Martin Jones

Martin Jones is studying for a Doctorate of Organ at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in Houston, Texas with Ken Cowan. He holds a Masters of Organ from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig, Germany where he studied with Martin Schmeding. Martin served as Assistant Organist of the Schlosskirche, Altenburg where he played the historic Trost organ from 1739. He won first prize in the 2023 RCCO National Competition. In 2021 he was the winner of the Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Prize and the Godfrey Hewitt Memorial Scholarship. Martin has played in masterclasses with many prominent organists including Nathan Laube, Paul Jacobs, Alan Morrison, Isabelle Demers, Daniel Roth, and Hans Fagius. Martin holds a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from Rice University. He is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and a former American Boychoir chorister.