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Manager of the Kansas City Jazz Academy

# Clarence Smith

![Portrait of Clarence Smith.](/_astro/clarence-smith.CABY9Wk-_Z2fXuLK.webp)

Clarence Smith is a Kansas City-based professional musician and music educator.

He is coordinator/instructor of music at Metropolitan Community College–Penn Valley campus, with specific expertise in jazz education, percussion, and music appreciation. Smith is a frequent guest director of honors jazz ensembles, and is in demand as a jazz/percussion clinician and adjudicator. He is director of the annual three-day 18th and Vine Student Jazz Festival.

As a drummer, Smith is an active participant in the Kansas City music scene, where he can be heard performing in a variety of genres including jazz, classical, musical theatre, R&B, and other pop styles.

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