Torello Productions

06/03/2025

My work worlds (music and gardens) come together in this little video highlighting Piffaro, The Renaissance Band, and Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens in a celebration of Spring with early music, blooms, and birds. Enjoy!

04/29/2025

100 years ago - the spark of innovation that eventually lead to a job that I never anticipated thanks to The Philadelphia Orchestra and Bell Labs. My great grandfather, Anton Torello, was the principal bass player at that time, and it always brings me great joy to occasionally work with that same orchestra today as a camera operator. A long and winding road, indeed. https://philorch.ensembleartsphilly.org/press-room/blogs-and-press/new-news-article-6?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ-CJNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFXS3ZGWXNVbEZINTY1QVdNAR6bFmJTv4C7riMAPTiypbcLKEuPu4yPzYbNCzi8Ju12grNBXF3PGXkkx8LwWw_aem_7ur4InYvlFSkRVtW13YaFQ

As The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates the 100th anniversary of being the first orchestra to record electronically, we take a look back at the ensemble’s early and unprecedented recording history. Above photo: The Philadelphia Orchestra’s first commercial recording, Brahms’s Hungarian Dance ...

04/10/2025

03/04/2025

Congrats to Mendelssohn Chorus! I'm looking forward to photographing your next concert.

Exciting news! Mendelssohn Chorus is thrilled to share that we've been awarded the Advancement of Music grant from The Presser Foundation! 🎼

General operating support is truly vital for small organizations like ours, and we're incredibly grateful for their continued commitment to our mission.

We are also thrilled to have received support from The Presser Foundation towards deepening our collaborative practices with Commonwealth Youth Choir. This beautiful image, captured by Sharon Torello of Torello Productions, showcases our first collaborative concert with C*C, "We are Waves," from February 2023. And there's more to come! Stay tuned for details about our upcoming collaboration with C*C this April!

Projects like these wouldn't be possible without the generous support of grantmakers like The Presser Foundation. Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen!

*C

01/03/2025

Happy New Year! The latest Piffaro, The Renaissance Band concert is now streaming and it's a true beauty of mostly medieval, mostly meditative music. I recommend a comfy chair, a favorite beverage, and a cozy throw blanket, to set the tone. It will be streaming until January 16th. Here's a highlight.

12/10/2024

A joyous occasion, indeed. Special thanks to Mendelssohn Chorus for inviting me to photograph their Christmas concert at the beautiful Saint Paul's Episcopal Church of Chestnut Hill. It was a wonderful concert.

11/25/2024

This was a fun video shoot at Reading Terminal Market with a jazz trio from Orchestra 2001. They were even taking requests!

09/27/2024

Yay! Ready for in-person collaborations. Photo because this office will never look this neat again.

09/17/2024

Big move for Torello Productions, LLC! I now have a real office. It will take some time for me to move and get settled but It will be great to have a place where I can work with clients and bump into other co-workers in our shared space. (Pictures before I make a mess of the office - which will probably happen in a blink of an eye)

09/13/2024

Congrats to Priscilla Herreid and Piffaro, The Renaissance Band for a very smooth transition in leadership which is nicely documented in this new article in Early Music America. Thanks to them for including a highlight clip from one of my videos as well. https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles/new-leaders-fresh-perspectives/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFRR3hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSqBheWtKk6BZOjiwb7Esdl02lQ0pkGwZkRTv5csZiMjSDS_RhyuwHxGeA_aem_V6zz3XouJHUuytheoEiboQ

Two first-time artistic directors of esteemed early-music ensembles — Priscilla Herreid at Philadelphia's Piffaro and Liza Malamut at Chicago's Newberry Consort — are countering social and economic trends with fresh attitudes and new concert ideas. They're part of a cohort of leaders bringing hi...

08/04/2024

I always love recording opera and doing so for a group that's so passionate about it is even better. Here are a couple of screen grabs from the Marriage of Figaro performance on 8/1 at St. Clements by Independent Sounds! Please feel free to tag yourselves and share. Thanks to Todd Williams and Angela Gilbert for running another successful festival.

06/06/2024

Nice words from a critic that normally attends concerts online. This is the last day to catch the video.

Michael Caruso normally reviews our concerts in person for The Chestnut Hill Local but, due to scheduling conflicts, he couldn't attend. However, "as a fortunate result of Piffaro regularly recording its concerts, I was able to view the program’s rendition online. Although I would never suggest that an online encounter in any way fully equates with an in-person experience, I must confess to having been pleasantly surprised by how musically and artistically fulfilling this particular online performance was."

Today is the LAST DAY to watch Glory of the Wind Band online!
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