Performer

I am privileged to have been invited to share my skills as Recitalist, Composer, presenter of Hymn Festivals, and Conductor for churches, conventions, and conferences throughout the US. Sometimes these performances have been in conjunction with workshops for AGO chapters and other regional gatherings of musicians. The lines between "Meet the Composer" appearances and recitals are often blurred, thus I have included formal presentations of my music in the Recitals list here, as well as on the Presenter page.

Recitals

Along with solo performances of organ works from various periods and traditions, I have enjoyed a lifetime of collaboration with vocalists, instrumentalists, and choirs in concerts. Comfortable on both mechanical and electric action organs, I play a wide variety of repertoire which can be tailored to audiences composed of the average parishioner or the most sophisticated organ enthusiast.

Previous Recitals

The following are the majority of my appearances since 1990.

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration · Aeolian-Skinner/Sipe organ · Dallas, TX · May 7, 2006, 7:00 p.m.

Transfigured Nights - Compline +
John Korak, trumpet, with Joel Martinson, organ

The Instrument of Kings and the King of Instruments: 300 Years of Transcriptions for Trumpet and Organ

• Albinoni: Concerto in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2
• Donizetti, transcribed Josef Kail: Cavatina and Waltz
• Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer: I, II, and IV
• Lewis J. Buckley: The Yellow Rose of Texas Variations
• Copland: At the River

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration · Dallas, TX · March 5, 2006, 7:00 p.m.

Transfigured Nights - Compline +
Ava Pine, soprano, with Joel Martinson, piano

• Barber: Hermit Songs
• Martinson: Rise up, My Love - Five Poems from the Song of Songs

St. Mark Lutheran Church · Schantz organ · Salem, OR · November 11, 2005, 7:30 p.m.

Lutheran Fine Arts Center & St. Mark Lutheran Church Organ Committee, sponsors

In Honor and In Memory

• J. S. Bach:
  • Prelude in C minor, BWV 546a
  • Chorale Prelude on Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
  • Fugue in C minor, BWV 546b
• Barber, transcribed William Strickland: Adagio for Strings
• George Shearing: Sacred Sounds based on Early American Hymn Tunes -
  • Jerusalem, My Happy Home
  • There Is a Happy Land
• Martinson:
  • Toccata à la Gigue
  • Five Holy Sonnets on Texts of John Donne, with David Reece, tenor
• Dupré: Cortège et Litanie
• Martinson: Litany
• Jehan Alain: Litanies

Episcopal Church of the Ascension · Pasi organ · Dallas, TX · April 13, 2005, noon

Dedicatory Easter Season Concerts

• John Bennett: Trumpet Voluntary in D
• Mendelssohn: Sonata II in C minor
• Three Chorale Preludes:
  • Ernst Pepping: Sonne der Gerechtigkeit
  • Hermann Schroeder: Schönster Herr Jesu
  • Hugo Distler: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
• Daniel Pinkham: Four Marian Antiphons, with David Reece, tenor
• Martinson: Partita on "Christ Is Arisen"

Saint Rita Catholic Community · Bedient organ · Dallas, TX · November 9, 2003, 7:30 p.m.

Saint Rita Fine Arts - "Joel Martinson & Friends"

• Gaspard Corrette: Kyrie from Mass on the 8th Tone - (with chant in alternatim)
  • Grand Plein Jeu, Kyrie eleison, Fugue
  • Christe eleison, Cromhorne en Taille, Christe eleison
  • Trio a deux dessus, Kyrie eleison, Dialogue a deux Chœurs
• J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
• Harald Genzmer: Sonata for Trombone and Organ, with Donny Pinson, trombone
• Martinson:
  • Rise up, My Love - Five Poems from the Song of Songs, with David Reece, tenor
  • Tuba Suite for Organ
• Beethoven: Adagio assai for a Mechanical Clock Organ, organ duet with Damin Spritzer
• Rutter: Variations on an Easter Theme for Organ Duet, with Damin Spritzer

University of St. Thomas · Chapel of St. Basil · Schoenstein organ · Houston, TX · November 10, 2002, 3:00 p.m.

