CDU Researcher Profile

• Research interests
• Publications
• Current projects
• Recent completions supervised

Research Interests

Martin's research interests include:

• The Bach Cello Suites
• Anna Magdalena Bach
• The Darwin Symphony Orchestra
• The Cyclic Scale System for String Players
• The History of Musical and Culinary arts
• Orchestras in Regional and Remote Northern Australia

Recent Publications

Recent Publications

• "The Significance of Anna Magdalena Bach", Musical Opinion July/Aug 2005
• "Forensic Document Examination of the 1720 Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach" Musical Opinion Sept/Oct 2005
• "Celebrations and Festivals in Darwin" Orchestral Outlook Aug - Oct 2005
• "Retrogressive Concatenation" Stringendo 2005
• "The Art of Fugue", Stringendo. Bodal Graphics Design: Brisbane, QLD, Australia 2003
• "Bach, An Extraordinary Life", Stringendo. Bodal Graphics Design: Brisbane, QLD, Austalia 2003
• “Did J S Bach Write the Cello Suites? Part 2 The Musical Analysis” Stringendo Australia 2003
• “Did Johann Sebastian Write the Cello Suites?” Musical Opinion, UK, 2002
• “Did J S Bach Write the Cello Suites? Part 1” Stringendo, Australia, 2002
• “Performing Outside the Box” TOAN Journal, Australia, 2002
• “Kreutzer Uncovered” The Strad, London, 2001
• “The Mystery of the Kreutzer Studies” Stringendo, Australia, 2001
• “The String Players Pocket Dictionary” NTUniprint 2001 - Book
• “Strength in Diversity or Education vs Art” TOAN Journal 2000
• “Presenting Performances in Remote Locations” TOAN Journal 1999

Conference presentations

• 2005 'Social Justice Flows from Music in the Community - A Practical Example in the Northern Territory' The Musicological Society of Australia National Conference, Sydney
• 2005 "Rehearsal Techniques" Australian Music Educators National Conference, Canberrra
• 2004 “Performing Outside the Box” The Orchestras Of Australia Network Conference, Brisbane
• 2003 "The Art of Fugue", Stringendo. Bodal Graphics Design: Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
• 2003 "Bach, An Extraordinary Life", Stringendo. Bodal Graphics Design: Brisbane, QLD, Austalia
• 2002 “Did J S Bach Write the Cello Suites” Musicological Society Conference - Newcastle
• 2002 “Connecting With....” International Forum Queensland Conservatorium of Music - Brisbane
• 1998 “Turning the right key in your community” National TOAN conference - Sydney
• 1993 “Conducting” Australian String Association Nation Conference - Canberra
  

Commissions

• Commission & World Premier - Concerto fro Cello and Guitar by David Harris, Darwin International Guitar Festival (2005)
• World Premier - Burke & Wills Suite for Orchestra by Peter Sculthorpe, Australian Society for Music Education (2003)

National television reviews

• Earth Poem Sky Poem - produced by the ABC Review program 1993
• The Shell Darwin International Guitar Festival - produced by the ABC Review program 1993

Current Projects

Other currently active research and publications in preparation

• Working title - "Did JS Bach write the Cello Suites?"
• Working title - "The Darwin Symphony Orchestra - A personal history" (completed 1974 - 90)
• Working title - "The Cyclic Scale System for String Players" (ready for submission for publication)
• Working title - "If Music Be The Food - a history of musical and culinary art" (early research stage)
• Working title - "Food and Music of the Northern Territory" (co-authored with Chef, Steve Sunk)

Grants received during the past fourteen years

Martin has applied for and received funding from both Australia Council, the Northern Territory Government and NT University. Apart from his own internal research, grant funding was sought on behalf of the DSO and CYM. The total value of the grants is well in excess of $1,000,000.00

Recent Completions Supervised