Stephanie Martin

Stephanie Martin, sometimes credited as Stéphanie Martin, is an American and Canadian singer-songwriter and actress having performed in notable musical productions in both French and English. She is best known for her role as Éponine in 3 productions of the musical Les Misérables and as the Québécoise French singing voice of Pocahontas in the 1995 Disney animated film Pocahontas.

Stephanie Martin
Origin	Montreal, Quebec
Genres	Pop musical theatre
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Sovereign Productions Inc
Associated acts	Jeans 'n Classics
Website	stephaniemartin.ca

Life and career

Stephanie Martin was born in the US where she spent the first 6 years of her life. She is a dual Canadian-American citizen.[1] The family then moved to Beaconsfield, Quebec where, as a child, Stephanie sang with both parents in Montreal's Donovan Chorale. She participated in the Diocesan Folk Music Camp for youths held at Camp Kinkora located in Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, Quebec.[2] She began performing publicly in her mid-teens in Montreal.[3]

Stephanie Martin played the role of Éponine in Les Misérables for 3 consecutive years starting with the bilingual Montreal production[4] in 1991 that led to the Paris production of Les Misérables in 1991–1992[5] followed by the London production in 1992–1993.[6][7] This aforementioned production of Les Misérables in Paris won the 1992 Molière Award for Best Musical.

Stephanie Martin has performed with symphony orchestras across North America, Europe and Asia. She is a core member[8] of Jeans 'n Classics developed by Peter Brennan. Stephanie has toured North America with Jeans 'n Classics singing with symphony orchestras in programs of classic rock.[9] Stephanie has participated in a United Nations Show Tour for Canadian peacekeeping troops in Lahr, Zagreb and Sarajevo. There, Stephanie delivered a peace package from Quebec elementary school children.[10][11][12] In 1995 and 1996, she toured 11 cities in Japan with the Francis Lai Music Orchestra International Tour under the direction of Raphael Sanchez.[13][14]

Stephanie has numerous acting and singing credits in both Television and Film. She was heard announcing as the French "Voice of God" during the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2015 Pan American and Para Pan American Games held in Toronto.[15]

Stephanie Martin has released 2 original music albums and 1 single. The albums shape line & harmony in 2007 and April Snow in 2016 were both co-written and produced by Juno Award winner Chad Irschick.[16] The single SAILING ON was co-written with Diane Leah and produced by Dave Pickell.

Stephanie Martin has resided primarily in Toronto, Ontario with husband Andrew Sabiston since they met in 1994[17] during the Toronto musical production of Napoleon at the Elgin Theatre.

Community involvement

Stephanie Martin has contributed to fundraising events for organizations bringing awareness to missing children. She performed at the 2008 Bring Christina Home Fundraising Gala in Richmond Hill, Ontario[18] and can be heard on the lead track of the Missing Children's Network benefit CD entitled Help us Find the Children.[19]

Stephanie Martin was a committee member of Toronto's BIKESTOCK 2014, an organization promoting cycling safety in Toronto founded by Albert Koehl.[20]

Stephanie Martin has been a guest singer at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (MCC Toronto). Stephanie has recorded a version of her song Walk in the Light with noted musical director Diane Leah[21] and the choir of MCC Toronto for their music album These Old Walls.[22] Walk in the Light was the working title of her musical album, funded by Kickstarter backers, released March 30, 2016 as April Snow.[23]

Discography

Original music studio albums

Year	Title	Artist	Producer	Label
2007	shape, line & harmony	Stephanie Martin	Chad Irschick	Sovereign Productions
2016	April Snow	Stephanie Martin	Chad Irschick	Sovereign Productions

Original music studio single

Year	Title	Composers/Artists/Writers	Producer	Label
2010	SAILING ON	Diane Leah, Stephanie Martin, Dave Pickell	Dave Pickell	Sovereign Productions

Musicals; cast recording credits

Year	Title	Producer	Role
1991	Les Misérables[24]	Trema, original Paris cast recording	Éponine
1995	Robert Marien: Broadway-Montreal	Analekta, cast recording	Lead tracks
1996	Napoleon	EMI Broadway Angel, Toronto cast recording	Clarice
1997	La vie en bleu: comédie musicale[25]	Trema, original Paris cast	Germaine
2011	Schwartz's: The Musical[26]	Centaur Theatre Company, Montreal live cast recording	Amber

Animation feature

Year	Title	Producer	Role
1995	Pocahontas, une légende indienne	Walt Disney Records, French Québécois recording	Pocahontas singing voice

Theatre productions

Year	Title	Theatre	Director	Role
1991	Les Misérables[4]	Théâtre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Winnipeg tour	Richard J. Alexander	Éponine
1991 – 1992	Les Misérables	Théâtre Mogador, Paris	John Caird	Éponine
1992 – 1993	Les Misérables[6]	Palace Theatre, London	John Caird/Trevor Nunn	Éponine
1993	Tycoon (Starmania in French)	Sydmonton Festival, London	Tim Rice, Luc Plamondon	Crystal[27]
1994	Napoleon	The Elgin Theatre, Toronto	John Wood	Clarice
1994	Robert Marien: Broadway-Montreal, musical revue	chapiteau Saint-Sauveur, Quebec and tour	Robert Marien	various
1994	Love Notes[28]	Centaur Theatre Company, Montreal	Lu Hanessian[29]	various
1997	La vie en bleu: comédie musicale[30]	Théâtre Mogador, Paris and Monaco	Robert Hossein	Germaine
2009	Napoleon	Talk is Free Theatre, Barrie	Richard Ouzounian	Therese
2011	Schwartz's: The Musical[31][32]	Centaur Theatre Company, Montreal	Roy Surette	Amber

Animation features credits – singer

Year	Title	Distribution	Role
1995	Le caillou et le pingouin;[33] Quebec version of The Pebble and the Penguin	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (direct to video)	Marina singing voice, Quebec dub
1995	Pocahontas, une légende indienne	Disney animation	Pocahontas singing, Quebec dub
1998	Pocahontas 2 : À la découverte d'un monde nouveau	Disney animation (direct to video)	Pocahontas singing, Quebec dub

Television

Series and television film credits – actress

Year	Title	Role
2003	Interlude	Izumi Marufuji (English version, voice)
2006	Time Warp Trio	Sophie
2007	Booky & the Secret Santa	(television film) Caroler No. 1
2010	The Dating Guy	Shoji (voice)
2006 – 2012	Postcards from Buster	Mora (voice) – 15 episodes

Series credits – singer/back-up vocalist

Year	Title	Particulars
2003 – 2005	JoJo's Circus	back-up vocalist – 8 episodes
2006 – 2012	Postcards from Buster	featured songs singer – 15 episodes

See also

• List of Canadian musicians

References

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4. Donnelly, Pat (January 25, 1991). "From the Archive: Les Miz scores in two languages". The Gazette. Montreal. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
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8. Brennan, Peter. "Stephanie Martin – vocalist". Jeans 'n Classics. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
9. Brennan, Peter. "About Jeans 'n Classics". Jeans 'n Classics. London, Ontario. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
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29. Brownstein, Bill (April 10, 1993). "Making the move from snow business to show business; Lu Hanessian brings 'the right mix of chutzpah and fear' to her new career as a singer: [FINAL Edition]". Infomart, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. The Gazette, Montreal D5. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
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External links

• stephaniemartin.ca Official website
• Stephanie Martin at IMDb