Annual Monaghan Concert

• Barber, transcribed William Strickland: Adagio for Strings
• Mendelssohn: Sonata II in C minor
• George Shearing: Sacred Sounds based on Early American Hymn Tunes -
  • Amazing Grace
  • There Is a Happy Land
• Saint-Saëns: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 99, No. 3
• J. S. Bach: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
• Dupré: Cortège et Litanie
• Martinson: Litany
• Jehan Alain: Litanies

Saint Rita Catholic Community · Bedient organ · Dallas, TX · October 13, 2002, 7:30 p.m.

Saint Rita Fine Arts - Tenth Anniversary Season and Tenth Anniversary of the Organ

• Buxtehude: Præludium in C Major, BuxWV 137
• J. Pachelbel: Ciacona in F minor
• Scheidt: Magnificat on the 9th Tone (with chant in alternatim)
• Martinson: Bright Beams - Fantasy for Organ
• George Shearing: Two Sacred Sounds for Organ -
  • Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound
  • There Is a Happy Land
• J. S. Bach: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654
• Saint-Saëns: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 99, No. 3
• Dupré: Cortège et Litanie
• Jehan Alain: Litanies

Memphis Chapter, AGO · St. George's Episcopal Church · Reuter Organ · Germantown, TN · April 8, 2002, 8:00 p.m.

Composer's Forum - Music of Joel Martinson

• Two Organ Works:
  • Epithalamium Suite
  • Twelve Organ Trios (selections)
• Hymn: Kessler Park
• Three Choral Works, with the Coventry Choir of St. George's Church:
  • O Spirit All-Embracing
  • Arise, My Love
  • From My Heart Springs a Song
• Litany for Organ
• Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23
• Toccata à la Gigue
• Hymn: When Music Wakes My Sleeping Heart (Appleton)

Church of the Nativity · Aeolian-Skinner organ · Huntsville, AL · November 9, 2001, 7:30 p.m.

Music for the Nativity Series

• Mendelssohn: Sonata II in C minor
• Barber, transcribed William Strickland: Adagio for Strings
• Martinson:
  • Tuba Suite
  • Five Holy Sonnets on Texts of John Donne, with David Reece, tenor
• George Shearing: Sacred Sounds based on Early American Hymn Tunes -
  • Come Away to the Skies
  • Jerusalem, My Happy Home
  • There Is a Happy Land
• Jehan Alain: Litanies
• Martinson: Rise Up, My Love, with David Reece, tenor

First Lutheran Church · Balcom & Vaughan organ · Astoria, Oregon · May 20, 2001, 4:00 p.m.

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Organ
In memory of Arne and Eunice Strandjord and their ministry

• J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 536
• Music for Lent
  • Schroeder: Beautiful Savior
  • Johnson: Wondrous Love
  • Hymn: What Wondrous Love Is This (Wondrous Love)
  • Martinson: Litany
• In Memoriam
  • Kjell Mørk Karlsen: Who Is This Host Arrayed in White
  • Hymn: Children of the Heavenly Father (Tryggare kan ingen vara)
• Music for the Easter Season
  • Mendelssohn: Sonata II in C Minor
  • Hymn: Lift High the Cross (Crucifer)
  • Jongen: Petit Prélude
  • Buxtehude: Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord, BuxWV 199
  • Martinson: Partita on "Christ Is Arisen"

Highland Park Presbyterian Church · Wynne Chapel · Schoenstein organ · Dallas, TX · March 21, 2001, 12:00 noon

Lenten Recital Series

Music for the Lamb of God

• J. S. Bach: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 656
• Martinson: Partita on the Lenten Chorale: "A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth"
• Martin: Agnus Dei pour Orgue
• Martinson: Litany

Calvary Episcopal Church · Noehren organ · Rochester, MN · February 23, 2001, 7:30 p.m.

Meet the Composer - Music of Joel Martinson

• Incarnation Suite on "Puer natus est nobis"
• Hymn: Kessler Park
• Epithalamium Suite
• Five Holy Sonnets on Texts of John Donne, with David Reece, tenor
• Twelve Organ Trios: I. Prelude, II. Canon, III. Ostinato, IV. Chaconne, and XII. Vivace
• Hymn: Laurel, with Thomas Hinniker, oboe
• Litany for Organ
• Toccata à la Gigue

Saint Rita Catholic Community · Bedient organ · Dallas, TX · May 22, 2000, 7:30 p.m.

