John Martin performs regularly on trumpet and soprano/alto/tenor/baritone saxophones with groups such as:

Artie Stuart Barcelona Barry Newman The Big Apple Pops Orchestra Black Tie Boogie BrassWorks Brass Quintet Broad Banned Cashmere Cats On A Smooth Surface CTO Tribeca Daddy Pop Dane Anthony Don't Call Me Francis The Duprees Ernie White

Essex County Summer Players (Orchestra) The Fever The Fins The FrostKings Gachupín The Gforce Band Holiday Express Hyperactive The Infernos Line Drive Marc Elliot Melanie Rice The Nerds (Tom Makoviecki's) New Jersey Shore Sax Quintet

New Sussex Symphony The Next Generation of Soul Orquesta Impacto Sid Miller Skin Tight Skyline Drive Orchestra The Smokin' Section The Stardust Big Band Swingadelic The Swingtime Orchestra The Trend Tom Vincent The Tonemasters The Voodudes

John attended DePauw University on a full scholarship as a Music Performance/Pre-Engineering double major.   At DePauw John soloed with the University Orchestra, performed with the Faculty Brass Quintet, freelanced as principal trumpet of a professional orchestra in Indianapolis, and played first trumpet in the band, jazz band and orchestra.

After graduating from DePauw, John earned a Bachelor's Degree (Engineering Science) from NJIT.   While studying there, John freelanced in a number of musical genres such as salsa, rock, original, polka, German, church music, classical solo and duo recitals, etc.   It was during this time that John took up the soprano saxophone, later adding alto, tenor and baritone saxes as well as flute, clarinet, oboe and all recorders to his stable of instruments.

John has worked as a Crystal Growth Engineer/Product Manager, a Programmer/Project Manager, and now as a Programming/Web Design Consultant (www.jomamano.com).   He has studied Computer Science at Rutgers and Optics at Princeton.   Since college he has been an Adjunct Instructor at Delbarton School in Morristown, NJ, conducting the Brass and Saxophone Ensembles over the years as well as working as a private trumpet, trombone and saxophone instructor.