MICHAEL RENE TORRES
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All  -  Solo Instrumental  -  Chamber Music  -  Large Ensemble  -  Choir  -  Electronic  -  Film  -  Commissions

(PDF scores/parts for all of my music are purchasable through direct contact with me at: torres.173@osu.edu)
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL
  • distr[ACTION] for Mixed Percussion (2016)
    • Premiered by percussionist, Nomi Joy Marcus at 2nd Sunday Concert Series at Highlands Presbyterian Church, Columbus, OH (09/2016)
    • VIDEO
  • There is a two-fold Silence for Flute and Fixed Media (2016)
    • Commissioned and premiered by flutist, Erin Helgeson Torres at the 44th Annual National Flute Association Convention, San Diego, CA (08/2016)
    • VIDEO
  • In the mountains / tranquil stillness / cold isolation... for Piano (2014)
    • Premiered by pianist, Mary Hellmann at the Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference held at the University of Florida (11/2015)
    • AUDIO and VIDEO
  • Our Lady of Paris for Solo Flute (2012)
    • Commissioned and premiered by flutist, Erin Helgeson Torres at The Ohio State University (05/2012)
    • AUDIO
  • Voices of Contempt for Solo Bb Clarinet (Version A ) or Solo Alto Saxophone (Version B) (2012)
    • Version A premiered by clarinetist, Gunnar Owen Hirthe, during the NO EXIT New Music Ensemble concert on the 2017 NEOSonicFest (03/2017)
    • Version B premiered by the composer at the 2012 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference held at Arizona State University (03/2012)
    • AUDIO (Version B)
  • Two Short Episodes for Solo Baritone Saxophone (2010)
    • Premiered by saxophonist, Casey Grev at at The Ohio State University (05/2011)
    • AUDIO
  • Elegy for Eurydice for Solo Alto Saxophone (2009)
    • Premiered by the composer at The Ohio State University (02/2010)
    • VIDEO and AUDIO
CHAMBER MUSIC
  • Impressions for Improvising Open-Instrumentation Quintet and Video (2021)
    • Commissioned by the Johnstone Fund for New Music and premiered by the Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble
    • VIDEO
  • Memory Echoes for Improvising Mixed Ensemble (2020)
    • Commissioned and premiered by the Kent State University New Music Ensemble (12/2020)
    • Aleatoric, structured improvisation, graphic notation, open instrumentation
    • VIDEO
  • Deceptive Stillness: Isolation Vignettes for Flute, Saxophone, and Video (2020)
    • Premiered by Tower Duo (08/2020)
    • VIDEO
  • sculpting dreams of earth and wood and new tomorrows for Reed Quintet (2019)
  • The Call to Arms for Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Violin, and Cello (2019)
    • ​​Commissioned and premiered by No Exit New Music Ensemble at Kent State University (01/2020)
    • VIDEO 
  • because the road to tomorrow sounds like thunder for Speaker, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, and Percussion (2019)
    • Text by Dionne Custer Edwards
    • Commissioned by the Johnstone Fund for New Music
    • ​Premiered by the Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble at the Garden Theater (05/2019)
    • VIDEO
  • going... for Flute, Alto Saxophone, and Video (2018)
    • Premiered by Tower Duo on the Eko Nova Series by the Omaha Chamber Music Society at KANEKO Gallery (02/2019)
    • VIDEO
  • All that we see or seem... for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Toy Piano, and Percussion (2018)
    • Premiered by the Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble at the Urban Arts Space (07/2018)
    • ​VIDEO
    • Installation Description
  • Resonance for Saxophone Ensemble (2018)
    • Premiered by the Ohio State University Saxophone Ensemble at the 2018 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (03/2018)
    • VIDEO
  • The joy of the quiet in the transcendence of time for Alto Saxophone and Piano (2018)
    • Premiered by the composer at the 2018 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference held at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (03/2018)
    • AUDIO
  • Stories in a riot of color... for Brass Quintet (2018)
    • Commissioned and Premiered by the Muskingum University Faculty Brass Quintet (03/2018)
