Only one of his compositions was published, the art song La Chanson des belles, which was performed by Jeanne Desjardins in its premiere on the CBC Radio program Sérénade pour cordes.
He began his musical training with his father before entering the Conservatoire national de musique at the age of 7.
He was named "the champion young violinist of the world" by the American press after a triumphant concert at the Central Theater in Biddeford, Maine in 1916.
[1] Martin continued his violin studies in Montreal with Albert Chamberland (1917–1920), Alfred De Sève (1920–1923), and Camille Couture (1923–1925).
He returned to Montreal the following year to become the second violinist in the Dubois String Quartet with whom he played for one season.