Saint Rita Fine Arts - Saint Rita Day - Concert & Icon Presentation
Patti Spain, soprano, and David Reece, tenor, with Joel Martinson, piano and organ

• The Virgin's Life
  • Barber: Saint Ita's Vision (Hermit Songs)
  • Martinson: Shadows and Brightness (Cycle of Light)
  • Rheinberger: Maria (The Star of Bethlehem)
  • Caccini: Maria, dolce Maria (Il Primo Libro)
  • Purcell: Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel
  • Durante: Vergin, tutto amor
• The Virgin Enthroned
  • Pinkham: Four Marian Antiphons
• The Three Marys
  • Saint-Saëns: Ave Maria
  • Caroline Maude: Magdalen
  • Barber: The Heavenly Banquet (Hermit Songs)

Saint Mark's Episcopal Church · Flentrop organ · Berkeley, CA · May 14, 2000, 6:10 p.m.

Second Sunday Series

• Böhm: Præludium in C Major
• J. Pachelbel: Ciacona in F minor
• Buxtehude: Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BuxWV 199
• J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 536
• Martinson:
  • Partita on "Christ Is Arisen"
  • Twelve Organ Trios: XI. Aria and XII. Vivace

Cathedral Guadalupe · Grand Salon · Dallas, TX · October 21, 1998, 12:05 p.m.

Cathedral Dallas - Suites before Lunch
David Reece, tenor, with Joel Martinson, piano

New Spheres - Compositions for Voice and Piano by Joel Martinson

• Morning Has Broken (from Cycle of Light)
• Rise Up, My Love
• Five Holy Sonnets on Texts by John Donne

Saint Rita Catholic Community · Bedient organ · Dallas, TX · November 9, 1997, 7:30 p.m.

Saint Rita Fine Arts

• J. S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540
• Franck: Pastorale
• Böhm: Partita on "Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele"
• Duruflé: Suite, Op. 5

Saint Rita Catholic Community · Bedient organ · Dallas, TX · April 28, 1996, 7:30 p.m.

Saint Rita Fine Arts

• Martinson: Sortie
• Hindemith: Sonata III
• Sweelinck: Mein junges Leben hat ein End'
• J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552
• Martinson: Cycle of Light, with David Reece, tenor
• Dupré: Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7, No. 1

Cimarron Chapter, AGO · First Christian Church · Dobson organ · Stillwater, OK · November 10, 1995, 8:00 p.m.

• Martinson: Sortie
• Hindemith: Sonata III
• Frank: Prélude, Fugue et Variation
• J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552
• Dupré: Fifteen Pieces Founded on Antiphons, Book I
• Martinson: Miriam's Dance

Saint Rita Catholic Community · Bedient organ · Dallas, TX · November 13, 1994, 7:30 p.m.

Saint Rita Fine Arts - "Joel Martinson & Friends II"

• Frank: Choral No. 3 in A minor
• Jeremiah Clarke: Suite in D Major, with John Korak, trumpet
• Martinson: Epithalamium Suite
• Hovhaness: Prayer of Saint Gregory, with John Korak, trumpet
• Sowerby: Fantasy, with John Korak, trumpet
• Callahan: Ragtime, organ duet with Annette Albrecht
• Sousa, arr. Chenault: The Stars and Stripes Forever, organ duet with Annette Albrecht

Saint Rita Catholic Community · Bedient organ · Dallas, TX · June 5, 1994, 7:30 p.m.

