Samuel Martin

Current Position

Biography

(He / Him / His) Pianist Samuel Martin is a dynamic artist in demand in a wide range of musical settings. As an entrepreneur and administrator, he is the Founding Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Song Initiative, an award-winning concert series dedicated to the promotion and innovation of art song.
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Experience

Cincinnati, OH

Founding Artistic Director

2016 - Present
Oversee and manage all aspects of artistic and business planning, including programming, hiring, grant-writing, and audience development.

Biography

Samuel Martin

Pianist Samuel Martin is a dynamic artist in demand as a partner for recital, chamber, choral, orchestral, opera, and musical theater performances. A Presser Scholar, and the recipient of numerous other musical honors, his stylistic versatility has resulted in concert appearances both nationally and internationally. As an entrepreneur and administrator, he is the Founding Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Song Initiative, an award-winning nonprofit concert series dedicated to the promotion and innovation of art song. Recent performances have taken Martin throughout Germany, México, and the United States. He has served on the musical coaching staffs of HGOco and Opera in the Heights (Houston), Cincinnati Chamber Opera, the International Performing Arts Institute (Bavaria, Germany), the Opera Company of Middlebury, and the CCM Summer Opera Studio (Cincinnati). A native of New York, Martin holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music and Ithaca College. His training was enhanced as a Fellow of the 2019 Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar, a program devoted to the intense study and performance of contemporary American art song, led by luminaries Stephanie Blythe and Alan Louis Smith. He currently serves on the music staff of Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, where he can be seen in numerous song recitals with graduate-level singers throughout the academic year.