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"Shawnee, Ohio: From The Airport To Behind The Music Stand" by Michael Rene Torres
Published March, 29, 2018 by the Wexner Center for the Arts Pages Program
http://wexpagesonline.edublogs.org/2018/03/29/shawnee-ohio-from-the-airport-to-behind-the-music-stand/
"Don’t miss contemporary art-music scene in Columbus" by Michael Rene Torres
Published January 9, 2016 by the Columbus Dispatch
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2016/01/09/1-dont-miss-contemporary-art-music-scene-in-columbus.html
Articles
"Incorporating Composition into the Applied Saxophone Pedagogy in Higher Education" by Michael Rene Torres
Published April, 2017 by the College Music Symposium Forums (Vol. 57)
https://symposium.music.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=11343:incorporating-composition-into-the-applied-saxophone-pedagogy-in-higher-education&Itemid=126
"Teaching Vibrato to Middle and High School Saxophonists” by Michael Rene Torres
Published April, 2016 by the Ohio Music Education Association TRIAD Publication (Vol. LXXXIII, No. 3)
https://issuu.com/omea-ohio/docs/triad_spring_2016/76
"Composers Circle: An Interview with Eric Guinivan" by Michael Rene Torres
Published January, 2015 by the SCI Newsletter (XLV.1)
http://www.societyofcomposers.org/publications/newsletter/2015/SCINewsXLV1.pdf
"A Preview of the SCI 2013 National Conference" by Michael Rene Torres
Published by the SCI Newsletter (XLII.6)
http://www.societyofcomposers.org/publications/newsletter/2012/SCINewsXLII6.pdf
“Career Advice for Composers Entering Academia as a Profession” by Michael Rene Torres
Published by the SCI Newsletter (XLII.3)
http://www.societyofcomposers.org/publications/newsletter/2012/SCINewsXLII3.pdf
Press
"Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra connects and celebrates" by Bill Hemminger
Published November, 15, 2020 by Evansville Courier & Press
https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2020/11/15/evansville-philharmonic-orchestra-connects-and-celebrates/6304331002/
"New Music Ohio virtual concert series kicks off this Sunday"
Broadcast June 18, 2020 on Good Day Columbus, WTTE FOX28
https://myfox28columbus.com/good-day-columbus/new-music-ohio-virtual-concert-series-kicks-off-this-sunday
"New Music Series Fuels Technical Innovation" by Jennifer Hambrick
Published June 17, 2020 by WOSU Radio's Classical 101
https://radio.wosu.org/post/new-music-series-fuels-technical-innovation
"Coronavirus In Ohio: Livestreams Restore Income, Audiences To Local Performers" by Jennifer Hambrick
Published March 26, 2020 by WOSU Radio's Classical 101
https://radio.wosu.org/post/coronavirus-ohio-livestreams-restore-income-audiences-local-performers?fbclid=IwAR3NHMGtvv9raOqDqU6tm_IeMyTdg7DI3kH4ZctrOPI9m0M8qIWWfEOlZ4w#stream/0
"No Exit & Zeitgeist at the Bop Stop" by Timothy Robson
Published January 22, 2020 by clevelandclassical.com
https://clevelandclassical.com/no-exit-zeitgeist-at-the-bop-stop-jan-17/?fbclid=IwAR2Pj1bezeTUIuOMQ5ER8Kbmqlaxhht9jX2aEBsFFAGtrDblIDa8ZNPSloc
"The Big SCORE To Feature Six World Premieres By Columbus Poets And Composers" by by Jennifer Hambrick
Published May 19, 2019 by WOSU Radio’s Classical 101
https://radio.wosu.org/post/big-score-feature-six-world-premieres-columbus-poets-and-composers
"Arts feature: The Big Score" by Jim Fischer
Published May 15, 2019 by Columbus Alive Magazine
https://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20190515/arts-feature-big-score
"Columbus Couple Previews Tower Duo's Debut Recording, 'Crosswind" by Jennifer Hambrick
Published March 1, 2019 by WOSU Public Media Classical 101
https://radio.wosu.org/post/columbus-couple-previews-tower-duos-debut-recording-crosswind#stream/0
"Crosswind - Tower Duo" by Andrew Timar
Published February 27, 2019 by www.thewholenote.com
