Martin and The YMCA Oslo Community Choir go to New York on Wed 29th April. The choir will perform a concert in Bowling Green Park on Sat 2nd May. They will perform in the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Brooklyn on the same evening and also in Grace Church, White Fields on Sunday morning May 3rd…
Ingrid Arthur and Martin’s choirs Reflex, The YMCA Oslo Community Choir, Kor 90 and Fredrikstad Community Gospel Choir are on tour in Norway from 13th to 15th March. Here is a You Tube cut from their performance two years ago.
On Saturday March 14th, Martin’s new choir, The Fredrikstad Community Gospel Choir will make their concert debut in Fredrikstad Frikirke with Reflex and Ingrid Arthur as guest artists.
Gospelgalla 2014 presents some of the greatest gospelsongs ever written from classics made famous by the likes of Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin to contemporary sounds from artists like Richard Smallwood and Kirk Franklin. Featuring: Ingrid Arthur(USA), Whatiq Hoosain (South Africa), Reflex, The YMCA Oslo Comminity Choir, Kor-90, Fredrikstad Community Gospel Choir. Musical director and…
On New Year’s eve I bumped into my highly esteemed colleague Tore Aas at the Ekeberg restaurant in Oslo.
Martin & The YMCA Oslo Community Choir performing Martin’s new mass “Stjerneskinn” (“starshine) in Oslo this advent.
While secular artists in Norway tour the country’s many churches in December, Martin and his Reflex singers go out and perform at Oslo’s most popular music pub Herr Nilsen on Monday Dec 15th. Classic Christmas songs from the choirs’ four Christmas albums will be played. Tickets available from Ticketmaster, tel +47 81533133.
On Nov 1st the music book “Never Give Up!” is released with all of Martin’s 11 songs from the most recent Reflex album. The book can be ordered by mailing Martin: martin@martinalfsen.no
Martin has composed a mass for Advent that is to be performed for the first time at the end of November. There will be four performance: Wednesday 26th Nov in Hoff church, Lena and Thursday 27th Nov in Hunn church by an enlarged Kor-90 with Ingvild Nagell Dahl and Peder-Arnt Kløverud as featured soloists. On…
As part of the “Never Give Up!” tour, Reflex will play in Kristiansand at “Blue Gospel” in Gyldenløvesgt 54 on Friday 17th Oct at 8 pm. On Saturday 18th Oct the choir and band will perform at Kleppe Bedehus at the 20th anniversary concert for the local choir “Vitne”.