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Alex Taylor

Instructional Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition
School of Music
Office
CE Centennial East 211
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Biography

Dr. Alex Taylor has been commissioned and performed by prominent artists in his native New Zealand and abroad, including Orchestra Wellington (NZ), Enso Quartet (US), Ensemble U (EE), Ensemble Proton Bern (CH), Susan Narucki (US), Justine Cormack (NZ), and the Tanglewood Music Center (US). He is also a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and conductor. His solo album of art song, Dryad, is available on Bandcamp.

Current Courses

MUS 455.001 

MUS 107.001 Group Instruction In Basic Musicianship I

MUS 107.003 Group Instruction In Basic Musicianship I

MUS 107.004 Group Instruction In Basic Musicianship I

MUS 287.007 Independent Study

MUS 355.001 Music Genres: Chamber Music

MUS 201.001 Music Theory III

MUS 407.001 Analysis For Performers

MUS 405.001 Composition

MUS 405.003 Composition

MUS 205.004 Composition:Level II

IDS 121.003 Texts & Contexts: Music

MUS 214.001 Transcription

Teaching Interests & Areas

Composition, music theory, aural skills, orchestration, vocal music and songwriting, New Zealand music, popular music

PhD Music Composition

University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California

MM Music Composition

University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand

Bachelor of Arts English Literature

University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand

BM Music Composition

University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand