ARTDIP, University of Cincinnati
BM, Stetson University
MM, Ohio State University (The)
DMA, Ohio State University (The)
Highly regarded as an educator, clinician, soloist, new music specialist, and chamber and orchestral musician, flutist Dr. Erin Helgeson Torres has performed and taught throughout the United States and abroad in the United Kingdom, France, Austria, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, China, and Canada. She is Assistant Professor of Music at Ohio Northern University where she teaches the flute studio and various musicology courses and is Artist Faculty of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Michigan.
Dr. Torres is entering into her third season as Principal Flutist with the Lima Symphony Orchestra where she also performs with the LSO Woodwind Quintet on "Mornings with the Maestro" and "Symphony Storytime" at area libraries. She soloed recently on Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto in January 2023 and is looking forward to a duo concerto premiere with the LSO this season.
She also serves as Principal Flutist of the Worthington Chamber Orchestra and Queen City Opera and Solo Flutist with the Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble (CODE), a contemporary music ensemble. She performs regularly in various area orchestras including the West Virginia, Louisville, Central Ohio, Springfield, and Westerville Symphonies and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, she performs in the flute/saxophone duet, Tower Duo, with her husband, Dr. Michael Torres. Their debut album, CROSSWIND, under the Ravello label for Parma Recordings was released in January 2019.
Classes taught at ONU : Music History/Literature I, II; Jazz History, Music Appreciation, Intro to Music, American Music, World Cultures
Please see her website for more information.