I’m Rodrigo Martínez Torres, a multidisciplinary music professional blending acoustic performance, electroacoustic composition, and sound design across concert works, film, dance, and multimedia installations. I’m currently pursuing an MFA in Sonic Practice at Dartmouth College, building a practice that fuses traditional composition with live electronics, field recordings, and algorithmic processes. My work has taken me from Mexico City to Dartmouth and Florence, including residencies at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and MacDowell, and collaborations with performers and studios around the world. I’m passionate about interdisciplinary collaboration at the intersection of music, architecture, and media.…

Rodrigo Martínez Torres

I’m Rodrigo Martínez Torres, a multidisciplinary music professional blending acoustic performance, electroacoustic composition, and sound design across concert works, film, dance, and multimedia installations. I’m currently pursuing an MFA in Sonic Practice at Dartmouth College, building a practice that fuses traditional composition with live electronics, field recordings, and algorithmic processes. My work has taken me from Mexico City to Dartmouth and Florence, including residencies at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and MacDowell, and collaborations with performers and studios around the world. I’m passionate about interdisciplinary collaboration at the intersection of music, architecture, and media.…

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I’m Rodrigo Martínez Torres, a multidisciplinary music professional blending acoustic performance, electroacoustic composition, and sound design across concert works, film, dance, and multimedia installations. I’m currently pursuing an MFA in Sonic Practice at Dartmouth College, building a practice that fuses traditional composition with live electronics, field recordings, and algorithmic processes.

My work has taken me from Mexico City to Dartmouth and Florence, including residencies at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and MacDowell, and collaborations with performers and studios around the world. I’m passionate about interdisciplinary collaboration at the intersection of music, architecture, and media.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Fluent
German
Beginner
French
Beginner

Work Experience

Teaching Assistant for Ash Fure’s MUS25: Machine Music at Dartmouth College
December 31, 2023 - July 9, 2025
Provided technical support to students, taught Ableton Live, led discussions around assigned readings, and oversaw final concert production.
Workshop Presenter at UNAM
December 31, 2019 - July 9, 2025
Conducted a workshop discussing links between music and architecture, including topics on Cage's relationship to silence, Xenakis and Le Corbusier's collaborations, and examples from contemporary Mexican artists.
Private Music Teacher at Self-employed
December 31, 2022 - July 9, 2025
Taught a wide range of musical lessons including music theory, production, composition, and various instruments such as piano, guitar, drums, and bass.
Teaching Assistant at Dartmouth College
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Provided technical support to students in MUS25: Machine Music; taught Ableton Live, led discussions around assigned readings, and oversaw final concert production.
Private Music Teacher at Private (Mexico City)
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2022
Taught music theory and appreciation, music production, composition, piano, guitar, drums, and bass to a diverse student base.
Broadcaster and Producer at Aire Libre 105.3 FM (CDMX)
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020
Broadcaster and producer for the Cocteles Supersónicos show.
Podcast Producer / Web Editor at Ibero 90.9 FM (CDMX)
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2017
Produced podcasts 'Puentes Sonoros' and performed web editing.

Education

MFA at Dartmouth College
September 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025
Master at Centro Superior Katarina Gurska
September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2022
Bachelor at Academia de Arte de Florencia
September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2018
MFA in Sonic Practice at Dartmouth College
September 1, 2022 - June 1, 2025
Master in Electroacoustic Composition at Centro Superior Katarina Gurska
September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2022
Bachelor in Music Composition at Academia de Arte de Florencia
September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2018

Qualifications

Artist in residence, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
January 1, 2025 - January 31, 2025
Arts Integration Grant, Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Grand Prize Winner, Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble Composition Competition
July 1, 2020 - July 31, 2020
Artist in residence, MacDowell Fellowship
October 1, 2019 - October 31, 2019
Jóvenes Creadores Grant, National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA, MX)
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019
Arturo Márquez Prize for Orchestral Composition
November 1, 2017 - November 30, 2017
FCC General Class License KC1VMD3
January 11, 2030 - December 10, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other, Non-Profit Organization
    paper Onda tropical - concerto for accordion and concert band

    An original, three-movement concerto written for Diatonic Accordion and Concert Band.
    The band is inspired by Mexican Cumbia Sonidera, and it premiered at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA, in 2024.

    paper Rayado - cumbia version

    A rework of an original composition of mine. Originally composed for the symphony hall, this version was made in collaboration with La Coreñaera and Malphino, to bring my sounds to the dance floor.

    paper Tracing Sound and Light
    A mobile sculpture that generates sound with light sensors. Inspired by Bauhaus and Mexican modernism, this piece was exhibited at the Narburg Gallery in Hanover, NH, in 2025. music sculpture art gallery composer…
    paper Twelve Moons (feature film)

    Original Score for Victoria Franco’s debut feature film, Twelve Moons.
    I wrote orchestral, ambient, traditional Mexican, and electronic music to amplify the main character’s internal turmoil.

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