https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/moderncontempo/28788-crosswind-tower-duo
"Tower Duo Returns for Eko Nova Series" by Corbin Hirschhorn
Published February 1, 2019 by KVNO 90.7 FM News
http://www.kvnonews.com/2019/02/tower-duo-returns-for-eko-nova-series/
"New Music for Flute and Saxophone" by Steve Kennedy
Published January 30, 2019 by Cinemusical
http://maestrosteve.xanga.com/2019/01/30/new-music-for-flute-and-saxophone/
Crosswind Album Review by Chris Spector
Published January 8, 2019 by Midwest Record
http://midwestrecord.com/MWR1468.html
"Re:Sound at SPACES" Concert Review by Mike Telin
Published June 19, 2018 by clevelandclassical.com
https://clevelandclassical.com/resound-at-spaces-june-9/
"No Exit at SPACES Gallery" Concert Review by Mike Telin
Published October 5, 2017 by clevelandclassical.com
http://clevelandclassical.com/no-exit-at-spaces-gallery-sept-30/
"Concert preview: ‘Made in Ohio" by Jim Fischer
Published October 4, 2017 by Columbus Alive Magazine
http://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20171004/concert-preview-made-in-ohio
"No Exit opens season with three premieres by Ohio composers" by Mike Telin
Published September 19, 2017 by clevelandclassical.com
http://clevelandclassical.com/no-exit-opens-season-with-three-premieres-by-ohio-composers/
"Concert preview: CODE’s Sonic Interchanges" by Jim Fischer
Published May 10, 2017 by Columbus Alive Magazine
http://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20170510/concert-preview-codes-sonic-interchanges
"NEOSonicFest presents contemporary music over a ten-day period" by Mike Telin
Published April 11, 2017 by clevelandclassical.com
http://clevelandclassical.com/neosonicfest-presents-contemporary-music-over-a-ten-day-period-march-17-26/#more-22154
"Here it is New" by Gordon Spencer
Published November 8, 2016 by The Reader
https://thereader.com/music/here-it-is-new/
“Composers Incorporated: C.O.D.E. "Gets Real" with Donald Erb” by Kylie Harwell-Sturgill
Published May 12, 2016 by WOSU Radio’s Classical 101
http://radio.wosu.org/post/composers-incorporated-code-gets-real-donald-erb
"75 Ohio Artists Receive Individual Excellence Awards"
Press Release published May 5, 2016 by Ohio Arts Council
http://www.oac.ohio.gov/News-Events/OAC-News/ArticleId/25/75-ohio-artists-receive-individual-excellence-awards
"Arts preview: Performance Art Day at Wild Goose Creative" by Jim Fischer
Published March 31, 2016 by Columbus Alive Magazine
http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2016/03/31/arts-preview-performance-art-day-at-wild-goose-creative.html
"Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus Gay Men's Chorus Announce 2015 Columbus Composition Fellowship Recipient" by Jami Goldstein
Press Release published November 24, 2015 by the Greater Columbus Arts Council
http://www.gcac.org/press-release/greater-columbus-arts-council-columbus-gay-mens-chorus-announce-2015-columbus-composition-fellowship-recipient/
“This Weekend: 'Come As You Are' and Get to Know C.O.D.E.” by Kylie Harwell-Sturgill
Published November 20, 2015 by WOSU Radio’s Classical 101
http://radio.wosu.org/post/weekend-come-you-are-and-get-know-code#stream/0
“New Music: Made in Ohio” by Jim Fischer
Published November 19, 2015 by Columbus Alive Magazine
http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2015/11/19/new-music-made-in-ohio.html
"New Music in Columbus, Tomorrow Night" by Kylie Harwell-Sturgill
Published May 12, 2015 by WOSU Radio's Classical 101
http://radio.wosu.org/post/new-music-columbus-tomorrow-night
"Creating New Classics"
Published February 6, 2014 by Columbus Monthly
https://www.columbusmonthly.com/content/stories/2012/11/creating-new-classics.html
"Blogging from NASA (North American Saxophone Alliance): Day 1" by Stephen Lias
Published March 16, 2012 by New Music Box
http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/blogging-from-nasa-north-american-saxophone-alliance-day-1/
