Tower Duo

Based in Columbus, Ohio, the contemporary music flute and saxophone duet, Tower Duo (flutist, Erin Helgeson Torres and saxophonist, Michael Rene Torres,) has been performing together since 2007 and focuses on the music of living composers. Tower Duo's performances are innovative and narrative driven and often explore improvisation, multi-media, and collaboration with other arts. The Duo has since performed in Canada, Cuba, Spain, and all across the United States at schools, conferences, arts venues, and festivals, including artist residencies at several universities (30+). Highlights include the 15th Bienal de la Habana international art festival, the Johnstone Fund's New Music at Short North Stage Series, Omaha Chamber Music Society’s Eko Nova series, the Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project’s Re:Sound New Music Festival, the ComProv Symposium, the Brevard Music Center Festival and Institute, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, the Society of Composers, Inc. conferences, North American Saxophone Alliance conferences, National Flute Association conferences, as well as guests artist appearances during the contemporary music festivals of Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Ball State University, and Capital University. In 2019 Tower Duo recorded their debut album released by Ravello Records under the PARMA Recordings label, Crosswind, which features some of the Duo’s favorite early collaborations with composers. In April 2024, Tower Duo premiered the concerto, “Mountains upon Mountains Like Waves Upon Waves” for Flute, Saxophone, and Orchestra by award winning composer, Evan Williams, as soloists with the Lima Symphony Orchestra and has since performed the concerto with the Westerville Symphony and Worthington Chamber Orchestra. Their new show currently on tour, "flora y fauna" features music broadly inspired by nature and includes fixed media, video, and improvisation along with new works by Ohio based composers Matthew Kennedy, Robert McClure, and Michael Rene Torres. Tower Duo is a proud performance partner with ADJ•ective New Music.