 In the summer of 2011, Smolina joined iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates in Los Angeles, making her debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall with iPalpiti Orchestra (Eduard Schmieder, conductor).Since 2011, Smolina is directing the piano program at Philadelphia International Music Festival.In 2014, she was appointed as Artist in Residence in Temple University's Esther Boyer College of Music and Dance, in the Department of Instrumental Studies.