Saint Rita Fine Arts - "Joel Martinson & Friends" - Music of Joel Martinson
Saint Rita Choir and Cantate Domino, Michie Akin, guest conductor

• Festival Intrada
• O Perfect Love, with Susan Schmitz, soprano
• Postlude for a Festival Day
• Evening Service for Saint Mark's School of Texas
• Sonata for Piano, David Cloutier, piano
• Five Holy Sonnets on Texts of John Donne, with David Reece, tenor
• Twelve Organ Trios: I. Prelude, III. Ostinato, IV. Chaconne, XII. Vivace
• Psalm 98, with John Korak, trumpet
• Arise, Shine!
• Hymn: Transfiguration
• Annette Albrecht, guest organist:
  • Rondeau Medievale
  • Aria on a Chaconne
  • Miriam's Dance

Saint Rita Catholic Community · Bedient organ · Dallas, TX · May 16, 1993, 7:30 p.m.

Saint Rita Fine Arts - Inaugural Year of the Organ

• Dupré: Fifteen Pieces Founded on Antiphons, Book I
• J. S. Bach: Sonata VI in G Major, BWV 530
• Bernardo Pasquini: Partite sopra le Aria della Folia da Espagna
• Antonio Valente: La Romanesca con cinque mutanze
• Frank: Prélude, Fugue et Variation
• Vierne: Symphonie I: IV. Allegro Vivace, V. Andante, and VI. Final

Houston Chapter, AGO · St. Paul's United Methodist Church · Schantz organ · Houston, TX · January 22, 1993, 8:00 p.m.

Composer's Forum with the members of the St. Paul's Choir - Music of Joel Martinson

• Works from "Salvation unto Us Has Come"
  • Triptych on "Salvation unto Us Has Come"
  • God So Loved the World
• Early Pieces and Organ Partitas
  • Solo: Children of the Heavenly Father
  • Partita on "Christ Is Arisen": III. Dialogue
  • Partita on "O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright": IV. Sarabande
  • Partita on "Savior of the Nations, Come: VI. Toccata
  • Hymn: When In Our Music God Is Glorified (Engelberg)
• Trios and Motets
  • Twelve Trios for Organ: XI. Aria and X. Scherzo
  • Five Motets for Choir: And the Word Became Flesh and Arise, My Love
  • Locus iste
  • Partita on "A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth": III. He answered from his tender heart…
  • Solo: O Perfect Love
• Accompanied Choral Music
  • Adam Lay Ybounden
  • By All Your Saints Still Striving
  • Jubilate Deo
• Hymns and Service Music
  • Hymn: St. Clement (St. Mark's Organ Book)
  • Psalm 34
  • Aria on a Chaconne
  • Hymn: Transfiguration
  • Postlude for a Festival Day

First Lutheran Church · Balcom & Vaughan organ · Astoria, OR · September 23, 1990, 4:00 p.m.

Organ Dedication Recital

• J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 545
• Buxtehude: O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright, BuxWV 223
• Martin: Agnus Dei pour Orgue
• J. G. Walther: Concerto in B minor after Vivaldi, LV 133
• Rheinberger: Sonata IV in A minor, Op. 98
• Martinson: Twelve Organ Trios: IV. Ostinato, X. Scherzo, XI. Aria, and XII. Vivace
• Hymn: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Ein' feste Burg)
• J. S. Bach: Fugue in G Major "Gigue," BWV 577

Hymn Festivals

One of my great joys of the last dozen years has come from the opportunity to design, compose, and present hymn festivals. As an organist, I find little that is more thrilling than accompanying an actively-participating group of singers! I like to enliven the hymns with various musical treatments — introductions, interludes, reharmonizations, and descants — and also with spoken text drawn from various sources. Along with the festival theme, I sometimes have secondary threads through the script, for example, in the case of the festival for the Region VII AGO convention in 2003, the majority of the texts spoke to the role of the organ as the primary leader of congregational song, and the importance of hymnody in the health of a congregation. In addition, the hymns chosen for the festival represented the various immigrants who settled the area around San Antonio.

In terms of musical forces, I prefer to have SATB choir, brass quintet, and timpani at my disposal to offer the greatest contrasts in hymn festivals. Usually more than half of the festival is accompanied by organ alone, with me at the console. I write out all the settings of the hymns in advance, so each festival produces at least a few new festival hymn settings. I plan to publish these settings in a series of collections in the near future. On occasion, the hosting body has commissioned a new hymn tune and festival setting to be premiered at an upcoming hymn festival. I very much enjoy writing in this genre, and welcome these opportunities to create new works for the church and future festivals.

