Dr. Calvin Taylor (b. 1948)
February 14, 2014
Pianist Calvin Taylor will present a piano recital on Tuesday,
February 18, at 7:00 p.m. at Euro Pianos Naples’ Recital Hall, 975
Imperial Golf Course Blvd., Naples.
Tickets are $20.00 at the door or may be purchased in advance by
calling (615) 295-5795. Featured will be classical, sacred, and popular
favorites.
On the program: R. Schumann, C. Gounod, C. Saint-Saëns, a special
improvised suite, Moments with Beethoven, spirituals arranged by the
recitalist, The Patriotic Piano, and selections from the Great American
Songbook. With a large hand span of over 1 1/2 octaves, Calvin presents
sounds and colors at the keyboard that would normally require four
hands. Recordings and printed keyboard music will be available.
Born 1948 in Los Angeles, composer, pianist, and organist Calvin
Taylor was drawn to music as a young child. He began playing in all keys
at five years, and by age fourteen was serving as organist in several
southern California churches.
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Among Dr. Taylor's keyboard works are Spirituals for Piano, The
Patriotic Piano, Grand Spirituals Collection, Spirituals for Worship,
Five Spirituals for Organ, and Spiritual Suite for Organ. As part of the
celebration of fifty years of African American presence at the
University of Kentucky, Calvin Taylor was commissioned to write Choral
Fantasia on Deep River. The seventeen-minute work for orchestra and
chorus received its world premier by the U.K. Symphony Orchestra and
choirs, and has received numerous performances throughout America, most
recently by the Salt Lake City Symphony and 180-strong Utah Voices.
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