Original Compositions
Solo Instrument
3 Travelers, for solo bassoon LISTEN PURCHASE
Isolation Etudes, for solo bassoon LISTEN PURCHASE
Kentucky Woods, for solo clarinet LISTEN PURCHASE
Meme Engine, for solo flute LISTEN PURCHASE
Perhaps Even Dangerously, for solo harp LISTEN PURCHASE
Parkour!, for solo bassoon LISTEN PURCHASE
Seymour Looks In, for solo oboe LISTEN PURCHASE
Solo Instrument plus Piano
farewell…not goodbye, for bassoon/piano LISTEN PURCHASE
Ghost Light, for bassoon/piano LISTEN PURCHASE
Tales of the River Horse, for bassoon/piano LISTEN PURCHASE
Viral Hippo, for contrabassoon/piano LISTEN PURCHASE
The Young Paleontologist’s Guide to North American Fossils, for horn/piano
Flora Sonatas
Corpse Flower, for oboe /piano LISTEN PURCHASE
Strangler Fig, for horn/piano LISTEN PURCHASE
Solo Instrument plus Ensemble
The Crater of Doom, for contrabassoon and chamber orchestra (PURCHASE the piano reduction)
Chamber Ensembles
Bixby Walks Alone, for two marimbas/four players LISTEN PURCHASE
Fallen Rocks, for saxophone quartet (SATB) LISTEN PURCHASE
From the Pablo-Allard Herd, for clarinet choir (Premiere Date TDB)
Neon Lights over Desert Skies, for flute, alto flute and bassoon LISTEN PURCHASE
Quills, for oboe, English horn, and clarinet. (Available soon!)
Sonora Desert Museum, for bassoon trio (To be premiered and available in October 2026)
Thaw, for bassoon and contrabassoon LISTEN PURCHASE
Zoological Suites
Apex Predator, for bassoon and bass clarinet LISTEN PURCHASE
(Versions for Bass Clarinet and Bassoon Duet are also available.)
Extant Flight, for flexible double reed ensemble (Available for purchase in 2027)
Feliformia, for oboe and bassoon LISTEN PURCHASE
Modern Dinosaur, for flute(oboe), clarinet and bassoon LISTEN PURCHASE
Concert Band
Sheyenne River, for concert band (Grade 3-4) LISTEN PURCHASE
The Skiing Wolfhound, for concert band (Grade 0.5 – 1)
To purchase scores, please use my Shop page. For physical scores, please contact me directly.
Upcoming Performances of Martin’s Music (all times local)
September 27, 2026 – Sonora Desert Museum (WORLD PREMIERE), for bassoon trio. Cassandra Bendickson Reid, Brenda Buys, Daniel Hulsey, bassoons. Bisbee Woman’s Club For Love of Music, Bisbee Woman’s Clubhouse, Bisbee, AZ Time TBD For More Information
2026 Performances of Martin’s Music
March – Ghost Light, for bassoon and piano. Meghan Freer, bassoon. University of Maryland, College Park, MD
April – Tales of the River Horse, for bassoon and piano. Jacob Olson, bassoon; Miaoqian Liu, piano. Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
July – Thaw (WORLD PREMIERE), for bassoon and contrabassoon. Miriam Brack Webber, bassoon; Martin J. Van Klompenberg, contrabassoon. farewell…not goodbye (WORLD PREMIERE) for bassoon and piano. Cody Hunter, bassoon. Extant Flight (WORLD PREMIERE) for flexible double reed ensemble. Sarah Wildey-Richmond and the University of Texas at San Antonio Double Reed Ensemble. 2026 IDRS Annual Conference, Oxford, Ohio. Quills (WORLD PREMIERE), for oboe, English horn and clarinet. Kentucky Woods, for solo clarinet. Seymour Looks In (WORLD PREMIERE), for solo oboe. Larkspur Reed Trio (Stephanie Carlson, Susan Miranda, Amy McCann), Vanguard New Music Series, Arts on Lafond, St. Paul, MN
August – The Skiing Wolfhound (World Premiere), for concert band. Rushmore Music Camp Junior High School Band (Darcy Brandenburg, conductor), Johnson Fine Arts Center, Aberdeen, SD
2025 Performances of Martin’s Music
January – Tales of the River Horse, for bassoon and piano. Elizabeth Crawford, bassoon; Allison Michelle, piano, BYU-Idaho, Rexburg, ID
March – Sheyenne River, for band. Sheyenne High School Wind Ensemble (West Fargo, ND), North Dakota Music Education Association Annual Conference, Bismarck, ND. Strangler Fig, for horn and piano. Andrew Tryon, horn, Mid-South Horn Workshop, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AK
July – Kentucky Woods (FULL PERFORMANCE PREMIERE), for solo clarinet. Carrie RavenStem and Adria Sutherland, clarinet. ICA ClarinetFest, Fort Worth, TX
December – Viral Hippo, for contrabassoon and piano. Sara Estrella Segura Hidalgo. Escuela de Artes Musicales, San Jose, Costa Rica
2024 Performances of Martin’s Music
February – Bixby Walks Alone, for marimba quartet. 240 Northern. Vancouver, British Columbia; Corpse Flower, for oboe and piano. Stephanie Carlson, oboe; Meeyoun Park, piano. Murray State University, Murray, KY
April – Kentucky Woods, for solo clarinet. Kaylin Bosworth, clarinet. Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
May – Modern Dinosaur, for flute, clarinet and bassoon. Chameleon Winds. Lincoln Hall, Portland State University, Portland, OR
June – The Crater of Doom, for contrabassoon and piano. Leigh Munoz, contrabassoon. Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI
July – Corpse Flower, for oboe and piano. Erin Webber, oboe; Feliformia, for oboe and bassoon (WORLD PREMIERE). Erin Webber, oboe; Sarah Wildey-Richmond, bassoon; The Crater of Doom (WORLD PREMIERE), for contrabassoon and chamber orchestra (WORLD PREMIERE). Leigh Munoz, contrabassoon soloist, with Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra. 2024 IDRS Annual Conference, Flagstaff, AZ
October- 3 Travelers, for solo bassoon. Mackie Thomas, bassoon. Flute New Music Consortium New Music Festival , University of Nebraska – Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska; Corpse Flower, for oboe and piano. Erica Rhodes, oboe; Anastasia Bryant, piano; Snyder Music Academy, Fayetteville, NC