"A high standard of hymn and service playing was evident throughout the convention. Organist/composer Joel Martinson…delivered a hymn festival spanning many centuries and styles. Martinson's work at the console, along with the well-blended brass ensemble and lively choir, was crystal clear and full of variety and color. Martinson's new hymn, 'When music wakes my sleeping heart,' commissioned for the convention, was a particular highlight — full of majestic sweep and innovative harmonies."

— Scott R. Riedel · The American Organist, October 1997

"Thanks for the email about your Hymn Festival yesterday! I was there…and just wanted you to know that there was NO ONE there who enjoyed it more than I! First of all - I just love being at Transfiguration. It could almost turn me into an Episcopalian! The music was glorious. Your hymn arrangements were so fresh and varied, and captured the text intent of each hymn. Your anthem [Sometimes a Light Surprises] was another star in your crown. The choir and brass and bells and organ couldn't have been better - same with the spoken words. Thank you for your wonderful creativity and a truly transfiguring experience."

— Jane Echols · Dallas, TX

Upcoming Hymn Festivals

American Guild of Organists · Region VII Convention · Northaven United Methodist Church · Redman organ · Dallas, TX · June 19, 2007, 9:00 a.m.

Script and narration by The Rev'd John Thornburg
Musical settings by Joel Martinson
Transfiguration Choir & Imperial Brass

Sounds and Spaces

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration · Aeolian-Skinner/Sipe organ · Dallas, TX · June 3, 2007, 5:00 p.m.

Transfigured Nights Season Finale
Script and narration by The Rev'd John Thornburg
Musical settings by Joel Martinson
Transfiguration Choir & Imperial Brass

Sounds and Spaces

Previous Hymn Festivals

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration · Aeolian-Skinner/Sipe organ · Dallas, TX · June 4, 2006, 5:00 p.m.

Transfigured Nights Season Finale
Script and musical settings by Joel Martinson, unless noted
Transfiguration Choir and Imperial Brass, with Jonathan Maedche, assistant organist

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

• Prelude by Bella Musica Handbell Choir & Imperial Brass
• Introduction
  • Hymn: All Creatures of Our God and King (Lasst uns erfreuen), arr. Sterling Procter
• Singing throughout the Day
  • Reading: on African-American music from Folk Songs of North America, Alan Lomax
  • Hymn: Give Me Jesus (Give Me Jesus)
  • Reading: on Paul Gerhardt from The Gospel in Hymns, Albert Edward Bailey
  • Hymn: Evening and Morning (Die güldne sonne)
  • Reading: on William Cowper
  • Anthem: Sometimes a Light Surprises
• Singing throughout the Years
  • Reading: from A 25-Year History of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
  • Hymn: We Celebrate the Legacy (Kirkwood)
• Singing throughout the Seasons
  • Reading: Oh, that I Had a Thousand Voices, Johann Mentzer
  • Hymn: O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (Azmon)
  • Reading: from a letter to Adrienne Tindall, April 9, 1981, Erik Routley
  • Hymn: What Wondrous Love Is This (Wondrous Love)
  • Reading: On the Hymn-tune Kessler Park, Joel Martinson
  • Hymn: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (Kessler Park)
  • Prayer: from the dedication of the chapel organ, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio
    
• Hymn: This Day at Thy Creating Word (Rushford)
• Postlude: Canzon duodecimi toni, Giovanni Gabrieli (Imperial Brass and Organ)

Court Street United Methodist Church · Moeller organ · Rockford, IL · September 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.

