Jorge Torres

Associate Professor of Music

Director, Marquis Consort

Ph. D. Cornell University
M.M. Cornell University
B.F.A. California Institute of the Arts

Courses Taught:

MUS 101: Music, Culture, Context
MUS 102: Music in Western Civilization
MUS 201: Music History & Literarure: 1600-1915
MUS 202: Music History & Literarure: 1915-present
MUS 232: Music in Latin America
MUS 262: American Popular Music: Rock
MUS 269:  Music of the Baroque Era
MUS 274: Film Music
MUS 275:  Music and Lyrics
MUS 286:  The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach
MUS 356: Advanced Form and Analysis
FYS 123: Elvis in American Culture

Contact:

Phone: (610) 330-5365

Email: torresg@lafayette.edu

Biography:

Jorge Torres (Associate Professor) received his PhD in Musicology from Cornell University.  His research examines 17th century French lute performance, the Latin American bolero romántico, and primary sources for Latin American big band music.  His publications have appeared in the Journal of the Lute Society of America, American Music, Notes, and Symposium.  His article on the bolero romántico is included in the collection From Tejano to Tango. He has taught at St. Lawrence University, where he directed the Caribbean and Latin American Studies program, and at Grinnell College where, along with teaching courses in music history and world music he founded the Latin American Performance Ensemble.