Nestor Torres, Special Guest Artist: Celebrating Barry’s 75th Anniversary-Honoring Barry Music Past and Present at Shepard & Ruth K. Broad Performing Arts Center, Barry University

Celebrating Barry’s 75th Anniversary
Special Guest Artist Nestor Torres
Honoring Barry Music Past and Present
FREE ADMISSION

NESTOR TORRES, Latin Grammy-award winning flautist & Barry Honorary Doctorate '94
BARRY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, ENSEMBLES, ALUMNI, and the BARRY UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CHORUS
SOUTH BEACH CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
GISELLE ELGARRESTA RIOS, Conductor

Join Barry music alumni, ensembles and current students and faculty as they commemorate the University’s 75th Anniversary with a special concert featuring classic and thrilling solos, ensemble works and Mozart’s jubilant Coronation Mass. The concert opens with Miami favorite Marinel Cruz, soprano, and follows with guest artist and Barry Honorary doctorate ‘94 recipient, Nestor Torres on the Pergolesi Flute Concerto in G major. ...

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Celebrating Barry’s 75th Anniversary
Special Guest Artist Nestor Torres
Honoring Barry Music Past and Present
FREE ADMISSION

NESTOR TORRES, Latin Grammy-award winning flautist & Barry Honorary Doctorate '94
BARRY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, ENSEMBLES, ALUMNI, and the BARRY UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CHORUS
SOUTH BEACH CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
GISELLE ELGARRESTA RIOS, Conductor

Join Barry music alumni, ensembles and current students and faculty as they commemorate the University’s 75th Anniversary with a special concert featuring classic and thrilling solos, ensemble works and Mozart’s jubilant Coronation Mass. The concert opens with Miami favorite Marinel Cruz, soprano, and follows with guest artist and Barry Honorary doctorate ‘94 recipient, Nestor Torres on the Pergolesi Flute Concerto in G major.

Joined by the South Beach Chamber Ensemble, the program then turns to Mozart’s triumphant and timeless Coronation Mass featuring soloists professor Beverly Coulter, soprano; Mabel Ledo, mezzo-soprano; Matt Maness, tenor and Ry-an White, ‘05, bass.

The night concludes with a special ensemble performance of Nestor Torres' uplifting new work, “Successors” with the Barry University Community Chorus.

Join Barry in celebrating this momentous occasion and continuing the talents and traditions of Barry music past and present.


Nestor Torres, flute

If a flute could talk and sing, it would certainly be in the voice of Nestor Torres. Born in Puerto Rico and a South Florida resident for most of his life, Nestor Torres pursued flute studies at Mannes School of Music in NYC and later at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. His career includes collaborations with Tito Puente, Herbie Hancock, Ricky Martin and Gloria Estefan, as well as performances with, among others, The New World Symphony, the Cleveland Symphony and Singapore Symphony Orchestras. He has recorded 14 CDs to date and has earned four Latin Grammy-nominations, one Latin Grammy Award, and a Grammy nomination for his most recent CD, Nouveau Latino.

Equally fluent in jazz, classical and latin music, Nestor Torres’ melodic and rhythmical flute sound sets him apart as one of the most influential flutists of his generation. Mr. Torres is also the recipient of two honorary doctorate degrees for his commitment to youth, education, and cultural exchanges, including one from Barry University in 1994.

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