Script and musical settings by Joel Martinson
Combined downtown church choirs, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ

And When I Want to Sing - A Festival of Hymns

• Opening Voluntary
• Introduction
• Hymn: O Praise Ye the Lord! (Laudate Dominum)
• Reading: from Christian Hymns Observed, Erik Routley
• Hymn: Give Me Jesus (Give Me Jesus)
• Reading: from The Gospel in Hymns, Albert Edward Bailey
• Anthem: Jesus Calls Us
• Reading: "Directions for Singing" from Select Hymns, John Wesley
• Hymn: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
• Reading: Meditation for Matthew 17 (The Mount of Transfiguration), Michael Hudson
• Anthem: Pervasive, Never-absent One (Laurel)
• Reading: Wide, Wide in the Rose's Side, Kenneth Patchen
• Hymn: A la Ru (A la ru)
• Reading: on congregational singing from The Hale Lectures, Peter Lutkin
• Hymn: We Celebrate the Legacy (Kirkwood)
• Offering: Two Hymn Settings for Organ - Michael & Nettleton
• Reading: From My Heart Spring a Song, Delores Dufner, OSB
• Solo: Morning Has Broken (Cycle of Light), with David Reece, tenor
• Reading: Tune Me, O Lord, Christina Rossetti
• Hymn: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Nettleton)
• Prayer: For Church Musicians and Artists, The Book of Common Prayer 1979
• Hymn: Now Thank We All Our God (Nun danket alle Gott)

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration · Aeolian-Skinner/Sipe organ · Dallas, TX · June 5, 2005, 4:00 p.m.

Transfigured Nights Season Finale
Script and musical settings by Joel Martinson
Transfiguration Choir and Imperial Brass, with Jonathan Maedche, assistant organist

All My Hope on God Is Founded - Hymns from The Hymnal 1982 and Beyond

• Opening Voluntary: Sonata "Saint Mark," Tomaso Albinoni (Imperial Brass)
• Introduction & Reading: from Abide with Me: The World of Victorian Hymns, Ian Bradley
• Hymn: O Praise Ye the Lord! (Laudate Dominum)
• Reading: Meditation for Matthew 17 (The Mount of Transfiguration), Michael Hudson
• Hymn: We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding (Transfiguration)
• Reading: The Influence of the Wesleys from The Hale Lectures, Winfred Douglas, 1937
• Hymn: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
• Reading: "Directions for Singing" from Select Hymns, John Wesley
• Hymn: All My Hope on God Is Founded (Michael)
• Reading: on congregation singing from The Hale Lectures, Peter Lutkin
• Hymn: When Music Wakes My Sleeping Heart (Appleton)
• Reading: Adapt culture to the liturgy rather than liturgy to culture from Elements of Rite, Aidan Kavanagh
• Hymn: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Nettleton)
• Reading: "I Will Arise," Christina Rossetti
• Hymn: Jerusalem, My Happy Home (Land of Rest)
• Reading: from Thoughts on the Day of the Baptism of Dietrich Wilhelm Rüdiger Bethge, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Hymn: Unbounded God, Whom Yet We Seek (St. James' New)
• Reading: Valete from Twelve Poems from St. Bartholomew's, Leonard Clark
• Hymn: The Duteous Day Now Closeth (O Welt, ich muss dich lassen)
• Prayer: For Church Musicians and Artists, The Book of Common Prayer 1979
• Hymn: Now Thank We All Our God (Nun danket alle Gott)

First Presbyterian Church · Wicks organ · Kirkwood, MO · November 2004

Script and musical settings by Joel Martinson
First Presbyterian Church Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ

We Celebrate the Legacy - A Hymn Festival in Honor of the 150th Anniversary of First Presbyterian Church

• Introduction
• Hymn: O Praise Ye the Lord! (Laudate Dominum)
• Reading: On the Canticle of Brother Sun, Gail Ramshaw
• Hymn: God of the Sparrow (Roeder)
• Reading: "Directions for Singing" from Select Hymns, John Wesley
• Hymn: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
• Reading: Meditation for Matthew 17:1–9 (The Mount of Transfiguration), Michael Hudson
• Hymn: The Church of Christ in Every Age (Dunedin)
• Reading: from the writings of John Calvin and Erik Routley
• Hymn: New Songs of Celebration Render (Rendez à Dieu)
• Reading: Bloodshed and Strife Are Not of God, Marianne Moore
• Hymn: All My Hope on God Is Founded (Michael)
• Reading: on the history of First Presbyterian Church, Cathy Yost
• Hymn: We Celebrate the Legacy (Kirkwood)
• Reading: on congregational singing from The Hale Lectures, Peter Lutkin
• Hymn: Come, Labor On (Ora Labora)
• Reading: We Give You Thanks, Herbert Brokering
• Hymn: The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended (St. Clement)
• Reading: Twelve Poems from St. Bartholomew's: Valete, Leonard Clark
• Hymn: Now Thank We All Our God (Nun danket alle Gott)

American Guild of Organists · Region VII Convention · Travis Park United Methodist Church · Wolff organ · San Antonio, TX · June 18, 2003, 9:00 a.m.

