MARQUE SMITH

MARQUE SMITH

Marque Smith is a piano teacher, vocal coach, music director, performer, accompanist and recording artist. He studied classical piano through The Royal Conservatory of Music and jazz piano at Humber College.  He was the accompanist of The Nathaniel Dett Chorale from 2000-2004 and was the music director of The Caribbean Chorale of Toronto as well as The DAREARTS Choir. Marque has taught music at Royal St. George’s College and also has performed at events honouring such world leaders as Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Theatre engagements include Evita with Etobicoke Musical Productions, The Secret Garden with The York Weston Players and Cinderella and Bye, Bye Birdie with No Strings Theatre as rehearsal and show pianist.

Since moving to London, Ontario 2007, he has music directed the following plays: Nine and White Christmas with Musical Theatre Productions, The Wedding Singer and The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee with Saunders Secondary School, The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, My Son Pinocchio, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical, Assassins and I’m Sorry The Bridge Is Out, You’ll Have To Spend The Night with Original Kids Theatre Company and Rocky Horror Show with Simply Theatre. 

Marque is also a very experienced choral musician who has been a member of The Nathaniel Dett Chorale, The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, The Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, The Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus and The Karen Schuessler Singers.  He can found on the Marquis Classics recordings Listen to the Lambs: The Music of R. Nathaniel Dett and An Indigo Christmas…Live.  He can also be found on the recordings Live Off The Floor with Elizabeth Paddon and Don’t Rain On My Parade with Cindy Ashton and Love with Angus Sinclair.