Stephen Andrew Taylor, composer

		Recent works and news
Biography		2010 Bellairs Institute Workshop on Musical Rhythm Sponsored by McGill University, Feb. 5-8, Barbados; here's the pdf for my talk on rhythm in Radiohead and Björk.
List of Compositions (with audio excerpts)		Tapestry Opera Briefs A program of nine new opera scenes in Toronto, Sept. 25-27, 2009. Here is a short video introduction for the three scenes I wrote; here is a compressed Quicktime version (25 MB).
Recent and upcoming performances		Pink Martini Live with the Oregon Symphony Arrangements and transcriptions of orchestral music, recorded live in concert May 31-June 2, 2009, for an upcoming CD by Pink Martini and the Oregon Symphony with Carlos Kalmar.
		Copland House residency, March - April 2009. Projects including pieces for instruments and electronics from Paradises Lost; preparing a forthcoming CD on Albany Records.
Associate Professor, Composition and Theory School of Music		The Machine Awakes For soprano and chamber orchestra, premiered by Amy van Roekel and Sinfonia da Camera, 7 March 2009, Urbana. Words by Richard Powers.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		Agoraphobia For flute, harp, electronics and video, premiered at the 10th World Harp Congress in Amsterdam, July 2008; the two-movement version premiered in New York City and Montreal, August 2009.
University of Illinois New Music Ensemble		Paradises Lost Opera-in-progress based on the science-fiction novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, featured as part of the New York City Opera's VOX 2006 festival, May 6-7. American Opera Projects performed exceprts in New York City in May and October, 2007. Libretto by Marcia Johnson; new excerpts were premiered in summer 2008 and 2009.

		Seven Memorials For piano, performed at Tanglewood by Gloria Cheng July 29, 2006; "sparklingly tactile." Allan Kozinn, New York Times, 8/2/06. Premiered October 24, 2004 by Gloria in Los Angeles. "...Cheng unveiled something big and special: the first performance of Stephen Andrew Taylor's 'Seven Memorials,' a splendid sonic tour of natural phenomena all over the globe." Richard S. Ginell, LA Times, 9/28/04. Writings Including articles on composition, the music of György Ligeti, and computer music.

Last updated February 8, 2010 by Stephen Taylor.