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Darryl Taylor Presentations
Vocal Master Class
Thursday, May 4, 2023
11:10 a.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
Free
Taylor will present a vocal masterclass with three Cal Poly music majors specializing in voice.
Seminar with Bill Banfield
Thursday, May 4, 2023
5:10 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
Free
Taylor will be joined by another guest artist, Bill Banfield, who will be at Cal Poly for a residency co-sponsored by the Music Department, Ethnic Studies Department and San Luis Obispo Symphony. Students interested in careers in the arts, education, arts administration or African American repertoire are encouraged to attend and bring their questions or observe.
Taylor’s international career is highlighted by performances of art song, opera and oratorio. Recent performance highlights include the title role in Phillip Glass’ “Akhnaten” for Long Beach Opera; Los Angeles Opera’s groundbreaking production of “Dido and Aeneas”; Pergolesi and Vivaldi’s “Stabat Mater” with Lyra Baroque Orchestra of St. Paul, Minnesota; and performances with the Carmel Bach Festival, the Bach Collegium San Diego under Richard Egarr, at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and abroad in China and Cuba.
As founder of the African American Art Song Alliance, Taylor has debuted numerous works, including Daniel Bernard Roumaine's “Epilogue, 1965,” — a performance with the composer on violin and George Shirley as narrator — and Erik Santos’ “Dreamer: Seven Poems by Langston Hughes,” among others. Some of his recordings have been released on the Naxos and Albany record labels. “Love Rejoices: Songs of H. Leslie Adams” was a No. 1 Critic’s Choice for American Record Guide for 2001, and “Complete Solo Cantatas” by Rosanna Scalfi Marcello was named a Critics Choice by Opera News Magazine.
Taylor is sought after as a lecturer on African American Art Song, having presented lecture-recitals and master classes at the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, the University of Michigan, Florida State University, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, among others. He served as a master teacher for the 2022 National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern program at Georgia Southern University, and was inducted into the American Academy of Teachers of Singing.
Banfield —composer, educator, author and jazz guitarist — is professor emeritus and founding director of Black Music Culture Studies at Berklee College of Music, and is senior scholar in residence at the Longy Conservatory of Bard College. He is the founder/director of JazzUrbane, a contemporary jazz art recording label, dedicated to producing creative new artists. Since its founding in 2014, the label has already produced and released 15 albums internationally. As Harvard’s mentor-in-residence, Banfield uses his wide-reaching experience and creativity to inspire its radio programs to view jazz in its entirety, including cultures, history, experience and beyond.
Bahram Osqueezadeh Lecture-Demonstration
Thursday, June 1, 2023
11:10 a.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
Bahram Osqueezadeh, a multi-instrumentalist, scholar and composer, will share the compositional process that enables him to combine elements of traditional Persian music with Western musical forms. He will be guest artist on the Cal Poly Symphony's June 3 concert.
Free