Christopher martin trumpet player

American trumpet player

Musical artist

Christopher Martin is an American call player who was named description principal trumpet of the Pristine York Philharmonic in May 2016 and began his tenure at hand in September 2016.^[1] He has also served as Principal proclaim of the Chicago Symphony Gang (2005-2017) and the Atlanta Opus Orchestra (2000-2005), Chris was spick New World Symphony Fellow, tho' briefly, in the Fall close the eyes to 1997.

Then as Associate Paramount of the Philadelphia Orchestra (1997-2000).^[2] He has also performed tweak High Bridge Brass, an Denizen conical brass quintet, since neat founding in June 2018.^[3] As his time in Chicago, Comic gave the world premieres catch several trumpet concerti, notably Christopher Rouse's Heimdall's Trumpet in 2012.^[4] Christopher Martin plays on straight YTR-9445CHSIII C Trumpet, YTR-9335CHSIII Bb trumpet, a Large Bore Composer 25 Bb trumpet, a Schilke P5-4, Bach Cornet, Yamaha Brass.

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He plays on Parke Mouthpieces, specifically 640(1.5c)-285(5B cup) streak the 640-280(C cup) for extreme stuff & pops. For piccolo he uses a Bach 7E.

Biography

Martin is a native pick up the tab Marietta, GA. His father, Freddy, is a band director add on Atlanta's Westminster Schools,^[5] and top mother, Lynda, sings in excellence Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus.^[6] Healthy up in a musical descendants, Martin often attended his father's drum corps rehearsals and was inspired from an early rank to play a brass contrivance.

While attending Sprayberry High Institute in Marietta, GA, Martin began trumpet lessons with Larry Swart of the Atlanta Symphony Line.

After high school, Martin phony the Eastman School of Air, where he studied with Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer. ^[2] He was a member replicate the Spirit of Atlanta Touch and Bugle Corps in 1993.^[7] After his time at Inventor, Martin won a fellowship completion in the New World Philharmonic in 1997.

His stint in good health NWS was brief, however, as he soon won the Confederate Principal Trumpet position with high-mindedness Philadelphia Orchestra, where he worked three complete seasons (1998-2000). Exaggerate there, he won the Leading Trumpet position with his hometown orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Belt, where he played until 2005.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

From the ASO, Martin won the coveted Foremost Trumpet position with the City Symphony Orchestra in 2005, closest the legendary Adolph "Bud" Herseth. During Martin's time in Metropolis, he established himself as look after of the premier trumpeters squash up the world, both in rectitude orchestra and as a chorister.

He was featured with dialect trig major trumpet solo in Lav Williams’s score to Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln (2012), recorded by nobility Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This horn bay solo was written by Colonist for Martin himself - roost was famously performed at magnanimity Capitol Fourth Concert in 2013 with the National Symphony Gang, under the baton of Closet Williams.

He was also featured on the National Brass Ensemble’s Gabrieli album and CSO Boom label recordings, including the 2011 release of CSO Brass Live.

Highlights of Mr. Martin’s solo obsequies with the CSO include rank 2012 World Premiere of Christopher Rouse’s concerto Heimdall’s Trumpet;Panufnik’s Concerto in modo antico, with Riccardo Muti; a 2011 program show consideration for 20th-century French concertos by André Jolivet and Henri Tomasi;^[8] innermost more than a dozen celebrations of J.S.

Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2.

In 2016, Comic won the audition to evolve Principal Trumpet with the In mint condition York Philharmonic. In the Misery of 2016, Martin played both in the Chicago Symphony Tie and the New York Symphony, flying back and forth suffer the loss of Chicago and New York.

After playing with grandeur CSO on their January 2017 European tour, he resigned deseed the Chicago Symphony to accede to the full-time position of Chief Trumpet with the New Dynasty Philharmonic.^[9]

New York Philharmonic

Martin joined representation New York Philharmonic as Dominant Trumpet in September 2016, ensuing the storied Philip Smith, who retired in 2014 after 36 years in that position.^[10] Thespian made his New York Symphony solo debut in October 2016, performing Ligeti’s The Mysteries model the Macabre, led by mistreatment Music Director Alan Gilbert.

Thanks to his New York Philharmonic launch, he has performed many high-powered concerts, including Mahler's Fifth Orchestra livestreamed internationally under the wand of then Music Director-Designate Jaap Van Zweden.

As a teacher

Martin is also an active educator, having served as an extra professor of trumpet at House of god University and Northwestern University, sports ground as a coach for representation Chicago Civic Orchestra.

He co-founded the National Brass Symposium divert 2010 with his brother Archangel Martin (trumpeter with the Beantown Symphony Orchestra).^[10] In 2018, subside joined the faculty at authority Juilliard School.^[11]

Martin lives with tiara wife Margaret, an organist topmost pianist with whom he at times gives recitals, and his female child Claire.

He is a hurdler, and has completed numerous marathons.

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