She is the artistic director of Lontano, a London-based contemporary music ensemble which she co-founded in 1976 with New Zealander flautist Ingrid Culliford, and was the first woman to conduct at the BBC Promenade Concerts (the Proms) in 1984.
With Lontano she conducted the premiere of Judith Weir's The Consolations of Scholarship at the University of Durham in 1985 (subsequently recording it with Linda Hirst in 1989).
It must have been in the nineteen eighties that Odaline de la Martinez had a weeknight show, I think it was a Thursday night, on BBC Radio Three.
Her continuing commitment to showcase the music of Latin America for UK and European audiences led her in 1989 to co-direct with Eduardo Mata VIVA!
In the summer of 1994 Martinez conducted the BBC Proms premiere of Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers, later released on CD by Conifer Records.
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, 2 Tenors, Baritone, Mixed Voice ensemble SATB, Strings, 4 Percussionists A video of selected scenes from Imoinda was filmed in 2015 with an Opera America Grant for Female Composers.
The UK premiere was held in November 2014 at the 6th London Festival of American Music, performed by Eclectic Voices and Lontano Ensemble.
Cello, Cor Anglais Commissioned and premiered by the McGrath duo at St George's Hanover Square in London in June 1982.
Voice, Percussion, Piano Commissioned and premiered by Janis Kelly and Simon Limbrick with Timothy Barrett at the Wigmore Hall in May 1983.
Subsequently, performed by Lontano at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Berlin and at St John's Smith Square in London.
Commissioned for the Cork International Choral and Folk Dance Festival in 1978 by the Ruth Drady Memorial Trust, and premiered by the Oxford Schola Cantorum.
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Brass Quintet, Timpani, Electric Organ Premiered at Western Washington University in November 1977.
Organ, Assistant Premiered by Susan Heath at St Bride's Church, London and performed at Coventry Cathedral.
Also performed in 2019 at Florida International University, Miami, and by North/South Consonance at Christ & St Stephen's Church in New York City.
Flute, (Inside the) Piano Premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, by Lyn McLarin and Jonathan Rutherford in November 1977.
Solo Piano Commissioned by Eleanor Alberga with funds from the Arts Council of England and premiered by her at Southbank Centre's Purcell Room, London.
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Bass (all amplified), Tape Premiered by Electric Phoenix at St John's Smith Square in London in 1979, and performed in Holland and at the University of York.