by Brian O'Donnell
It’s always a thrill when we at WGUC are able to play music by living composers... composers whom we may even be able to interact with at times.
Michael Torke is one such composer. Here, he talks about growing up in the Midwest, taking piano lessons as a young boy AND starting to compose music at a very young age.
Later, Torke got a good break when he was summoned to write music for the Olympic games and that worked out very nicely.
In his own words, listen to composer Michael Torke tell it:
