Martin Arnold
Composer
Martin Arnold is a musician and teacher based in Peterborough, ON, Canada. As a composer of notated music, his pieces have been performed nationally and internationally by many acclaimed artists. As a performer, he is a member of a number of marginal free improvisation, experimental pop, psychedelic ultralounge, and weird folk communities, playing (very idiosyncratically) melodica, electric guitar, tenor banjo and garage electronics. Martin is an Associate Professor in the Cultural Studies Department of Trent University. And he is the recipient of the 2024 “Open Ear” composer’s prize, awarded by the Foundation Trillende Lucht (Amsterdam).