Andrew Martin, Ph.D.

Andrew Martin, Ph.D., is Professor of Music at Inver Hills College (Minnesota State University), St. Paul, Minnesota where he teaches courses in music history, music analysis, percussion, and directs the African music ensemble and steelband. He is a sought-after performer and clinician throughout the United States as well as internationally, and directs/performs in several Minnesota-based steelbands. Martin’s research explores globalization, mobilities, Caribbean music and movements, oral histories, tourism, non-western teaching methodologies, American music, and popular and folk music and musicians during the Cold War. He has published widely on the above topics and presented numerous lectures and conference papers throughout the United States, Canada, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and China. His research has appeared in several print sources including the journals American Music, Journal of Transnational American Studies, Journal of Festival Culture Inquiry and Analysis, Pan Podium: The Journal of the British Steel Band Society, The Journal of New York Folklore, and in reference works such as the Grove Dictionary of American Music. He is the author of the books Steelpan Ambassadors: The US Navy Steel Band 1957-1999 and Steelpan in Education: A History of the Northern Illinois University Steelband. Forthcoming books include North Star, Endless Sun: Caribbean Music in the Upper Midwest and Holy Rollers: Traditional Music and Steelpan in Caribbean Churches As a journalist, Martin has written for the Trinidad Guardian, Trinidad Express, Caribbean Life News (New York), and The Daily Observer (Antigua).