M Ryan Taylor

Link: http://OldFatherChristmas.com

I’ve opened a new site that focuses on work I’ve produced and/or collected for the Christmas season, OldFatherChristmas.com

Some of the site highlights include:

• Carols arranged for soloists, quartets and choirs.
• Plays I’ve adapted for reader’s theater.
• Original Christmas poems and thoughts.
• Reviews of Christmas movies.

I plan to continue to add new work throughout December and beyond, so be sure to subscribe to RSS feed with your RSS reader.

Link: http://MRyanTaylor.com

     M Ryan Taylor
     856 N 350 N
     American Fork, UT 84003
     (801) 492-6284

COMPOSITIONAL PREMIERES

• Small World Fantasies for String Quartet - Stradivarious Quartet at the Stridulation Concert presented by Salty Cricket Composers Collective - Salt Lake City, UT (2008) 
• All Heaven and it was One Hour Old - Venicia Wilson, soprano - Salt Lake City, UT (2008)
• The Other Wise Man - Vocal Works - American Fork, Provo & Salt Lake City, UT (2006).
• A Light that Shames the Noonday Sun - Lawrence Vincent, tenor - Provo, UT (2005).
• The March of the Three Kings - Utah Premiere Brass & The Timpanogos Chorale - American Fork, UT (2005)
• Maui : The Legendary Hero - Orchestrations commissioned by the Imagination Celebration - SLC, UT (2005)
• Abinadi: A Music Drama, Premiere w/ full orchestra, BYU opera - Provo, UT (Oct 2003).
• Premier broadcasts February & March 2004 on BYUTV & KBYU. Continuing broadcasts are periodically on BYUTV.
• Carnival Processional for Brass - Chicago Brass Choir - Chicago, IL (1999).
• The Moons Songs - Heather Chipman, soprano & Dwight Bigler, piano - Provo, UT (1999).
• Fantasy for Organ - Carson P. Cooman, organist composer - Rochester, NY (1999).

EDUCATION

• Master of Music, emphasis in Composition, 2002 Brigham Young University.
• Bachelor of Music, emphasis in Vocal Performance, 2000 Brigham Young University.

HONORS & AWARDS

• 2008 Opera America Scholarship to attend NPAC and Opera America convention in Denver 
• 2007 ASCAP Plus Award
• 2006 ASCAP Plus Award
• 2003 KBYU Honorarium for Abinadi: A Music Drama (broadcast on KBYU and BYU TV)
• 2002 Barlow Endowment Scholarship for Composition.
• 2000 1st place winner of the Vera Hinckley Mayhew Composition Competition for The Moon Songs.
• 1999 BYU Office of Research and Creative Activities Grant for Composition.
• 1997-2000 Brigham Young University Talent Scholarship for Voice.
• 1990 Chapman University Talent Scholarship for Voice.
• 1990 1st Place in the Young Singer of the Year Solo Competition.
• 1990 Kay Effron Scholarship for excellence in Choral Music.

CONCERTS PRODUCED or DIRECTED

• 2008 Twelfth Night at Alpine Tabernacle
• 2007 Sing a New Song at Historic City Hall in American Fork
• 2007 O I AM AESOP opera in a month composition competition, concert held at Historic City Hall in American Fork
• 2007 Sacred Voice 2007 composition competition, concert held at Historic City Hall in American Fork
• 2007 Portrait of James Joyce at Historic City Hall in American Fork
• 2007 If Music be the Food of Love at Historic City Hall in American Fork
• 2006-7 Opera: The Other Wise Man, workshop performed in five venues
• 2006 Wicked Good - A Benefit for the Shropshire Music Foundation at Northampton House in American Fork
• 2006 American Fork Summer Concert Series Concert

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Operatic and Musical Theatre roles performed

• 2007 Amahl and the Night Visitors by Menotti - Balthazar
• 2007 The Lion and the Wood Nymphs by Jonathan Price - Father
• 2007 Quantum Mechanic by John Bilotta - Aesop
• 2006 The Other Wise Man by M. Ryan Taylor - Abgarus, Rabbi, Voice
• 2004 All Gold Canyon by Brian Hulse - Bill
• 2003 Abinadi by M. Ryan Taylor - King Noah
• 2002 Tartuffe by Kirche Mecham - Orgon
• 2001 Joseph! Joseph! by Crawford Gates - Willard Richards
• 1998 Cosi Fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Alfonso
• 1998 The Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai - Sir John Falstaff
• 1990 Damn Yankees - The Manager
• 1989 Oliver - Mr. Bumble
• 1988 Fiddler on the Roof - Avrham the Bookseller

Partial List of Other Solo Experience

• 2008 Twelfth Night at Alpine Tabernacle
• 2007 Sacred Voice 2007 - Vocal Works Recital Series at American Fork Historic City Hall
• 2007 If Music be the Food of Love - Vocal Works Recital Series at American Fork Historic City Hall
• 2006 American Fork Symphony : Selections from the Messiah and The Other Wise Man
• 2006 TV appearances on ABC 4’s Good Things Utah and Park City TV
• 2006 Wicked Good! a Halloween benefit concert at Northampton House
• 2006 American Fork Summer Concert Series
• 2005 Marchof the Three Kings with Utah Premiere Brass & The Timpanogos Chorale
• 2004 The Wexford Carol with the American Fork Community Choir
• 2001 Aaron Copland 100th Birthday Celebration at BYU - 5 Old American Songs.
• 1999 St. John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach - Bass Aria Soloist.
• 1999 Sabbath Song Recital (Clayne Robison, event organizer and editor) -Baritone Soloist.
• 1998 Fantasia on Early Latter-day Saint Hymns by Mack Wilberg - Soloist All Creatures of Our God and King CD released by Tantara Records in 1999.
• 1998 B Minor Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach - Bass Aria Soloist.

Choral Directing Experience

• 2007-present Director of Phoenix Rising.
• 1995-present Church Choir Director.
• 1989-90 Student Director at Fountain Valley High School.

Partial List of Choirs Participated In

• Timpanogos Chorale (formerly the American Fork Community Choir) - American Fork, UT
• Voyces Christmas Caroling Quartet (Founder) - Provo, UT.
• BYU Opera Chorus - Provo, UT.
• BYU Concert Choir (soloist) - Provo, UT.
• St. Wilfred of York Episcopal Choir (section leader and soloist) - Huntington Beach, CA.
• Golden West College Chamber Singers (soloist) - Huntington Beach, CA.
• St. James Episcopal Choir (section leader and soloist) - Balboa, CA.
• Our Lady Queen of Angels Choir (section leader) - Newport Beach, CA.
• Chapman University Chamber Singers and Concert Choir - Orange, CA.
• Orange County Youth Choir (soloist) - Orange County, CA.
• The Troubadours (soloist) - Fountain Valley, CA.
• Fountain Valley High School Concert Choir (soloist) - Fountain Valley, CA