Martin Boykan
Composer
Best known for his chamber music and his works for larger ensembles. He founded the Brandeis Chamber Ensemble and served as pianist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1964 to 1965 during Erich Leinsdorf's tenure.
He studied composition at both Harvard University and Yale University before going to Vienna on a Fulbright scholarship. His teachers included Walter Piston at Harvard and Paul Hindemith at Yale.
He began teaching at Brandeis University in 1957, being named Irving G. Fine Professor of Music and eventually Professor Emeritus.
He married the silverpoint artist Susan Schwalb in 1983.
He studied composition with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood in 1949.