Stephen Taylor, oboe
Stephen Taylor, one of the most sought-after oboists in the country, holds the Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III solo oboe chair at the Chamber Music Society. He is solo oboist with the New York Woodwind Quintet, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble (where he is co-director of chamber music), the American Composers Orchestra, the New England Bach Festival Orchestra, and Speculum Musicae, as well as co-principal oboist with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. His regular festival appearances include Spoleto, Caramoor, Aldeburgh, Bravo! Vail Valley, Music from Angel Fire, Chamber Music Northwest, Santa Fe, Aspen, Norfolk, and Schleswig-Holstein. Among his more than 200 recordings are Bach arias with Itzhak Perlman and Kathleen Battle, Bach's Oboe d'Amore Concerto, and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, as well as the premiere recording of Elliott Carter's Oboe Quartet, for which he received a Grammy nomination. He has premiered many of Carter's works including A Mirror on Which to Dwell, Syringa, Tempo e Tempi, Trilogy for Oboe and Harp, and A 6-letter Letter. Trained at The Juilliard School under Lois Wann and Robert Bloom, he is a member of its faculty as well as of the Yale School of Music, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Purchase, and the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Taylor plays a rare Caldwell model Loree oboe.
Stephen Taylor
Upcoming Appearances at Chamber Music Society:
Folk Traditions I: 10/19/2010
Master Class with Stephen Taylor, oboe: 11/10/2010
Winds of France: 11/14/2010
Brandenburg Concertos: 12/19/2010
Brandenburg Concertos: 12/21/2010
Rose Studio Concert: 1/13/2011
Late Night Rose: 1/13/2011
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photo credit: Christian Steiner