Martha Sobaje is Minister of Music at Phillips Memorial Baptist Church in Cranston, Rhode Island, Adjunct Instructor of Music and Collaborative Pianist at the Community College of Rhode Island, and Professor of Sacred Music at the Graduate Theological Foundation in Sarasota, Florida. She previously held faculty positions at University of Northern Colorado, Barrington College, and Gordon College.
She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, the Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where she studied organ with David Craighead and Russell Saunders, and the Doctor of Sacred Music degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation.
She is a member of ASCAP, and her choral, handbell, and organ compositions are published through Kendor Music, Almitra Music, Elkan-Vogel, Music 70, Studio PR, Belwin-Mills Publishing Co., Broadman Press, Darcey Press, and Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
In addition to workshops and conferences around the country, Dr. Sobaje has performed organ recitals at the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford University, England, as well as in various American churches. Her organ compositions can be heard on two CDs, From Pen to Pipes, and Pipes Rhode Island. She is a Past Dean of the Rhode Island Chapter-American Guild of Organists.
Dr. Sobaje’s research of renowned organ teacher, Russell Saunders, culminated in a book publication, The Silver Fox: The Life and Legacy of Russell Saunders published by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.