Roger A. Martinez is a composer who specializes in opera, soundtrack music, and arrangements for recording artists. Roger's operatic work frequently blends traditional chamber instrumentation with electronic components such as programmed beats, synthesizers, and sound design. His most recent operatic work, Souls Unscreened, is an electronic opera written in collaboration with librettist Alize Francheska Rozsnyai. Souls Unscreened debuted its first act in 2024 at New York City's Brooklyn Art Haus. Other operatic works include 2021's Alcina Revamped, for which Roger contributed electronic rearrangements of Handel's classic opera, and Potentialite, an original work that premiered in 2019. Both Alcina Revamped and Potentialite were performed as part of Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Roger has collaborated with opera companies such as NYC's Experiments in Opera as well as Philadelphia's Alter Ego Chamber Opera and ENA Ensemble.
In 2024, Roger was chosen for the 2024-2026 season of Experiments in Opera's Writers' Room, to premiere new work in 2026.
Roger has written soundtrack music for films, video games, podcasts and promotional videos for clients such as UCLA college. Roger is also a member of the critically acclaimed Philadelphia chamber pop group Settled Arrows. Roger produced and engineered Settled Arrows' 2024 album Nectar, in addition to performing on and contributing string arrangements to the record. Roger also performs on bass with the Latin fusion band Interminable, and contributed double bass performances to Luna Honey's 2024 record Bound.
Roger is a graduate of San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Technology and Applied Composition program.