  • Shimmer for Saxophone and Percussion (2017)
    • Premiered by the Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble at Wild Goose Creative, Columbus OH (10/2017)
  • Uncritical Conformity for String Quartet (2017)
  • …his existence a flux… for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, and Percussion (2017)
    • Commissioned and Premiered by No Exit New Music Ensemble at Heights Arts, Cleveland, OH (09/2017)
  • Systematic Desensitization for Four Instruments (2017)
    • Premiered by the Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble at Liberty Middle School (03/2017)
  • I wonder at the idleness of tears for Flute Quartet (2016)
    • Commissioned and Premiered by the Divertimento Flute Quartet at Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH (11/2017)
    • VIDEO
  • Here lies the body of this world... for Flute, Vibraphone, and Piano (2016)
    • Premiered during the 2nd Sunday Concert Series at Highlands Presbyterian Church, Columbus, OH (09/2016)
    • VIDEO
  • I have not seen as others saw… for Flute, Alto Saxophone, and Fixed Media (2016)
    • Premiered by the Tower Duo at Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH (06/2016)
    • VIDEO
  • Attentional Control for Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, and Bassoon (2015)
    • Commissioned and premiered by the Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble at Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH (11/2015)
    • AUDIO
  • Delusions of Reference for Two Saxophones (2014)
    • Commissioned and premiered by the Protean Duo at the 2014 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference held at the University of Illinois (03/2014)
    • AUDIO
  • Schizophrenic Impressions of NOLA for Soprano Saxophone and Piano (2014)
    • Premiered by saxophonist, Andrew Allen and pianist, Aimee Fincher at the 2014 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference held at the University of Illinois (03/2014)
    • AUDIO
  • Sextet for Winds for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Horn, and Bassoon (2013)
    • Commissioned  and premiered by the XYZ Quintet at the Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH (03/2013)
    • AUDIO
  • Four Short Episodes for Flute and Alto Saxophone (2011)
    • Premiered by the Tower Duo at the Brevard Music Center (06/2011)
    • AUDIO
  • Anxiety Disorder for Alto Saxophone Trio (2010)
    • Premiered at the Brevard Music Center (06/2011)
    • AUDIO​
Large Ensemble
  • Fall Reverie for Bb Clarinet and String Orchestra (2015)
    • Commissioned and premiered by the McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra and clarinetist, Nancy Gamso, Worthington, OH (02/2016)
    • AUDIO
Choir
  • I am the Autumnal Sun for TTBB Choir, Oboe, and Piano (2015)
    • Premiered by the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus in Columbus, OH (11/2015)
    • VIDEO
Electronic
  • Expressions for Fixed Media and Video (2021)
    • VIDEO
  • Crystalline Visions for Fixed Media (2020)
    • ​AUDIO and VIDEO 
  • how deep the seas... for Fixed Media (2018)
    • ​AUDIO
  • Hivemind for Fixed Media (2016)
    • AUDIO​
  • There is a two-fold Silence for Flute and Fixed Media (2016)
    • ​Commissioned and premiered by flutist, Erin Helgeson Torres at the 44th Annual National Flute Association Convention, San Diego, CA (08/2016)
    • VIDEO
  • I have not seen as others saw… for Flute, Alto Saxophone, and Fixed Media (2016)
    • Premiered by the Tower Duo at Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH (06/2016)
    • VIDEO
Film
  • Expressions for Fixed Media and Video (2021)
    • VIDEO​
  • Impressions for Improvising Open-Instrumentation Quintet and Video (2021)
    • Commissioned by the Johnstone Fund for New Music and premiered by the Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble
    • VIDEO
  • Deceptive Stillness: Isolation Vignettes for Flute, Saxophone, and Video (2020)
    • Premiered by Tower Duo (08/2020)
    • VIDEO
  • going... for Flute, Alto Saxophone, and Video (2018)
    • Premiered by Tower Duo on the Eko Nova Series by the Omaha Chamber Music Society at KANEKO Gallery (02/2019)
    • VIDEO​
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