James Taylor
Associate professor (adjunct) of voice and coordinator of the program in voice: early music, oratorio, and chamber ensemble.
With an extensive repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century, tenor James Taylor devotes much of his career to oratorio and concert literature. One of the most sought-after Bach tenors of our time, he performed the St. Matthew Passion for his debut with the New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur. His career has taken him throughout the United States, South America, Japan, Israel, and to virtually all the major concert halls of Europe with conductors such as Rilling, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Jacobs, Suzuki, Koopman, Labadie, Welser-Möst, Nézet-Séguin, and Christophers. His artistry has been documented on more than thirty professional CD and DVD recordings for labels such as Sony, Hänssler, harmonia mundi, and Naxos. He joined the Yale faculty in 2005 and serves as adviser for the voice program in Early Music, Oratorio, and Chamber Ensemble. B.Mus. Texas Christian University; Master’s Diploma, Hochschule für Musik, Munich
Updated July 2011