About
Felix
Torres
Conductor, publisher, and builder.
Felix Torres has spent two decades between the podium and the back office — conducting orchestras while building the publishing, financial, and operational systems that keep arts organizations running.
Currently
Mesquite Symphony Orchestra
Music & Artistic Director
Since 2017
Resonance Music Press
Founder
Since 2026
Elaren Studio
Founder
Since 2025
Wright Torres Foundation
Co-Chair
Since 2019
Conducting
Felix has led the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra since 2017, first as Music Director and now as Music & Artistic Director. Under his direction the orchestra won the 2025 American Prize in Orchestral Performance – Community Division. He came to Mesquite by way of an apprenticeship with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and seasons with youth orchestras across Texas and Illinois, including the Fort Worth Youth Orchestras.
Mesquite Symphony Orchestra
Music & Artistic Director
Texas Institute for Orchestral Studies
Co-Founder; Artistic Director & Principal Conductor (2023–2026); Associate Artistic Director (2021–2023)
East Texas Youth Orchestra
Music & Artistic Director (2024–2025); Executive & Artistic Director (2019–2024); Music Director (2018–2019)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Apprentice Conductor
2026
Resonance Music Press
In 2026, after twelve years at FILARMONIKA Music Publishing, Felix founded Resonance Music Press — building publishing infrastructure for composer-led catalogs where composers keep ownership of their work.
Publishing
Resonance Music Press
2026–Present
Founder
FILARMONIKA Music Publishing
Twelve years at a catalog dedicated to music from Latin America & the Caribbean
2020–2026
Managing Director
2017–2019
Music Publishing Manager
2014–2017
Production Manager
Building
Felix builds software for the organizations he runs and for other arts, healthcare, and nonprofit teams — accounting automation, catalog and library systems, and the operational tooling small organizations rarely have the budget to buy. That work runs through Elaren Studio. Current builds include OrchestraOS, an operations platform for performing-arts organizations, and the publishing platform behind Resonance Music Press. See the tools →
Elaren Studio
Founder
Arts Leadership
Alongside the podium, Felix spent six years building the administrative and financial infrastructure behind conductor training, orchestral education, and the preservation of music from the Americas.
Caminos del Inka
Managing Director (2024–2026); Director of Operations (2020–2024)
The Conducting Institute
Managing Director (2024–2026); Associate Director & Director of Admissions (2020–2024)
Texas Christian University
Adjunct Professor, Arts Leadership
Education
Texas Christian University
M.M. Orchestral Conducting
2014
M.M. Wind Conducting
2012
B.M. Music Education
2006
Teachers
Orchestral: Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Germán Gutierrez
Wind: Bobby Francis
Choral: Dennis Shrock, Ron Shirey
At TCU, Felix was a Graduate Conductor with the TCU Bands and Assistant Conductor of the TCU Symphony Orchestra. He made his international conducting debut with the TCU Symphony Orchestra on their tour of Argentina in the Spring of 2013.
Philanthropy
Felix and his wife, Lacey, started the Wright Torres Foundation in 2019 to give back to the areas that have provided them with the most fulfillment: animals, mental health, and music.