CLAUDE T. SMITH PUBLICATIONS, INC. was founded on July 1, 1993 by Maureen Smith and Pam Smith Kelly.
10709 W 118th Ter
Overland Park, KS
66210
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Pam Smith Kelly is the daughter of Claude T. Smith and Maureen F. Smith. As the daughter of Claude T. Smith, it is no surprise that she has followed the tradition of a family that has devoted itself to music. Pam was born in Cozad, Nebraska, and later lived in Kansas City, Missouri, and Chillicothe, Missouri, as her father pursued new opportunities as a band director in those cities. Pam is a bassoonist and became a music major herself, receiving her bachelor’s degree from Central Missouri State University, and her master’s degree from the University of Kansas. She taught elementary music for 16 years, and directed the choral program for 19 years, at Oxford Middle School in Overland Park, Kansas. Pam has served as the Regional Elementary and Middle Level Chairman of the Northeast Kansas Music Education Association (KMEA), and she later held the position of State Chairman Elementary and Middle level KMEA. In 2010, Pam was honored with the Northeast KMEA Outstanding Music Educator Award. She is one of the founding conductors of the Kansas City Wind Symphony and of the Midwest Winds. She has appeared as a guest director, guest clinician and adjudicator of bands, choirs, and orchestras throughout the United States and abroad. Over the past 36 years, Pam has also held various positions in church music ministry positions and orchestras. Pam and her husband Jim reside in Overland Park, Kansas, with two of their three children, Austin and Faith. Their older daughter, Tara, and her family live in Kansas City, Missouri. Pam is member of numerous professional music organizations, including ASCAP, the American Choral Directors Association, the NEA, the National Association of Music Education, Sigma Alpha Iota, Mu Phi Epsilon, P.E.O., and the Association of Concert Bands. Pam presently serves as President of Claude T. Smith Publications, Inc., which publishes the instrumental and choral works of her late father.
