Adam Torres is a Denver-based artist whose work as a conductor, educator, and pianist, can be experienced throughout the state of Colorado, the United States, and beyond. Torres currently serves as the Artistic Director and Conductor of The Colorado Springs Chorale and as Senior Instructor and Program Director for the Summer Residency MM Program (Conducting) for Music Educators at the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance of Colorado State University. In 2026 he co-founded  Lumina Chamber Orchestra, a new community based in South Denver where Torres works to help talented musicians share their artistic voice in community with an emphasis in presenting music by underrepresented composers and works by living composers.

 

Former conducting positions include Music Director, Stratus Chamber Orchestra, Principal Conductor, Loveland Opera Theatre, and assistant conductor positions with Fort Collins Symphony and Denver Young Artists Orchestra. In 2023, Adam was a Conducting Fellow with the Cabrillo Festival for Contemporary Music.

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As a guest conductor and cover conductor, Adam's engagements include work with Colorado Symphony, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, Cheyenne Symphony, St. Louis Symphony (cancelled due to COVID-19), and the Cabrillo Festival for Contemporary Music (cancelled due to COVID-19), Opera Fort Collins, Opera Steamboat, Colorado Pops Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, Boulder Chamber Orchestra, and Hyperprism Music. Beyond the US, Adam served as a rehearsal pianist and assistant conductor for Opera Orvieto (Italy) and apprenticed in 2022 with conductor Cristian Măcelaru, the Orchestre National de France, and WDR Sinfonieorchester. 

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For Adam, music offers insights into the greatest aspects of our shared humanity, and his conviction in the transformative power of music emanates in all that he does, including in his advocacy for music education. Beyond his work with graduate students, music majors, and nonmajors at CSU, Adam has assisted with community programs such as El Sistema Colorado and served as a clinician for honor orchestras and in public schools throughout the country. Other community and student engagement projects include work with ensembles such as the Alpharetta Symphony, Fort Collins’ Health and Wellness Orchestra, Bas Bleu Theatre, San Angelo Symphony Chorus, Colorado State University Orchestra and CSU Opera, Angelo State University Wind Ensemble, and Angelo Civic Theater. 

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