Colin Martin is a composer from Albuquerque, New Mexico, currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.  His music has been described as “clever and effective”, and “complete, well-written… with its own artistic life” with “really great vocal writing” (The American Prize).

          Colin has three major orchestral works that have all premiered with the New Mexico Philharmonic, including his work “Songs from ‘By Heart’”, which was awarded 2nd place in the Professional Division for the American Prize for Orchestral Composition in 2023. Additional collaborations include his upcoming doctoral dissertation, a Cello Concerto composed in collaboration with Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniță, a Gold Medalist at the International Tchaikovsky Competition; Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Trombone Tim Higgins; pianists Olga Kern, Vladislav Kern, and Anna Dmytrenko; members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at the American Romanian Festival; sopranos Winnie Nieh and Hannah Stephens; timpanist Douglas Cardwell; Philadelphia Orchestra Assistant Principal Bass Tobias Vigneau; and conductors Roberto Minczuk and Grant Cooper, among others. 

          Colin has premiered his piano works as a soloist at the Southwest Piano Festival (www.swpianofestival.org) in Albuquerque, where he serves as Vice President and Composer-in-Residence. The most recent festival saw him give a lecture-recital on his Piano Sonata #4, "The Art of Love".