Joseph Martin is a renowned pianist, composer, conductor, and recording artist whose music has been performed in Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, St. Peter’s Basilica, and in hundreds of other concert halls and churches in the United States and abroad.

A native of North Carolina, Martin earned his Bachelor and Master degrees in piano performance at Furman University and the University of Texas, Austin, respectively. He taught in the Piano Pedagogy Department of the University of Texas and served as Artist in Residence at Concordia University in Austin, Texas.

Martin’s first solo piano recording, American Tapestry, was nominated for a Dove Award. This and his other albums - Songs of the Journey, Celtic Tapestry, A Christmas Tapestry, and A Symphony of Carols - have been enormously popular with sacred and secular audiences.

Martin’s major compositions include 50 choral cantatas and Song of Wisdom, a choral tone poem based on the best-selling children's book, Old Turtle. His work for young voices, Heartsongs, inspired by the life and words of Mattie Stepanek, premiered at Carnegie Hall. His composition Pieta was honored with an award from the John Ness Beck Foundation. Together, more than two thousand of his compositions are currently in print.

This is the first performance in the Deborah Harris Arts Series, and it was organized to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of music ministry of Cindy Odom Fuller who serves as instrumentalist for Lake Shore Baptist. The concert will be followed by a reception to celebrate that occasion.

Join us for a wonderful evening of music!