For more than thirty years, Martin Province has conducted a wide range of ensembles including choirs, orchestras, chamber ensembles, and wind bands. He most recently served on the faculty at Arizona State University, preceded by positions at Iowa State and Wake Forest (NC) Universities.

His ensembles have received accolades from and premiered works by such composers as Karel Husa, Michael Torke, Frank Ticheli, David Maslanka, Charles Young, Roger Cichy, and Daron Hagen. In 1996, he conducted the Denver Concert Band at the National Convention for Community Bands in Phoenix, Arizona, and was guest conductor for the Arizona State University Wind Symphony at the College Band Directors National Association Biennial Convention in Minneapolis in 2003.

Prior to his tenure with university ensembles, he served in the public schools of North Carolina and Colorado, teaching chorus, band, and general music to students in elementary, junior, and senior high schools. His first conducting position was as Choir Director for Emmanuel Baptist Chapel (later Pfafftown Baptist Church) in North Carolina.

As a clinician and adjudicator, Province has worked with ensembles from more than 25 states and Canadian provinces.

Dr. Province holds both a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Colorado and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Wake Forest University. He was chosen to participate in the 1992 Conductors' Guild Conducting Symposium held in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary of the founding of the Eastman Wind Ensemble and was one of only four international participants selected for the conducting symposium sponsored by the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in Hamamatsu, Japan in 1995.

As a performer, Dr. Province has played percussion with the Winston-Salem (NC) Symphony, the Governor's School of NC Symphony, and the Wilkes (NC) Symphony as well as with the Faculty Chamber Ensemble at the University of Colorado. Until recently, he was a member of the tenor section with the Phoenix Symphony Chorus and entertains - singing and accompanying himself on banjo, guitar, autoharp, and other folk instruments - at events in the East Valley.

Marty also has theater experience both in the pit and behind the podium. He recently sang the role of “Enjolras” in a local production of Les Misérables and “Washball” in a Bicentennial resurrection of The Disappointment, America's first ballad opera.

Dr. Province resides in Chandler with his wife Elice and two sons.