Dr. Jessie Wright Martin Voice: mezzo-soprano Assistant Professor of Music Pittsburg State University Department of Music 1701 S. Broadway Pittsburg, KS 66762 620/235-4481 office phone 620/235-4468 fax jmartin@pittstate.edu

Jessie Wright Martin holds the Doctor of Music and Master of Music degree from Louisiana State University and the Bachelor of Music degree from The Florida State University. She has enjoyed great success singing on both the lyric and concert stages. A frequent performer of twentieth-century music, Dr. Martin has twice performed George Crumb's Madrigals, Book III, and appeared as mezzo-soprano soloist in the world premiere of Dinos Constantinides' Voices of the Milleniums. She has appeared with the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Louisiana Sinfonietta, Pensacola Opera, and the Ohio Light Opera, where, in addition to performing, she has also served as an administrator. Dr. Martin recently collaborated with Dr. James Stuart on an English translation of the operetta Der Zigeunerprimas by Emmerich Kálmán. A winner of numerous awards and competitions including those sponsored by the Rose Palmai-Tenser Mobile Opera Competition, Baton Rouge Opera Guild, Baton Rouge Rotary Club, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Dr. Martin can be heard on recordings of several operettas on the Newport Classic and Albany Record labels.