Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Composed by Adam Torkelson
Performed by The Composer's Choir
Text: Emily Dickinson
Poem is in the Public Domain
Come slowly, Eden!
Lips unused to thee,
Bashful sip thy jasmines,
As the fainting bee,
Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums,
Counts his nectars, enters,
And is lost in balms!
About the composer:
Adam Torkelson is an international award-winning composer of concert music. His education includes graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA where his teachers included John Bavicchi, Thomas Allen LeVines, and Gregory Fritze. He played Tuba in the Concert Band, Berklee Studio Orchestra, Brass Choir, as well as many recording sessions. From 1998 through 2006, Mr. Torkelson lived in Los Angeles, CA where he wrote several original film scores. Since 2006, he has played piano for a professional jazz quartet at over 50 events per year. In addition to classical composition, Adam has composed and recorded two albums of original jazz compositions. In addition to a degree in music, he has a degree in Accounting and works for a midsized firm in Houston. He is an active member of the American Composers Forum.
His recent classical works have been performed by Eva Ingolf, dissonArt Ensemble, Robert Voisey's Hard Eight, Javier Perez Garrido, Cypress Symphonic Band, the Boathouse Cello Choir and others.
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Composed by Adam Torkelson
Performed by The Composer's Choir
Text: Emily Dickinson
Poem is in the Public Domain
Come slowly, Eden!
Lips unused to thee,
Bashful sip thy jasmines,
As the fainting bee,
Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums,
Counts his nectars, enters,
And is lost in balms!
About the composer:
Adam Torkelson is an international award-winning composer of concert music. His education includes graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA where his teachers included John Bavicchi, Thomas Allen LeVines, and Gregory Fritze. He played Tuba in the Concert Band, Berklee Studio Orchestra, Brass Choir, as well as many recording sessions. From 1998 through 2006, Mr. Torkelson lived in Los Angeles, CA where he wrote several original film scores. Since 2006, he has played piano for a professional jazz quartet at over 50 events per year. In addition to classical composition, Adam has composed and recorded two albums of original jazz compositions. In addition to a degree in music, he has a degree in Accounting and works for a midsized firm in Houston. He is an active member of the American Composers Forum.
His recent classical works have been performed by Eva Ingolf, dissonArt Ensemble, Robert Voisey's Hard Eight, Javier Perez Garrido, Cypress Symphonic Band, the Boathouse Cello Choir and others.
-uploaded in HD at TunesToTube.com