Script and musical settings by Joel Martinson
Convention Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ, with Damin Spritzer, narrator

We'll Sing On

• Introduction
• Hymn: What Wondrous Love Is This (Wondrous Love)
• Reading: "Directions for Singing" from Select Hymns, John Wesley
• Hymn: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
• Reading: from a letter to Adrienne Tindall, Erik Routley
• Hymn: Give Me Jesus (Give Me Jesus)
• Reading: on congregational singing from The Hale Lectures, Peter Lutkin
• Hymn: Evening and Morning (Die güldne sonne)
• Reading: Adapt culture to the liturgy rather than liturgy to culture from Elements of Rite, Aidan Kavanagh
• Hymn: A La Ru (A la ru)
• Reading: on the tempo of English hymns from The Hale Lectures, Peter Lutkin
• Hymn: O Praise Ye the Lord! (Laudate Dominum)
• Reading: from The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Vatican II
• Hymn: Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Grosser Gott)
• Reading: Article 23 on the Pipe Organ, The Snowbird Statement
• Hymn: When Music Wakes My Sleeping Heart (Appleton)

St. David's Episcopal Church · Austin, TX · January 26, 2003 · morning services

Guest composer, organist and director

St. George's Episcopal Church · Reuter organ, Germantown, TN · April 7, 2002 · morning service

Guest composer, organist and director

Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church · Phoenix, AZ · October 4, 1998 · morning services

40th Anniversary Year
Music for Congregation, Choir, & Brass Quintet, Timpani & Organ

Saint Rita Catholic Community · Bedient organ · Dallas, TX · May 17, 1998, 7:30 p.m.

Saint Rita Fine Arts
Script by Joel Martinson
The five choirs of Saint Rita, Festival Brass, with Annette Albrecht, organ

The Light Within - A Hymn and Choral Festival based on the stained glass windows of Saint Rita church

• Introduction
• Hymn: All Creatures of Our God and King (Lasst uns erfreuen), arr. Sterling Procter
• The Creation
  • Reading: The Creation: A Negro Spiritual, James Weldon Johnson
  • Hymn: Morning Has Broken (Bunessan)
• The Exodus
  • Reading: Sound the Loud Timbrel, Thomas Moore
  • Anthem: Sing, Dance, Clap Your Hands!, arr. Harriet Ziegenhals
  • Anthem: When from Our Exile, Bernard Huijbers
• The Prophets
  • Reading: I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Hymn: On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry (Winchester New), arr. Joel Martinson
• The Incarnation
  • Reading: Christ Is Born, Thomas Merton
  • Anthem: Cantate Domino, Michael Bedford
  • Hymn: Of the Father's Love Begotten (Divinum mysterium), arr. Martinson
• The Public Life of Jesus
  • Reading: In the Wilderness, James Simmons
  • Anthem: Grant, O God, Your Blessing, Michael Bedford
  • Anthem: I Will Arise and God to Jesus, arr. Leo Nestor
  • Hymn: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
• The Resurrection
  • Reading: Easter Hymn, Henry Vaughan
  • Hymn: Sing with All the Saints in Glory (Hymn to Joy), arr. Procter
  • Anthem: God Is Gone Up, Gerald Finzi
• Pentecost
  • Reading: Pentecost Sequence, 13th century
  • Anthem: Pentecost Sunday, Richard Felciano
  • Hymn: Praise the Spirit in Creation (Julion), David Hurd
  • Anthem: Come Feel the Joy, Robert Leaf
• Paradise
  • Reading: "That Where I Am, There Ye May Be Also", Christina Rossetti
  • Anthem: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, arr. Shaw-Parker
  • Hymn: Lift High the Cross (Crucifer), arr. Procter

American Guild of Organists · Region VI Convention · First United Methodist Church · Austin organ · Appleton, WI · June 23, 1997, 10:15 a.m.

