Debra Torok is a recording artist, pianist, composer, conductor, and teacher. Her recordings are heard internationally and are available on iTunes. They include her highly acclaimed series of recordings for Albany Records of the complete piano works of Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winning composer Norman Dello Joio, who endorsed and collaborated with her on the project. Her article on the composer was published in Clavier magazine and the Instrumentalist. She also recorded Through and Within This Century Past, a compilation of twentiethcentury piano works which Fanfare magazine described as: “a compelling snapshot of a particular view of American piano music.” Her recordings and interviews have been heard on radio stations across America and she has also been featured on National Public Radio.

Torok has made a number of appearances on PBS including a special presentation of her Sounds Abound Around, featuring her original compositions. She helped create the PBS Documentary Make a Joyful Noise, narrated by Charles Osgood, and served as Music Consultant for this production now available on DVD. Two of her compositions, one for solo piano and one for chorus, were written for a 2005 Amnesty International Narrated Musical Tribute to Human Rights with guest William Schulz, former Executive Director of Amnesty International, USA.

Torok is the composer and orchestrator of Pills – The Musical, which was presented at the 2009 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. She has been musical director, conductor, composer, and arranger for numerous musical theater productions in the Chester County, Pennsylvania area.

She has a Ph.D. in music and studied in New York and Philadelphia with Jerome Lowenthal, Alexander Eydelman, Antonio Barbosa, Joseph Villa, and Susan Starr. She taught at New York University and Lehigh University. She is currently on the faculty of Moravian College where she managed and conducted the orchestra from 2000-2003. She is a member of Artists for Amnesty International.