"Shawnee, Ohio: From The Airport To Behind The Music Stand" by Michael Rene Torres
Published March, 29, 2018 by the Wexner Center for the Arts Pages Program
http://wexpagesonline.edublogs.org/2018/03/29/shawnee-ohio-from-the-airport-to-behind-the-music-stand/
"Don’t miss contemporary art-music scene in Columbus" by Michael Rene Torres
Published January 9, 2016 by the Columbus Dispatch
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2016/01/09/1-dont-miss-contemporary-art-music-scene-in-columbus.html
Articles
"Incorporating Composition into the Applied Saxophone Pedagogy in Higher Education" by Michael Rene Torres
Published April, 2017 by the College Music Symposium Forums (Vol. 57)
https://symposium.music.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=11343:incorporating-composition-into-the-applied-saxophone-pedagogy-in-higher-education&Itemid=126
"Teaching Vibrato to Middle and High School Saxophonists” by Michael Rene Torres
Published April, 2016 by the Ohio Music Education Association TRIAD Publication (Vol. LXXXIII, No. 3)
https://issuu.com/omea-ohio/docs/triad_spring_2016/76
"Composers Circle: An Interview with Eric Guinivan" by Michael Rene Torres
Published January, 2015 by the SCI Newsletter (XLV.1)
http://www.societyofcomposers.org/publications/newsletter/2015/SCINewsXLV1.pdf
"A Preview of the SCI 2013 National Conference" by Michael Rene Torres
Published by the SCI Newsletter (XLII.6)
http://www.societyofcomposers.org/publications/newsletter/2012/SCINewsXLII6.pdf
“Career Advice for Composers Entering Academia as a Profession” by Michael Rene Torres
Published by the SCI Newsletter (XLII.3)
http://www.societyofcomposers.org/publications/newsletter/2012/SCINewsXLII3.pdf
Press
"Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra connects and celebrates" by Bill Hemminger
Published November, 15, 2020 by Evansville Courier & Press
https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2020/11/15/evansville-philharmonic-orchestra-connects-and-celebrates/6304331002/
"New Music Ohio virtual concert series kicks off this Sunday"
Broadcast June 18, 2020 on Good Day Columbus, WTTE FOX28
https://myfox28columbus.com/good-day-columbus/new-music-ohio-virtual-concert-series-kicks-off-this-sunday
"New Music Series Fuels Technical Innovation" by Jennifer Hambrick
Published June 17, 2020 by WOSU Radio's Classical 101
https://radio.wosu.org/post/new-music-series-fuels-technical-innovation
"Coronavirus In Ohio: Livestreams Restore Income, Audiences To Local Performers" by Jennifer Hambrick
Published March 26, 2020 by WOSU Radio's Classical 101
https://radio.wosu.org/post/coronavirus-ohio-livestreams-restore-income-audiences-local-performers?fbclid=IwAR3NHMGtvv9raOqDqU6tm_IeMyTdg7DI3kH4ZctrOPI9m0M8qIWWfEOlZ4w#stream/0
"No Exit & Zeitgeist at the Bop Stop" by Timothy Robson
Published January 22, 2020 by clevelandclassical.com
https://clevelandclassical.com/no-exit-zeitgeist-at-the-bop-stop-jan-17/?fbclid=IwAR2Pj1bezeTUIuOMQ5ER8Kbmqlaxhht9jX2aEBsFFAGtrDblIDa8ZNPSloc
"The Big SCORE To Feature Six World Premieres By Columbus Poets And Composers" by by Jennifer Hambrick
Published May 19, 2019 by WOSU Radio’s Classical 101
https://radio.wosu.org/post/big-score-feature-six-world-premieres-columbus-poets-and-composers
"Arts feature: The Big Score" by Jim Fischer
Published May 15, 2019 by Columbus Alive Magazine
https://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20190515/arts-feature-big-score
"Columbus Couple Previews Tower Duo's Debut Recording, 'Crosswind" by Jennifer Hambrick
Published March 1, 2019 by WOSU Public Media Classical 101
https://radio.wosu.org/post/columbus-couple-previews-tower-duos-debut-recording-crosswind#stream/0
"Crosswind - Tower Duo" by Andrew Timar
Published February 27, 2019 by www.thewholenote.com
https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/moderncontempo/28788-crosswind-tower-duo
