Samantha Martin recently completed her master’s degree at Bard College Conservatory’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program, where she studied with Edith Bers and Lucy Fitz Gibbon. An avid supporter of new music, she has premiered and performed works by numerous contemporary composers, including Clarice Assad, Michael Csányi-Wills, Daron Hagen, Julianna Hall, John Musto, Györgi Kurtág, Libby Larsen, James Mobberly, and Sam Woo, as well as workshopping and performing in the world premiere of Tom Cipullo’s opera Mayo as Miss Goodrich and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Additional opera credits include Lauretta in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Buoso’s Ghost by Michael Ching, and Laurie in Copland’s The Tender Land. In 2020 she was named a winner of Bard Conservatory’s Concerto Competition. During her time at Bard, she also appeared in the Bard Vocal Arts Program’s production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium as Monica. She received her Bachelor of Music degree majoring in voice performance and music business from the State University of New York at Potsdam.
Samantha Martin will perform with The Orchestra Now on September 10 & 11, 2022.
Bio: August 2022