Edward Taylor (composer)

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Edward JF Taylor is an American composer , music teacher and jazz - drummer .

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Taylor studied jazz music at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Kenny Barron , William Fielder and Keith Copeland and music theory (with Nancy Rao ) and composition (with Charles Wuorinen and Gerald Chenoweth ) at the Graduate School of New Brunswick of Rutgers University . He taught a. a. at Union County College in Cranford (since 2000), Rutgers University (1995–2000), Westminster Conservatory (since 1999) and William Paterson University (since 2004).

As a jazz musician, Taylor performed with various New York groups, including a. with the band Groove Apparatus founded by him, Scott Robert Avidon and Steve Swanson , with whom he released two albums. With James Romig , he founded the Society for Chromatic Art at Rutgers University in 1998 , an ensemble dedicated to performing classical musical works of the 20th century and presenting works by young composers. In addition to works of new music , Taylor composed numerous pieces for jazz ensembles.

Works

  • Variations for Flute (1990)
  • Duo for Violin and Cello (1991-92)
  • The Dream / The Nightmare for piano four hands (1992)
  • Quartet for Flute and Strings (1992-93)
  • The Shores of Elsinore for piano (1994)
  • Beatus vir qui for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin and cello (1995)
  • ... of Two Spheres for flute, clarinet, violin and cello or trumpet and trombone (1995)
  • Piano Sonata (1995-96)
  • Sextet for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and marimba (1996–97)
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano (1997-98)
  • Three Pieces for Clarinet (1998)
  • Second Piano Sonata (1998-99, 2003)
  • Parousia for two cellos (1999)
  • i thank You God for most this amazing day based on a poem by EE Cummings for soprano and string quartet or piano (2000)
  • There is a Time for Timelessness , song cycle based on 10 poems by EE Cummings for soprano and string orchestra or quartet (2000-02)
  • The Precipice for Marimba (2002)
  • Partitions for Saxophone (2002)
  • Soliloquy II for cello (2003)
  • Soliloquy for flute (2003)
  • Voices in the Night for flute and piano (2005)

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personal data
SURNAME Taylor, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, Edward JF
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, music teacher and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century