Dr Martin Cochran is currently Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Montevallo where he teaches applied low brass and courses in instrumental music.  Martin has appeared as a soloist with ensembles from Wisconsin to Georgia to the British Isles.  He is in frequent demand as a soloist and clinician throughout the United States. His recital credits include the 2008 and 2007 International Tuba-Euphonium Conferences, the U.S. Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference, and numerous regional ITEA conferences.  Martin has also presented master classes at many universities, including the University of North Texas, Louisiana State University, and Western Michigan University, to name a few.  He has also appeared as a soloist with several university bands and brass bands, including the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Symphonic Band, the University of Alabama Wind Ensemble, the University of Montevallo Wind Ensemble, and the Georgia Brass Band.  Martin is also on the artist faculty of the International Euphonium Institute at Emory University.  

Martin has been successful in a variety of competitions, both as a soloist and chamber musician.  He is a former winner of the prestigious Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Competition and the International Tuba Euphonium Conference Solo Competition and Mock Service Band Audition.  He has been a member of several award-winning ensembles, including principal euphonium with the award-winning Georgia Brass Band, and has toured with the Sotto Voce Quartet.  In addition to his performing experience, Martin has also served as Director of the Montevallo Wind Ensemble, Assistant Conductor of the University of Alabama Wind Ensemble and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Symphony Band and Youth Wind Ensemble Program.  

Martin comes to Montevallo from the University of West Georgia, were he was Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium.  He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance from the University of Alabama, and degrees in Music Education and Wind Conducting from Louisiana State University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  His primary teachers include Mike Dunn, Alan Baer, and Larry Campbell.

 Martin is a Sterling Performing Artist and performs on the Sterling Virtuoso euphonium.