Luleå Tekniska Universitet (ongoing) 2012 Piteå, Sweden. Master of Music Performance (percussion and computer performance)
The Australian National University 2009 Master of Music (percussion and computer performance)
The Australian National University 2008 Bachelor of Science (with First Class Honours in Mathematics) Mathematics, Percussion Performance, Computer Science
Canberra Grammar School 2003 Higher School Certificate, UAI: 99.05
2011 mar Ensemble Evolution at Piteå Percussion Repertoire Festival, Studio Acusticum, Piteå and Kroumata’s Capitol Theatre, Stockholm. Including ensemble and solo works by Ensemble Evolution and other emerging composers.
2010 nov Swexican Trio w/ Anders Åstrand, (performing live electronic sound + video), Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Indianapolis, USA.
2010 oct Anders Åstrand, Dave Samuels, Evaristo Aguilar w/ Ensemble Evolution - Studio Acusticum, Piteå, Kroumata’s Capitol Theatre, Stockholm.
2010 feb-oct “THE LAST MAN TO DIE” - Blue Room Theatre, Perth; Brisbane Festival, Under the Radar programme, Metro Arts, Brisbane; Street 2, The Street Theatre, Canberra; PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, Sydney; Belconnen Theatre, Canberra.
2010 jul Strike on Stage Micro and Improvisation for Touch Table in Supercollider - CCRMA Listening Room, Stanford University, USA.
2010 jun Strike on Stage: Percussion and Media Performance, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, New Interfaces for Musical Expression Conference, ABC Eugene Goosens Hall, Sydney.
2009 sep-dec Vital LMTD with Last Man to Die cross art-form group - This Not Art festival, Newcastle, Street 2, The Street Theatre, Canberra, Canberra Youth Theatre.
2008 sep-nov Cognition Series, with The Hunting Season cross-artform group - Belconnen Theatre, Street 2, The Street Theatre, Canberra and La Mama Theatre, Melbourne.
Australia Council for the Arts, New Work - Theatre 2010 (Last Man to Die)
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, National Enabling Technologies Strategy Funding 2010 (Last Man to Die)
ArtsACT Project Funding 2010 (with Chi-Hsia Lai for Strike on Stage)
ArtsACT Project Funding 2010 (Last Man to Die)
The Space Program, PACT Centre for Emerging Artists 2010 (Last Man to Die)
Open House II: Emerging Artists Residency, Canberra Youth Theatre 2009 (Last Man to Die)
The Street Theatre Made in Canberra Season 2009 (Last Man to Die)
ANU Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering Summer Scholarship 2006
2010-2011 Freelance workshops/seminars in percussion and computer music
2008-2010 Private Percussion Teacher\ (Canberra Grammar School)
2007 University Tutor in Mathematics\ (Australian National University)
2004-2005 Private Percussion Teacher\ (Canberra Girls’ Grammar School)
languages C++ (openFrameworks), Java, Processing, Supercollider, Max/MSP, Pd, LaTex
audio Logic Studio, Mainstage, Ableton Live, Audacity
web HTML, Drupal
Strike on Stage: a percussion and media performance (Charles Martin, Chi-Hsia Lai) New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2011
Audience Interactive Performance in “The Last Man to Die” (Charles Martin, Hanna Cormick, Benjamin Forster) Australasian Computer Music Conference 2010
Cross-artform performance using networked interfaces: Last Man to Die’s Vital LMTD (Charles Martin, Hanna Cormick, Benjamin Forster) New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2010