Robert Martin began composing at age 10. After receiving Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Music Composition from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, he worked at various jobs, including as an apprentice in pipe organ restoration.
In 1976, the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the Charles Ives Scholarship for outstanding music composition, allowing him to continue post-graduate studies in New York. In 1979, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to Vienna in music composition. Returning to New York in 1980, he turned his attention to Wall Street, rising to the position of Senior Vice President in investment banking at a leading firm, and serving as financial advisor to the City of New York. As the 1999 recipient of the Japan-U.S. Creative Artist Fellowship in music composition, he spent six months traveling throughout Japan.
Active as a composer full time, he lives in mid-town Manhattan, and travels widely in Asia, Europe and North America. Robert Martin's music is published by the Theodore Presser Company, and is recorded on the Furious Artisans and CRI record labels.
Web: http://www.presser.com/Composers/info.cfm?Name=ROBERTMARTIN