Stephen Martin was educated in Redcar and graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. A successful young flautist, he later did a music performance degree and held a chair of music. He is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World and Debrett’s People of Today.
Mini CV – Flute playing experience
2016 – Professor of Music, College of Music, Faculty of Arts, University of Mahasarakham
Researched and published on musical portraits in the enlightenment, portraits of musical Regency women, Dr Ferdinand Dejean in Asia and the commissioning of the Mozart flute works, early enlightenment in Northeast England, concert going behaviour in the Victorian Northeast. Lectured on history of music, music and the brain. Taught flute & ensembles. Supervised music therapy PhD’s.
Passed Performance Diploma, Licentiate of Trinity College London, LTCL, Concert Flute, Summer 2016.
Some Recent Concerts & Lecture-concerts
Solo and chamber performance, Walholzkirche, Hunolstein, Rhineland, 2015.
Isaan Flute Quartet and solo recital of LTCL programme – J S Bach A minor Partita, Fantasies by Georges Hüe & Phillipe Gaubert, François Borne Carmen Fantaisie. Mahasarakham University Concert Hall, Thailand, January, 2016.
Flute and piano recital with Edward Cheesman. Late baroque and romantic works. Wendling Concerto in C. Debussy Syrinx. Vaughan Williams flute arrangements. Mittelmosel Museum, Villa Böcking, Traben Trarbach. Accompanied by Beethoven’s original Walter family pianoforte, April 2016.
Flute Music of the Courts of Mannheim and Zweibrücken, Bangkok, June 2016.
Several lecture concerts for English Heritage/National Trust Heritage Open days, for National Trust events and for Tag des Offenen Denkmals, Council of Europe Heritage Days in Germany, 2012 – date.
The flute – the instrument of gentlefolk in the eighteenth century. Kedleston Hall, Derby, June 2016.
Ferdinand Dejean – Psychodynamics of a musical and medical life in Asia and Europe. British Society for eighteenth-century studies, early years conference, Barcelona, June 2016.
The flute in the eighteenth century – an instrument of gentlefolk. British Society for eighteenth-century studies, early years conference, Barcelona, June 2016.
Christian hope in the portrait of Mozart’s patron Dr Ferdinand Dejean. Research forum, St Chads’ College, University of Durham, November 2017.
Regency Flute and Guitar, Ormesby Hall, September 2018.
Victorian Music at Auckland Flower Show, Shildon, October 2018.
A curious karma? The fall of Ayuthaya and Mozart’s flute music, Lecture Concert, Siam Society, Bangkok, February 2019
Dr Ferdinand Dejean – surviving Batavia, sponsoring Mozart, Lecture Concert, James Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby, April, 2019
Unaccompanied 18th-Century Flute Works, Recital, Lit and Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne, April, 2019. J S Bach A minor Partita, CPE Bach A minor Sonata, Telemann Fantaisie F# minor, Tromlitz Partita E minor, ATJN Stamitz Caprices
Many voluntary performances for The National Trust, including Ormesby Hall and Nunnington Hall in 2018, playing Bach, Mozart, Telemann and 18th century songs on baroque and concert flute. Reconstructed performance from Reynolds portrait evidence.
Guest lecturer/performer for Luxury Heritage Tours.
Study CV – lessons in the North East of England from 1976 with the jazz player Ray Dales, the flute-teaching author Derek Henderson, Edwin Raymond (former Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra flautist, later Cleveland County Music Adviser) and the American Leigh Hannah, as well as learning occasionally with David Haslam, conductor/flautist of the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Fritz Spiegl of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the baroque expert Mary Tyers.
Masterclasses with James Galway’s teacher Geoffrey Gilbert, Trevor Wye, David Nicholson, Stephen Preston (baroque flute) and recently with the soloist Wissam Boustany.
As a teenager, performed Mozart’s D Major Flute Concerto, age 13. Principal Flute Cleveland Youth Orchestra inc. winning The National Festival, (Stravinsky Rite of Spring, Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Tchaikovsky Symphony 5, Franck Symphony D Minor, Aaron Copland Rodeo), semi-professional Principal Flautist in Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra (Sibelius Symphony 2, Verdi Requiem, Carmina Burana, Brahms Requiem), Principal Flautist under Prof George Hajinikos (Brahms Symphonies series) and semi-professional Principal Flautist/Piccolo in Middlesbrough Little Theatre Orchestra.
Baroque (Vivaldi) & French impressionist (Fauré, Debussy) recital performance in King’s Hall, 1985, with the pianist Professor Denis Matthews, famous for accompanying the horn player Dennis Brain. Performed solo Telemann Flute Concerto in D, with University Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Professor Eric Cross, Gulbenkian Theater, 1984.
Musical Broadcasts
1981 Haydn’s Creation obligatti on solo baroque flute live on BBC Radio 3 from Stockton Parish Church, with Sarah Walker CBE and Sir Thomas Allen.
1982 Directed/played a Rossini Wind Quartet on ITV.
1982 Accompanied Dame Janet Baker on BBC Radio 3 in Elgar’s Sea Pictures as Principal flautist in the national festival award-winning Cleveland Youth Orchestra.
Other media experience Contributions to numerous national and international newspaper, radio and television items including The Times, The Guardian, BBC World Service News, BBC News 24, Look North, CNN and Balkan News Network. Guest on a Desert Island Discs programme for BBC Radio Cleveland.
History Research Award
George Henderson Scholarship for history research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1982. This was on architecture and music in 18th century Newcastle.
Languages spoken
English, French, German, Thai
Full UK driving licence
Recent DBS full CRB, never convictions/cautions
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