e-mail: martinjcpalmer@gmail.com
Marital Status: Single
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Secondary Education
1959-1969: King Edward VII School, Lytham, England
Tertiary Education
1969-72: Royal Manchester College of Music - A.R.M.C.M. (teacher's)
1971-72: Manchester University - Psychology of Music
1972: Royal Academy of Music, London - Licentiate exams in theory, composition and history of music
1972: McGill University, Montreal, Canada - Music and English literature
1973: Wayne State University, Detroit, USA - Harpsichord, aesthetics, art history, sociology
1974: Bristol University - Arnold Schönberg Course
1976-81: London - private studies in vocal training, lieder and opera
1982-83: Yale University, New Haven, USA - research into Jacobean music
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Appointments
1971-72:
- Manchester High School for Girls - Clarinet teacher
- Avon Valley Arts Society, W. Australia - Woodwinds teacher, orchestral conductor
- Marylebone Grammar School, London - Clarinet teacher
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London - Piano accompanist, repetiteur, language coach (German, French, Italian, Spanish)
- Lancing College, Sussex - Clarinet and saxophone teacher
- ISS International School Singapore - American College Program: music appreciation course
- ISS International School, Singapore - High School music teacher
- ISS International School, Singapore - Head of Performing Arts
- United World College of South East Asia, Singapore - Vocal training, and clarinet teacher
- Batu Hijau International School, Lombok and Sumbawa, Indonesia - Head of Music and Drama, set up music and drama, including new curriculum, on both campuses (2-year contract)
- Performing Arts and Ballet Dance Academy, Manila, the Philippines - Head of Summer School Music and Drama course leading to a production at the Meralco Theatre
- Thailand - clarinet, voice and piano: teacher at Dulwich International College, Phuket
- Germany - Berlin International School - Head of Music (Primary School)
- Bangkok and Singapore - Music consultant for international schools (planning curriculum and equipment selection).
- China - 6 weeks' tour of Zhang Zhou and Xiamen, Fujian Province - music and drama workshops for teachers and children
1978:
- Southwest Missouri State University - Clarinet clinic
- Rollins College, Florida - Clarinet lecture/recital
- RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 - Music lectures during world cruise and transatlantic sailings
- Alice Springs Festival, Australia - Lecture/recital
- Northern Territory Arts Council tour (Darwin)
1984:
- Shanghai Conservatory of Music - Clarinet master class for graduate students
- Zimbabwe Academy of Music, and Zimbabwe College of Music - British Council lecture and concert tour
- Singapore American School - Lecture/recital
- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok - British Council Lecture: The Age of Purcell and Dryden
- Frankfurt International School, Germany - International Baccalaureate: music and drama workshops
1977-80:
- London - Clarinet, piano and vocal recitals. Solo baritone in the British Premiere of Busoni's opera Turandot. Figaro in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
- London début at the Purcell Room, South Bank, with my own ensemble, "The Clarinet Liederbook" (with the Australian soprano, Marie Angel, and the American pianist, Dan Saunders.)
- Solo tour of Commonwealth countries (Australia, Canada, Fiji, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Vanuatu) with my solo show Let's not be beastly to the Windsors!
- Tour of China - Premiere, in Beijing, of my Noel Coward revue The Oriental Coward
- British Council tours to Rio de Janeiro, Botswana, Zimbabwe.
- New York - Sell-out performances off-Broadway of Let's not be beastly to the Windsors!
- Singapore - Performances of my show Mad Dogs and Raffles, specially written for the centenary of Raffles Hotel
- Alaska - Classical concerts on board MS Sagafjord
- Canada - Charity performances in Winnipeg
- Australia - Performances in Sydney
- Queensland Arts Council schools' tour
- Sri Lanka - British Council tour featuring both schools and evening performances
- Queensland - Second schools' tour for the Arts Council
- Singapore - Performances at the Singapore Festival of the Arts and on SBC Radio and TV
- New Zealand - Concerts in art galleries and schools' tour
- Sri Lanka and the Maldives - British Council tour including premiere of my Gilbert and Sullivan show H.M.S. Mikado in Kandy. Command performance, in Malé, for the President of Maldives.
- 1989-90: Singapore - Numerous solo engagements, mainly at private clubs, including the American Club, Tanglin Club and Cricket Club
- Master of Ceremonies in the STARS/S.A.F. Music and Drama Company production of Gotta Sing,, Gotta Dance! at the Victoria Theatre
- Performances at the Festival of the Arts Fringe
- Bangkok - Special performance at the conference celebrating the 30th anniversary of THAI International Airways
- India - Acclaimed British Council tour to Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Bangalore and Pune
- Brunei - Tour of international schools and evening shows
- Colombo - Soloist in the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka
- Hong Kong - Performances at the Fringe Festival
- India - Performances in Hyderabad and Secunderabad
- 1993: Eastern & Oriental Express - Performance for TRH Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and the Earl of Snowdon on the inaugural journey from Singapore to Bangkok (appearances on TV throughout the world, e.g., BBC/STAR TV and NBC's Today Show)
- India - Specially adapted Gilbert and Sullivan show for the 40th anniversary of the British Council in Bombay
- Thailand and Burma - Concerts at the British and Dutch embassies in Bangkok, and at the British Ambassador's residence in Rangoon
- Performance to open the new concert series at the Strand Hotel
- Hong Kong - Solo theatre tour
- Germany - Music and drama performances at the Frankfurt and Wiesbaden international schools, and at the Taunus Montessori school
- Singapore - performing and directing for Tyros Theatre
- Europe - Music and drama tour to international schools in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Munich. Also at international schools in Paris and Rotterdam (first performances of A Dickens of a Childhood!- dramatic readings from the works of Charles Dickens.)
1970-72:
Royal Manchester College of Music
- Chairman of Drama Society
- Secretary, RAG Charities
- President of the Students' Union
- Concerts Secretary
- BBC Radio - Programme controller and presenter for BBC Radio Manchester's Over to Youth
- Arnolfini Arts Centre, Bristol - Director of Music and Publicity Coordinator
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London - Assistant to the Director of Music
- Perth, W. Australia - Examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board
- London - Concert agent
- ISS International School Singapore - Organiser and Director of UN Day Performance Producer and Director of Macbeth
- Eastern and Oriental Express (luxury train Singapore-Bangkok) - Entertainment Director
