Guest artist Darryl Taylor presents a Master Class featuring pre-professional competitors singing African American art song.

Parker Konkle, pianist.

Darryl Taylor's international career is highlighted by performances of art song, opera and oratorio. Opera highlights include the title role in Phillip Glass' Akhnaten for Long Beach Opera; L.A. Opera’s Dido and Aeneas; Purcell’s The Fairy Queen and King Arthur for Long Beach Opera; Pergolesi and Vivaldi Stabat Mater with Lyra Baroque Orchestra of St. Paul, Minnesota; performances with the Carmel Bach Festival; the Bach Collegium San Diego under Richard Egarr, Solomon with the City Choir of Washington under Robert Shafer and performances at New York’s Carnegie Hall. He is founder of the African American Art Song Alliance <https://artsongalliance.org>, and his extensive discography of recordings on Naxos and Albany record labels has received lavish praise. He was recently inducted to the American Academy of Teachers of Singing, and served as a 2022 Master Teacher for the NATS Intern Program.

Free and open to the public. For more information about the 2024 George Shirley Vocal Competition and schedule, visit:
http://georgeshirleycompetition.org/schedule/