Christopher Martin holds the Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet chair of the CSO. He came to the CSO after five years as principal of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, where he was praised as a “polished soloist with effortless, understated virtuosity” by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. He previously was associate principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Mr. Martin, a native of Marietta, Georgia, comes from a musical family. His father, Freddy Martin, is a band director for a prestigious Georgia private school, and his mother, Lynda Martin, sings in the Atlanta Symphony Chorus. While a member of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Mr. Martin trained with then-Atlanta Symphony Orchestra trumpeter Larry Black. He later received his bachelor’s degree in trumpet performance in 1997 from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where his primary teachers were Charles Geyer and Barbara Butler. As Principal Trumpet of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, he can be heard on a number of recent recordings, including the ASO’s 2003 Grammy Award-winning recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony conducted by Robert Spano.
Source: ITG & Republican
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