Tyler Martin Tyler Martin joined the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra in the 2021-22 season and is a substitute flutist for the Houston Symphony and Houston Ballet. Previously, He has performed with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Seattle, Fort Worth, Omaha, and Missouri. He is a prize winner of numerous competitions, including the Houston Flute Club, New York Flute Club, Austin Flute Society, and National Flute Association’s Orchestral Audition Competition. Recently, he was featured as a guest artist at the 2020 National Flute Association Convention and gave a nationally broadcast solo recital and interview as a 2022 Young Artist in Residence for American Public Media’s Performance Today. Martin received a Bachelor of Music degree from DePaul University’s School of Music, and Master of Music degrees from both the New England Conservatory of Music and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. ***Content for the Daily Showcase social media series is obtained from information found online and is presented for educational and informational purposes only. Please let us know if you would like to delete, edit, correct or provide an attribution to a post by emailing us at [email protected]. We also encourage you to contact us at this same email address to inform us of other outstanding Black classical instrumentalists and/or composers, conductors and administrators whom you recommend we feature in the Daily Showcase.***