Irene Britton Smith (December 22, 1907 – February 15, 1999) was an American classical composer and educator.
Irene Britton Smith was born on December 22, 1907, in Chicago, Illinois as the youngest of four siblings.
She retired from teaching in June 1978 and became a docent for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at elementary schools.
[8] From 1946 to 1947 Smith took a sabbatical from teaching to complete graduate work at the Juilliard School of Music, where she studied composition with Vittorio Giannini.
In 1956 Smith completed her Master of Music degree at DePaul University, where she studied composition with Leon Stein.