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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.

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