Craig Smith (conductor)

Craig Smith (January 31, 1947 – November 14, 2007) was an American conductor who is considered a seminal figure in Boston's Baroque music revival of the 1970s and 1980s.

At the beginning of his career, in 1970, he founded Emmanuel Music, a widely recognized organization that continues to focus on performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

The new group was a collective of singers and instrumentalists based in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, created to perform the cycle of 224 sacred cantatas of J.S.

Conducted until his death by Craig Smith, a number of other well-known conductors have made guest appearances over the years.

[1] In 1988 Smith was invited to be permanent guest conductor at La Monnaie, a Baroque-era opera house and theater in Brussels.