“One of the primary tensions in Linda Catlin Smith's music is between its equal and simultaneous drive toward abstraction and lyricism.... Those who gravitate to the alluring melodiccontours of Smith’ s music and expect it to unfold along familiar lines will struggle when confronted with its lack of dramatic arc or formalised development.” – Nick Storring. “When I write music, I am aware that the work has around it an aura of silence; I am aware that silence is an accompanying atmosphere, that even just a few notes give the piece life, and draw it out of that mist.” Linda Catlin Smith.