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Wesley Martin was appointed music director and
conductor of The All-American Boys Chorus in July 2002 after an
international search. Mr. Martin is a native of Sydney, Australia,
where he, wife Sue and son Harry lived until they moved to Southern
California.
The Chorus’s music director
earned his bachelor’s degree in music education from the
Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 1989. Subsequently, in 1992, he
secured a Hungarian state scholarship and went on to study at the
renowned Kodaly Institute of Pedagogy in Hungary.
He
has held numerous teaching and conducting positions. Among them: New
South Wales State director of music and conductor of the Australian
Youth Choir; assistant conductor of the Sydney-based Beethoven Society;
choral arranger for Australia’s “Jubilee
2000” celebrations in Sydney’s Olympic Stadium; and
director of music for the Australian Youth Choir Chamber Ensemble. He
also served on the faculty of St. Aloysius’ College in
Milson’s Point, Sydney.
Mr. Martin has
played leading roles in performances for the Australian prime minister,
various productions at the famed Sydney Opera House and performances
with international visiting groups such as the Vienna Boy’s
Choir and the English Chamber Singers. He also had overall
responsibility for the musical/choral development of more than 2,000
Australian choristers in nine separate braches
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