Gwendolen Martin

Gwendolen Martin studied music at Worcester College, Oxford and singing at Trinity Laban. She now enjoys a career as a soloist and ensemble singer. Recent highlights include Solomon’s Knot’s Class of 1685 tour, A Mortal Muse recital with Dowland’s Foundry (Oxford Festival of the Arts), Purcell’s Indian Queen (Opéra Lille, Emmanuelle Haïm), Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Gluck’s Orfeo (The Sixteen, Grange Festival), Sweet Ayres of Arcadia lute song recitals with Din Ghani (Brighton Early Music Festival and Corvedale Festival), recitals for Handel House Talent (Handel and Hendrix in London), Handel recitals with violinist, Maggie Faultless (Music for Awhile) and touring The Leaves Be Greene with Chelys Consort of Viols at several of the UK's music festivals. She has performed and recorded with Dowland’s Foundry, Solomon’s Knot, The Monteverdi Choir, BBC Singers, The Sixteen, The Tallis Scholars, The Gabrieli Consort, Eric Whitacre Singers, Ensemble Plus Ultra, Oxford Bach Soloists, London Choral Sinfonia, La Nuova Musica, London Voices, The King’s Consort and The Marian Consort. Gwendolen is passionate about music education and manages the Curriculum Partnership Programme for Southwark Music, training specialist music teachers in 30 primary schools.