Script by Convention Worship Committee
Musical settings by Joel Martinson
Convention Choir & Lawrence Brass, with Kevin Meidl, director

Evening and Morning - Singing Toward a New Millennium

• Hymn: This Day at Thy Creating Word (Rushford)
• Hymn: Give Me Jesus (Give Me Jesus)
• Reading: The Winged Herald of the Day, Aurelius Prudentius
• Hymn: Of the Father's Love Begotten (Divinum mysterium)
• Reading: from the Preface to the Symphoniae jucundae, Martin Luther
• Hymn: Evening and Morning (Die güldne sonne)
• Reading: Psalm 63:1-8
• Hymn: We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding (Transfiguration)
• Reading: Psalm 92:1-4
• Hymn: Lord of All Hopefulness (Slane)
• Reading: Hail, Gladdening Light, 2nd century hymn
• Hymn: Christ, Mighty Savior (Mighty Savior)
• Reading: Powers of Good, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Hymn: All My Hope on God Is Founded (Michael)
• Hymn: When Music Wakes My Sleeping Heart (Appleton)

Association of Lutheran Church Musicians · Region III Convention · Immanuel Lutheran Church · Schlicker organ · Madison, WI · June 29, 1994, 7:30 p.m.

Script by The Rev'd Walter Bouman
Musical settings by Joel Martinson, unless noted
Conference Choir with Anton Armstrong, director

• Easter
  • Prelude: Partita on "Christ Is Arisen": I. Chorale, II. Trio, and III. Dialogue
  • Commentary
  • Hymn: Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands (Christ lag in Todesbanden)
  • Motet: Arise, My Love
  • Hymn: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing (Gelobt sei Gott)
• Baptism
  • Hymn: Praise and Thanksgiving Be to God (Christe sanctorum)
  • Hymn: Children of the Heavenly Father (Tryggare kan ingen vara)
  • Anthem: Honor! Honor!, arr. Hall Johnson
• Mission
  • Commentary
  • Hymn: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (Kessler Park)
  • Hymn: God of Grace and God of Glory (Cwm Rhondda)
  • Hymn: Send Me, Jesus (Thuma Mina)
  • Hymn: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Nettleton)
  • Hymn: We Are Ambassadors for Christ (Anchorage)
• Musicians
  • Commentary
  • Hymn: Come to Us, Creative Spirit (Castlewood), Richard Proulx
  • Hymn: When In Our Music God Is Glorified (Engelberg), arr. John Ferguson
  • Postlude: Triptych on "Salvation unto Us Has Come": III. Postlude

Conductor

The opportunity to collaborate with choristers, friends, and colleagues in bringing life to great works composed for choir and orchestra has been an added benefit of my church positions in Dallas. These are the works I have conducted at least once.

Major Choral and Orchestral Works

Bach:

• Cantata No. 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
• Cantata No. 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Beethoven:

• Mass in C, Op. 86

Britten:

• Saint Nicolas

Duruflé:

• Requiem, Op. 9 (organ version)

Dvorák:

• Mass in D Major, Op 86

Fauré:

• Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
• Requiem, Op. 48 (Rutter reconstruction with low strings)

Finzi:

• Dies natalis - Cantata for Voice and Strings

Handel:

• Organ Concerto in G minor, Op. 4, No. 3
• Chandos Anthem No. 7, My Song Shall Be Alway

Haydn:

• Missa in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae (Great Organ Mass in E-flat Major), Hob. XXII:4
• Missa Cellensis in honorem BVM (Cecilia Mass in C Major), Hob. XXII:5
• Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Little Organ Mass in B-flat Major), Hob. XXII:7
• Missa in B-flat Major (Theresienmesse), Hob. XXII:12

Langlais:

• Pièce en forme libre (organ and strings)

Mozart:

• Ave verum Corpus, K. 618
• Dixit Dominus et Magnificat, K. 193
• Laudate Dominum, K. 339
• Regina Coeli, K. 276

Vaughan Williams:

• Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A minor