JoRon 2000 Ltd Audio Book Artist's

"Barbara Ann Martin"

Barbara Ann Martin has performed throughout the United States , Europe & Asia, appearing at major music festivals such as Aspen , Boulder , Ravinia, Caramoor, Huddersfield, Adelaide & Salzburg . A well-known interpreter of the works of American composer George Crumb, she has sung his master-work Ancient Voices of Children in collaboration with Zubin Mehta, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin & New York Philharmonics, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Maggio Musicale, the Montreal Symphony & the Israel Philharmonic.

Her opera appearances include the Metropolitan, Chicago (as guest artist with the Lyric Opera Center ), Central City, New Jersey State & Minnesota Operas. Ms. Martin’s recordings feature works by Argento, Babbitt, Crumb, Hovhaness, Husa, Rochberg, Thompson, Talma & Ung.

She is the featured soloist on the 2010 Grammy-Nominated CD A Journey Beyond Time & The Winds of Destiny by George Crumb in two song cycles written for her by the composer.

Ms. Martin has been a guest professor at the International Summer Academy Mozarteum in Salzburg & the Royal Danish & Odense Conservatories in Denmark . She has served on the faculties of Bennington College , CUNY at Brooklyn and is currently Voice Department Chair at The Music Institute of Chicago. She is a member of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, & Co-Director of the Central Region.

She is also an active member of Sag /Aftra & serves on the Singers Committee in Chicago, Illinois.

"Now she is bringing her dramatic & entertaining interpretations directly to you through her audio books!"