Clayton W. Smith is a native Mainer who hails from Bangor. After attending the University of Maine at Orono, he completed his Bachelor of Music in Piano Accompanying from the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. He has performed at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA, and Musicana Dinner Theatre of West Palm Beach, FL, as well as serving a tour on the Canadian cruise ship MV Northern Ranger.

Mr. Smith's arrangements were used for the MPBN documentary Remember the Maine and he has written many silent film scores for Northeast Historic Film of Bucksport, ME. More recently, he performed as accompanist for soloists from the brass sections of the Atlanta Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

As a Co-Director of Brewer Youth Theatre, he has helped produce more than 30 shows, including a recent November production of George Gershwin's Crazy for You with more than 50 Brewer high school and middle school students. He is also the founding director of an Americana ensemble called the Bon-Ton Salon Orchestra which is available to re-create popular singalongs, foxtrots, marches, and ragtime music from the turn of the century.