipline, and mindfulness.

Henry earned his Bachelor’s of Music in violin performance studying with Kirsten Marshall, Susan Waterbury, and Calvin Wiersma at Ithaca College, where he also completed long-term Suzuki apprenticeship with Carrie Reuning-Hummel, earned a Master's in Business Administration, and completed a wide range of coursework and training in music education, violin repair, mathematics, information technology, and ensemble leadership.

Henry has previously served as a section player for the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Catskills Symphony Orchestra, the Tri-Cities Opera Company, and the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes. He is now the music director and fiddler for The Irish Lassies and regularly performs and records as improviser extraordinaire and singer with a variety of traditional, jazz, and alternative acts in Rochester and the greater Finger Lakes region.

Henry’s interests include life balance, psychological motivation, durable challenge, servant leadership, musicians’ societal duty, and the transformational power of education.

Photo by Aaron Winters