Stephen Andrew Taylor, composer

		Recent works and news
Biography		Pink Martini Live with the Oregon Symphony Arrangements and transcriptions of orchestral music, recorded live in concert May 31-June 2, for an upcoming CD by Pink Martini and the Oregon Symphony with Carlos Kalmar.
List of Compositions (with audio excerpts)		My Mother's Ring Chamber opera for Tapestry New Opera, premiered 26-29 March 2009,Toronto. Libretto by Marcia Johnson. CBC interview of Marcia, featuring excerpts from the piece. Nominated for a DORA award for outstanding new musical/opera.
Recent and upcoming performances		Copland House residency, March - April 2009. Projects including pieces for instruments and electronics from Paradises Lost; editing recordings for a forthcoming CD on Albany Records; and a talk on rhythm in Radiohead and Björk at MTSNYS, April 5.
		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.
Associate Professor, Composition and Theory School of Music		Agoraphobia For flute, harp, electronics and video, premiered at the 10th World Harp Congress in Amsterdam, July 2008.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		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; two new excerpts were premiered in summer 2008.
University of Illinois New Music Ensemble		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.

		SetFinder A JavaScript page which calculates the prime form for any pitch class set (updated 1/15/06). Writings Including articles on composition, the music of György Ligeti, and computer music.

Last updated June 4, 2009 by Stephen Taylor.