Dr. Stephen Martin has performed and conducted across North America, Europe, and Asia. Stephen has sung with opera companies such as Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Minnesota Opera, Sarasota Opera, and many more singing leading roles in La Traviata, La Boheme, The Tales of Hoffmann, Puts’ Silent Night and the world premiere of Joel Puckett’s The Fix, to name a few.

Stephen has served as both conductor and clinician throughout in the US and Europe. Notably, he shared the podium with Dr. David Rayl, co-conducting performances in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria, and performing as the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Missa Brevis in F on the same concert. Stephen served for two years as Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Central Arkansas until he transitioned fully into Music Ministry, where he now serves as Director of Music and Fine Arts at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church and is Co-Director of Worship for the United Methodist Texas Annual Conference.

Stephen holds a DMA in Vocal Performance, Masters Degrees in Voice and Music Theory Pedagogy, and a BM in Voice from Michigan State University.