Master Sergeant Torin Olsen joined the West Point Band in 2010. He earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California in 2001 where he studied with Jim Walker, a former member of the band. He earned a Master of Music from Duquesne University in 2006 under the tutelage of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra flutist Damian Bursill-Hall. Prior to this, he studied under Robert Langevin and Geralyn Coticone. Master Sgt. Olsen has performed with the Warren Philharmonic, Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic, W.D. Packard Concert Band, the McKeesport Symphony Orchestra, Vent Nouveau, and the Albany Symphony, among others. In 2007, he gave the world premiere of Todd Goodman’s “Echos,” a concerto for piccolo and orchestra, with the McKeesport Symphony. An avid chamber musician, Master Sgt. Olsen was a founding member of Pittsburgh-based woodwind quintet Zephyrs and formed "The Olsen Duo" with his wife Brianne, a flutist.
