call or email - meet at a gig    206-261-6445   worldmusicetc (at) gmail.com

"…and you can hear Smason's Sinatra-like crooning…"   Roberta Penn, The Rocket

 "Music is the universal language, and nobody does it better then this guy!"            Daniel Muffoletto   North Hollywood Talent Co-op  Bellevue, WA 

"Marc played in a session in our studio. Really fine performance!"                                 Pat Sample - Paradise Sound   Index, WA    

 "...a brilliant trombone improvisor, vocalist, and song writer."                                      bassist, Court Crawford   Bellevue, WA

 "Marc provides good opportunities to play music, earn decent money at the same time and have fun"    Jason Chambliss, tpt   Seattle, WA 

 "Good time music with energy and an eye toward building community."                 Harold Rosenkrans, reeds   Seattle, WA

           Marc Smason has been playing and teaching music for many decades, focusing on voice and trombone. He has ample experience teaching privately and in schools. He is well-versed in jazz, classical, latin and yiddish music, and enjoys teaching vocal warmups, ear training, harmony and general music theory.
Amy Denio. Hansville WA 
          I've known Marc Smason for years and have come to appreciate his high standards in music performance on voice, trombone, and as a leader.  I have not worked with him in an educational setting but I've been learning weekly from his vast knowledge. 

Gus Denhard 
Artistic Director 
Early Music Seattle 
206-200-3394
Www.earlymusicseattle.org

To whom it may concern, 
         I can vouch for Marc Smason as not only an impressive—and highly expressive—vocalist, but also as an experienced, capable, and personable instructor. I have observed that he has a way of putting ​his students at ease while building up their confidence. 
Peter Lippman
Director and practitioner of Balkan and klezmer music over the last 5 decades
Jazz student of Mr. Smason