Composer and pianist MARTIN KENNEDY began his formal training at Indiana University, where he received Bachelors of Music in both Composition and Piano Performance. He went on to earn a Master of Music in Composition at Indiana University and a Doctor of Musical Arts at the Juilliard School, where he was a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow. His principal teachers in composition include Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Claude Baker, David Dzubay, and Don Freund.

Kennedy's music has been performed internationally by numerous artists and ensembles, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Teatro Comunale di Bologna, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, Bloomington Camerata, Haddonfield Symphony, and Tuscaloosa Symphony. 

He is the recipient of several prestigious prizes, including the ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize, the ‘2 Agosto’ International Composition Prize, four ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, a BMI Student Composer Award, a MacDowell Fellowship, the Lee Ettelson Award, the ASCAP Raymond Hubbel Award, an Aaron Copland Award, and two Indiana University Dean's Prizes in Composition.

Kennedy also remains in demand as a pianist and collaborator. He has toured with both violinist Lara St. John and flutist Thomas Robertello, and he regularly plays both solo and chamber music concerts. He is committed to the performance of new works, having been a member of both the Indiana University New Music Ensemble and the New Juilliard Ensemble.

Kennedy's music is available on the Ancalagon, Anbardy, Centaur, Azica, and Riax labels. His works are published by the Theodore Presser Company and G. Schirmer Inc.  He currently serves on the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis.

Contact: mpk324@gmail.com