Dr. Roger Martin
A member of the music faculty at Tennessee
Technological University
since 1989, Roger Martin holds degrees from Virginia
Commonwealth University
(BM; Flute Performance) and Florida
State University
(MM; Woodwinds Performance, DM; Flute Performance). Martin has concertized extensively,
presenting solo recitals in Canada,
the Peoples Republic
of China, Hong Kong, and
throughout the United States. He has been principal flutist with Cookeville, Tennessee’s
Bryan Symphony Orchestra (1989-present), the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony
(1985-1989), and the Festival Chamber Orchestra of the Breckenridge Music
Festival in Colorado
(1987-2001). He has also been a featured
solo artist with all three of these organizations. In Nashville, Martin has appeared as
principal flutist with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, the Nashville Opera and does occasional recording session work. Activities with the Cumberland Quintet (in
residence at Tennessee Tech University)
include numerous yearly concerts, and two compact discs (“Shadows and Dreams”
on the Centaur label, “Into the Blue” on the Albany label), as well as performances at
national conventions. As a clinician and
adjudicator, Martin has been active for the past twenty five years throughout
the United States. Previous faculty positions include Minnesota’s Moorhead
State University
(1984-1989) and the University
of Missouri-Columbia
(1983-1984).
