Brona Martin

Brona Martin

Dr. Brona Martin is an Electroacoustic composer and sound artist from Banagher, Co. Offaly, Ireland. Her compositions explore narrative in Electroacoustic music, acoustic ecology, oral history, sound and heritage and audio spatialisation techniques.

Brona is a Lecturer in Music and Sound at the University of Greenwich where she teaches on the MA in Music and Sound Design course on the module ‘Audiovisual Composition for Film, Games and Media.’

Her works have been performed internationally at EMS, ACMC, ICMC, NYCEMF, ISSTA, ZKM, BEAST, Balance/Unbalance, SSSP, iFIMPaC, Sonorities, MANTIS and The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.She has been guest composer at EMS, Stockholm and Associate Artist in Residence at Atlantic Centre for the Arts, Florida.

She is also a researcher within the SOUND/IMAGE Research group where she is involved in research activities such as:

• Exploring spatial audio applications and workflows in electroacoustic music and VR and gaming technologies.

• Project lead on The Record Shop and Black Music Project  which explores the role of the record store as a community and social hub. Oral histories, film and audio and photographic memories will be compiled to create an educational resource, a publication, website and podcast series
• Sound and Image Research Centre Knowledge Exchange Lead

Brona is currently working with the Buchla Music Easel for live performance and as source sonic materials for new compositions. Her first work in this series Easel Soundscapes was premiered at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, November 2024.