Matthew Martin
Matthew Martin is active as an organist, composer, and educator. He serves as Precentor and Director of College Music at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
Martin was born in 1976 in the U.K. He studied music at Magdalen College, Oxford University, remaining in the program and earning a master's degree with honors in 1997. He went on for further study at the Royal Academy of Music in London, earning all of the school's organ prizes, and rounded out his education with lessons from Marie-Claire Alain in Paris. In 1998, Martin made his recording debut as an organist with the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, on the Isis Records release Praise Him All Ye Angels. Martin was appointed organist and choirmaster at the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Oxford and assistant organist at New College, Oxford, in 2000. In 2002, he moved to Canterbury Cathedral as an organist; there, he performed at the enthronement ceremony for Archbishop Rowan Williams. Martin became Assistant Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral in 2004, where he performed frequently (he performed complete organ works of Jehan Alain over a five-concert series) and oversaw the cathedral choir in its daily duties.
In 2010, Martin left his post at Westminster Cathedral to devote more time to composition. His works have been commissioned by The Tallis Scholars, the Gabrieli Consort, and The Sixteen, among others. As of the mid-2020s, some 35 of his compositions have been recorded. In 2013, he won the liturgical category prize at the British Composer Awards, and he composed an anthem, In the Midst of Thy Temple, for the 750th anniversary of the re-founding of Westminster Abbey. In 2015, Martin became director of music at Keble College, Oxford, and in 2020, he moved to the post of Precentor and director of music at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University, devoting his time to organ performance, choral conducting, composition, and research. Martin led the Choir of Keble College in several recordings, and in 2023, he made his debut with the Choir of Gonville & Caius College on the Linn Records album Philips & Dering: Motets.
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Discography
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Philips & Dering: Motets
The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, In Echo, Matthew Martin
Classical - Released by Linn Records on 5 May 2023
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Ave Rex Angelorum: Carols and Music Tracing the Journey from Christ the King to Epiphany
Choir of Keble College, Oxford, Matthew Martin, Jeremy Filsell
Classical - Released by CRD Records on 4 Sep 2020
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Incarnation
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
Classical - Released by Signum Records on 30 Sep 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Christmas Vespers at Westminster Cathedral
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Matthew Martin, Martin Baker
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 2 Oct 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Great European Organs, Vol. 86
Matthew Martin, Simon Biazeck, James Butler, Nicholas Keay, Greg Skidmore
Classical - Released by Priory Records on 4 Mar 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Complete New English Hymnal, Vol. 16
The Choir of Kings School, Canterbury, Matthew Martin, Howard Ionascu, Unknown Artist
Classical - Released by Priory Records on 11 Jan 2003
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Ceremonial Oxford: Music for the Georgian University by William Hayes
Choir of Keble College, Oxford, Instruments of Time & Truth, Matthew Martin
Classical - Released by CRD Records on 2 Mar 2018
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Classical Guitar Recital
Classical - Released by Matthew Martin on 31 Oct 2013
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Victoria: Missa Gaudeamus & Other Sacred Music
Matthew Martin, Westminster Cathedral Lay Clerks
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Jul 2009
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Matthew Martin
Country - Released by Musik Iz The Motive on 25 Aug 2015
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Mass and Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gentlemen of the St. Mary's Cathedral Choir, Matthew Martin, Thomas Wilson
Classical - Released by Herald on 21 Apr 2017
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The King of Glory
The Choir of St. Marylebone Parish Church, Matthew Martin, Peter Barley
Classical - Released by Priory Records on 12 Oct 1999
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Old Country (feat. Grace Trainer)
Rock - Released by 6269523 Records DK2 on 15 Jan 2024
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Desperate - Single
Rock - Released by Matthew Martin on 13 Apr 2011
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Don't Ask Me, Show Me (feat. Joel Sattler)
Da 8eeTlez 2, Raul R, Ruslan Troknyuk, Anton Wannemakers, Matthew Martin
Electronic - Released by mARS label on 5 Dec 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo