Skaneateles Library
49 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Tom Torrisi is a classical guitarist, composer, and arranger currently working and residing in Buffalo. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the Eastman School of Music. Active as both soloist and chamber musician, Tom has been heard performing throughout the United States and in the UK and has been featured on WNED, WXXI, WRUR, and BBC radio. He has received top honors in numerous competitions including the APSU Concerto Competition, the Memphis University International Guitar Competition and the Southern Guitar Festival Competition.

Tom is a passionate advocate for new music and frequently collaborates with composers premiering pieces by Rachel DeVore Fogarty, Gerald Garcia, Edgar Girtain, Evan Henry, Arthur Keegan-Bole, Timothy Lee Miller, Robert Morris, and Zack Pentecost among others and has performed at 21st Century Guitar Festival, Black House Collective, June in Buffalo, Mostly Modern Festival, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and zFestival.

As a composer Tom draws on his diverse and eclectic performance background and one can hear traces of influences as wide-ranging as French impressionism, Balinese gamelan, American minimalism, and heavy metal. In addition to the guitar, Tom is a passionate explorer of non-Western musical styles and currently teaches and performs with Nusantara Arts' Balinese gamelan ensembles, and has previously performed with Gamelan Sanjiwani and Gamelan Lila Muni in Rochester.