Stephen Andrew Taylor, composer

Biography		Agoraphobia For flute, harp, electronics and video, premiered at the 10th World Harp Congress in Amsterdam, July 2008. Video by Gerald Guthrie.
List of Compositions (with audio excerpts)		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. Two new exerpts were premiered in summer 2008.
Recent and upcoming performances		The Floating World Commissioned by Libertyville High School and premiered at the 2004 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago; to be featured at the 2009 IMEA festival in Peoria, Illinois.
		Flow For the recorder collective Quartet New Generation and the New Philharmonic, premiered in October 2006 in Chicago.
Associate Professor, Composition and Theory School of Music		Nebulae For harp, live electronics & video, premiered July 21, 2005 by Ann Yeung at the World Harp Congress, Dublin. The interactive video is based on paintings by Hua Nian.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		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 Cheng 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.

Classes for Fall 2008: University of Illinois New Music Ensemble Music 404B, MaxMSP: Computer Music for Performers and Composers		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 November 25, 2008 by Stephen Taylor.