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OldFatherChristmas.com now open : Christmas music, carols for soloists, plays, poetry and more from M Ryan Taylor
By M Ryan Taylor on Dec 5, 2008 | In Announcements | Send feedback »
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.
RESUMÉ
By M Ryan Taylor on Feb 1, 2008 | In Resume | Send feedback »
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

















