Fredrick Martell
NYOP
Artistic & Executive Director 

Fredrick Martell is joined here by Max Ferrari who played Amahl in NYOP's production at Hunter College

Fredrick Martell, the Artistic/Executive Director of the New York Opera Project, has had wide experience both in performance and teaching. A tenor, he has degrees from Murray State University and the University of Illinois. He has toured extensively, both in the US and internationally, with performances including leading roles in Madama Butterfly, Das Rheingold, Faust, Tosca and Salome. His concert performances have included most of the standard repertoire from Messiah to Mahler's Symphonie No. 8. He has performed with major performing organizations including the BBC Symphony at Royal Albert Hall in London, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, Eve Queler, and the Vienna Symphony. His teaching experience includes the University of Connecticut, Wesleyan University, Sarah Lawrence College, Hunter College, University of Northern Colorado, University of Central Florida, John Jay College and C.W. Post College. His private studio in New York City has students performing with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Chicago Lyric, San Francisco, Seattly, Houston and Miami opera companies among others. Also, he is affiliated with the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program of the Metropolitan Opera.

Mr. Martell initiated the New York Opera Project (NYOP) in 1992 when he sensed the need for performers to gain professional experience and for the community to have an affordable and accessible performance venue. Master classes, concert, chamber and operatic works will continue to be presented on a regular basis offering an interesting and distinct musical option to the New York public.

In the Summer of 2006, Mr. Martell was a member of the teaching faculty of the Bel Canto Institute and was a teacher of Singing at their Summer Program in Florence, Italy. Currently, He has Joined the the vocal teaching faculty of the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Vietri sul Mare, Italy and looks forward to teaching there the summer of 2007.

In addition to Mr. Martell’s leadership as Artistic/Executive Director, the NYOP has an active and diverse board of directors who are very proud of the project’s past performances and are looking forward to continuing to offer a musical organization to the community that provides a showcase for vocal excellence in an affordable and accessible environment. The board is very committed to the future of NYOP and in the long-term work of this new 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. They look forward to working with all of you in this new enterprise.