Tim Smith is an American classical music critic and journalist. Born in

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, he received a B.A. in music history from Eisenhower College and an M. A. in music history from Occidental College,

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. He was a freelance reviewer for ''The Washington Star'' and ''

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'' before becoming classical music critic at '' The South Florida Sun-Sentinel'' in 1981. He joined the staff of ''

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'' in 2000, serving as classical music critic and, starting in 2009, also theater critic. He retired in November 2019, after a year handling a third beat as restaurant critic, when the paper began limiting performing arts reviews. He currently has a blog called "By Tim Smith." Smith has also written for ''

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'', '' Opera News'', '' BBC Music Magazine'' and other publications. In 1998, he received a first place award from the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors for Excellence in Feature Writing: Arts Criticism. Smith was elected president of the Music Critics Association of North America in 2005 and served two terms. In 2002, Perigee Books published Smith's ''NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music''.Symphony, Volume 53, Issue 6,

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