Vivian Taylor, Senior Lecturer of Music and Coordinator of Applied Music. B.M., Cleveland Institute of Music, M.M., Yale University. Pianist and impresario; specialist in women\'s music and African-American composers. Solo and ensemble appearances in various American, European, and Asian cities. Seven recordings with New World Records, Koch International, Canbria and Albany Records. Founder and Artistic Director, VIDEMUS from 1986 to 1997.
RECORDINGS:
SONGS OF ILLUMINATION: CONTEMPORARY ART SONGS BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMPOSERS
Recorded by Louise Toppin, Bill Brown, Vivian Taylor and Howard Watkins
Works by Hale Smith, Camille Nickerson, Thomas Kerr, Adolphus Hailstork, Stephen Newby, Howard Swanson, William Banfield, Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, and T.J. Anderson
Centaur Records
WATCH AND PRAY: SPIRITUALS AND ART SONGS BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN COMPOSERS
Performed by Videmus
Music of Betty Jackson King, Margaret Bonds, Undine Smith Moore, Florence Price, and Julia Perry
Koch International Classics
VIDEMUS: WORKS BY T.J. ANDERSON, DAVID BAKER, DONAL FOX, AND OLLY WILSON
Recorded by William Brown, J. Michael Leonard, Donal Fox, Vivian Taylor, Lynn Chang, Marylou Speaker Churchill, Marcus Thompson, Mark Churchill, and Oliver Lake
Songs by Olly Wilson and David Baker
MUSIC OF DONAL FOX
New World Records
WORKS BY WILLIAM GRANT STILL: VIDEMUS
Recorded by Robert Honeysucker, Ann Hobson Pilot, Jean DeMart, Lynn Chang, Lydia Forbes, George Taylor, Mark Churchill, Prentice Pilot, and Vivian Taylor
Songs and other works by William Grant Still
New World Records