Roger A. Martinez is a composer who specializes in opera and soundtrack music. Roger's operatic work frequently blends traditional chamber instrumentation with electronic components such as programmed beats, synthesizers, and sound design. His operatic works include the electronic opera Souls Unscreened, the chamber opera Potentialite, and Alcina Revamped, the latter of which re-imagines Handel's classic work with new electronic arrangements. Roger's work has been produced in collaboration with with opera companies such as NYC's Experiments in Opera as well as Philadelphia's Alter Ego Chamber Opera and ENA Ensemble.
Roger latest opera, Constance: a Confession, will premiere in May 2026 at HERE Space in New York City. Constance: a Confession was commissioned as part of Experiments in Opera's Writers' Room Residency.
In addition to opera, Roger also works as a soundtrack composer. Recent soundtrack works include music for the UCLA college podcasts Tell Us What You Know, Cabinet of Curiosities and Science, Interrupted. Roger also performs as a bassist and guitarist, most recently contributing electric bass to the 2025 EP The Lifegivers by Latin fusion band Interminable, and double bass to experimental rock group Luna Honey's 2024 record Bound.
Roger is a graduate of San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Technology and Applied Composition program.