Our Team

Audrey Torres currently serves as the Director of Bands and Performing Arts
Department Chair at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, IN. During her tenure at
HSE, she has had the honor of conducting our program’s four concert bands and a plethora of
extracurricular ensembles. Audrey conducts our top band, the Wind Ensemble, which qualified
for ISSMA State Finals in 2017, 2018, 2023 in which they placed 5th in the state, and 2024. Her
bands have consistently received Gold ratings at ISSMA Concert and Sight-Reading Contest.

She also serves as the Director of the Royal Command & Guard Marching Band and has been
instrumental in bringing the band back to ISSMA and BOA. The Royal Command & Guard
qualified as a BOA Regional Finalist in 2022 for the first time in school history, and subsequently
qualified as a BOA Regional Finalist in 2023 as well. The band has consistently qualified for
ISSMA Semi-State in Class A in Indiana. Under her leadership, the band program has also
provided incredible musical experiences for students, and has promoted success and growth in
our Color Guard/Winter Guard program, Indoor Percussion program, Jazz Ensemble, Solo &
Ensemble events, Symphony Orchestra, Pep Band, and Pit Orchestra for our department’s
Spring Musical. In addition, our program has had students audition into the prestigious All-State
Band, All-State Orchestra, and students that have auditioned into the Jacobs School of Music at
Indiana University.

Audrey Torres’s previous positions have included Director of Bands at Franklin Central
High School in Indianapolis, IN; Director of Bands at Pendleton Heights Middle School in
Pendleton, IN; Associate Director of Bands at Guyer High School in Denton, TX; and Associate
Director of Bands at Ft. Zumwalt North High School in O’Fallon, MO. Audrey is a proud
graduate of The University of Missouri, where she studied horn with Dr. Marcia Spence,
conducting with Dr. Gary Schallert and Dr. Tom O’Neal, and was Drum Major of Marching
Mizzou for three years.

During her tenure with the Franklin Central High School Band Program, the band
exclusively received ISSMA gold ratings with the Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, and Jazz
Ensemble under the direction of Audrey Torres. The Wind Ensemble was very honored to
perform at the 2016 Music for All National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, IN. The Wind
Ensemble was selected out of many groups from around the country that auditioned. The
Franklin Central Marching Band qualified for the 2011 ISSMA Class A State Finals for the first
time in school history and was a frequent participant in Bands of America events. The Indoor
Percussion Program and Winter Guard also achieved tremendous success, medaling at both
the state and national levels.

Audrey is a member of the Indiana Bandmasters Association, National Education
Association, and a former staff member of the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy. Audrey
currently resides in Indianapolis, IN with her husband Josh, Percussion Director at Center Grove
High School, and their two sons, Cameron and Alden.