"Tower Duo Returns for Eko Nova Series" by Corbin Hirschhorn
Published February 1, 2019 by KVNO 90.7 FM News
http://www.kvnonews.com/2019/02/tower-duo-returns-for-eko-nova-series/
"New Music for Flute and Saxophone" by Steve Kennedy
Published January 30, 2019 by Cinemusical
http://maestrosteve.xanga.com/2019/01/30/new-music-for-flute-and-saxophone/
Crosswind Album Review by Chris Spector
Published January 8, 2019 by Midwest Record
http://midwestrecord.com/MWR1468.html
"Re:Sound at SPACES" Concert Review by Mike Telin
Published June 19, 2018 by clevelandclassical.com
https://clevelandclassical.com/resound-at-spaces-june-9/
"No Exit at SPACES Gallery" Concert Review by Mike Telin
Published October 5, 2017 by clevelandclassical.com
http://clevelandclassical.com/no-exit-at-spaces-gallery-sept-30/
"Concert preview: ‘Made in Ohio" by Jim Fischer
Published October 4, 2017 by Columbus Alive Magazine
http://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20171004/concert-preview-made-in-ohio
"No Exit opens season with three premieres by Ohio composers" by Mike Telin
Published September 19, 2017 by clevelandclassical.com
http://clevelandclassical.com/no-exit-opens-season-with-three-premieres-by-ohio-composers/
"Concert preview: CODE’s Sonic Interchanges" by Jim Fischer
Published May 10, 2017 by Columbus Alive Magazine
http://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20170510/concert-preview-codes-sonic-interchanges
"NEOSonicFest presents contemporary music over a ten-day period" by Mike Telin
Published April 11, 2017 by clevelandclassical.com
http://clevelandclassical.com/neosonicfest-presents-contemporary-music-over-a-ten-day-period-march-17-26/#more-22154
"Here it is New" by Gordon Spencer
Published November 8, 2016 by The Reader
https://thereader.com/music/here-it-is-new/
“Composers Incorporated: C.O.D.E. "Gets Real" with Donald Erb” by Kylie Harwell-Sturgill
Published May 12, 2016 by WOSU Radio’s Classical 101
http://radio.wosu.org/post/composers-incorporated-code-gets-real-donald-erb
"75 Ohio Artists Receive Individual Excellence Awards"
Press Release published May 5, 2016 by Ohio Arts Council
http://www.oac.ohio.gov/News-Events/OAC-News/ArticleId/25/75-ohio-artists-receive-individual-excellence-awards
"Arts preview: Performance Art Day at Wild Goose Creative" by Jim Fischer
Published March 31, 2016 by Columbus Alive Magazine
http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2016/03/31/arts-preview-performance-art-day-at-wild-goose-creative.html
"Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus Gay Men's Chorus Announce 2015 Columbus Composition Fellowship Recipient" by Jami Goldstein
Press Release published November 24, 2015 by the Greater Columbus Arts Council
http://www.gcac.org/press-release/greater-columbus-arts-council-columbus-gay-mens-chorus-announce-2015-columbus-composition-fellowship-recipient/
“This Weekend: 'Come As You Are' and Get to Know C.O.D.E.” by Kylie Harwell-Sturgill
Published November 20, 2015 by WOSU Radio’s Classical 101
http://radio.wosu.org/post/weekend-come-you-are-and-get-know-code#stream/0
“New Music: Made in Ohio” by Jim Fischer
Published November 19, 2015 by Columbus Alive Magazine
http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2015/11/19/new-music-made-in-ohio.html
"New Music in Columbus, Tomorrow Night" by Kylie Harwell-Sturgill
Published May 12, 2015 by WOSU Radio's Classical 101
http://radio.wosu.org/post/new-music-columbus-tomorrow-night
"Creating New Classics"
Published February 6, 2014 by Columbus Monthly
https://www.columbusmonthly.com/content/stories/2012/11/creating-new-classics.html
"Blogging from NASA (North American Saxophone Alliance): Day 1" by Stephen Lias
Published March 16, 2012 by New Music Box
http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/blogging-from-nasa-north-american-saxophone-alliance-day-1/
