Uploaded April 2011 | Updated September 2026, 5 minutes ago
About the composer: Adam Torkelson majored in Composition and Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music. He studied advanced counterpoint with Gregory Fritze, instrumentation and score preparation with Thomas Allen LeVines, and had directed studies in both sonata and orchestral composition with John Bavicchi. He is also a professional jazz pianist and composer who plays regularly in the Houston area in the Jazz Avenue quartet.
About the instrumentalist: Michael Isadore's versatile clarinet career involves performances as an orchestral and chamber musician, concerto soloist, recitalist, lecturer and teacher. Isadore holds positions as bass clarinetist with the Symphony of Southeast Texas, acting principal clarinet with the Victoria Symphony and second clarinet with the Houston Gilbert and Sullivan Society. As a soloist, Isadore has performed concertos with the South Texas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra, Houston Civic Symphony and the Houston Sinfonietta. As a freelance clarinetist, Isadore is on many of the professional orchestra sub lists and has performed with the Houston Symphony. michaelisadore.com
About the composer: Adam Torkelson majored in Composition and Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music. He studied advanced counterpoint with Gregory Fritze, instrumentation and score preparation with Thomas Allen LeVines, and had directed studies in both sonata and orchestral composition with John Bavicchi. He is also a professional jazz pianist and composer who plays regularly in the Houston area in the Jazz Avenue quartet.
About the instrumentalist: Michael Isadore's versatile clarinet career involves performances as an orchestral and chamber musician, concerto soloist, recitalist, lecturer and teacher. Isadore holds positions as bass clarinetist with the Symphony of Southeast Texas, acting principal clarinet with the Victoria Symphony and second clarinet with the Houston Gilbert and Sullivan Society. As a soloist, Isadore has performed concertos with the South Texas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra, Houston Civic Symphony and the Houston Sinfonietta. As a freelance clarinetist, Isadore is on many of the professional orchestra sub lists and has performed with the Houston Symphony. michaelisadore.com
