Martin Smith

Teacher - Bosco 1 Pastoral and Creative Arts

Marty is a free-lance trombone player and graduate of the Tasmanian Conservatorium and University of Melbourne. In 2009 he moved to Bangkok, Thailand, to take up a full time music teaching position, later becoming the head of music in an English Immersion Program at a prestigious private school in Thailand. In 2013 Marty moved to Hawaii and was Director of Bands and the MYP music teachers at a small IB school in Kailua, Oahu. Now, returning back home after nearly a decade abroad, Marty is the K-4 music teacher and Year 7 music teacher at Dominic College.

Book every child should read
The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett

Best recent professional learning
Music Through Inquiry - IBO

Favourite teaching unit
Band

Teaching motto
"If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing" - Zimbabwean Proverb