Pamela Smith

Professional memberships

Professional Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP)
Member of Association for Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers of Ireland (AFEPI Ireland)

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Music (Durham University, 1985)
PhD Music (Durham University, 1992)
ISM Diploma in Management (Queen’s University, Belfast, 1994)

Training and professional development

Advanced Copy-Editing (PTC, 2019)
Copy-editing Headway (SfEP, 2018)
Grammar at Work (PTC, 2018)
Progress in Editorial Skills (PTC, 2017)
Proofreading 2 (SfEP, 2016)
Editing in Word (SfEP, 2016)
Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning (PTC, 2015) (Merit)

Languages

French (conversational)

Experience

Media

Books, magazines, research documents, policy papers, online material, theses and dissertations, arts/music publicity materials & programmes, music scores.

Skills and services offered

Proofreading (text), proofreading (music), copy-editing, copywriting.

Subject areas

Music, the arts, academic writing (humanities), public policy, management, leadership, business and corporate work.

Specialisms

Classical music (all periods), electroacoustic and computer music, opera, choral music, jazz, arts management, arts funding policy, concert promotion.

Clients include

Taylor & Francis, Colourpoint Books, Out of House Publishing, Queen’s University Belfast, Full Proof, Genesis Design, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Belfast Music Society, Acis Productions, ClarityEnglish, individual academics and research students.

Examples of work undertaken

Proofreading:
DeLamater and Collett, Social Psychology, 9th edn (Routledge, 2019)
Greenhalgh, Music and Singing in the Early Years (Routledge, 2018)
Macken, Binding Space: The Book as Spatial Practice (Routledge, 2018)
Labuta and Matthews, Basic Conducting Techniques (Routledge, 2018)
Stillwell (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Census Resources, Methods and Applications (Routledge, 2017)
In Sara Levy’s Salon (The Raritan Players, Acis Productions, 2017)
Fanfare and Filigree (Kleine Kammermusik, Acis Productions, 2017)
Confluence (Ensemble Collina, Acis Productions, 2017)
10 Festival programmes for the BMS International Festival of Chamber Music (2009–present)
Corporate marketing materials for Ford Masters Apprenticeship Programme, Olam Cocoa, Queen’s University Belfast and others
Online examination papers (ClarityEnglish, 2016)
PhD theses

Copyediting/proof-editing:
Numerous articles for The Parliamentary Review (for Full Proof)
Numerous articles for InTheSnow magazine
Corporate Plan 2013–2016 (Belfast Music Society)

Additional information