Stephanie Martin | |
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| Born | Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | choral |
| Occupations | Composer, conductor, organist |
| Website | http://www.stephaniemartinmusic.com/ |
Stephanie Martin (born 1962) [1] is a Canadian composer, conductor, and associate professor of music at York University's School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design.
Martin was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario. [2] She began to learn music as a child, and once said "When I was a kid I listened obsessively to Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame , written in the 14th century." [3]
Martin holds a Bachelor's Degree in music from Wilfrid Laurier University, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Toronto, and an Associate Diploma from the Royal Canadian College of Organists. [4] As of 2019, Martin is an associate professor in the music department at York University.
She is founder and director of the medieval music ensemble Schola Magdalena, [5] spent 20 years from 1997 to 2017 as artistic director of Pax Christi Chorale, [6] and worked as the music director and organist of the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Toronto.
Regarding her composition practices, Martin said in an interview "I don’t have a very healthy composition practice. I am a binger. I carve out blocks of time when I don’t do anything but compose. That means I neglect some other important things, but it does mean I can accomplish my writing goals very quickly and efficiently." [7]
Martin's first opera, The Llandovery Castle, is about the 1918 sinking of HMHS Llandovery Castle and was inspired when Martin noticed a commemorative plaque in honour of a nurse who died in the sinking and later suggested the idea to playwright Paul Ciufo who became the librettist. [14] Ciufo used "a nurse's diary, articles and transcripts from a subsequent war crimes trial" as resources when dramatizing the story. [15] The opera premiered on 26 June 2018 at Calvin Presbyterian Church in Toronto.
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