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from USA
Rhonda Taylor is dedicated to the creation and performance of meaningful sonic art of our time. She has worked with a variety of today's most outstanding composers, including Robert Morris, Jeffrey Mumford, Robert Lemay, and Pulitzer Prize winner Bernard Rands. She has also commissioned and premiered works by such emerging composers as Rick Burkhardt, Avi Tchamni, Ben Carson, Justin Rubin, Chris Arrell, and Jon Forshee. Her recent activities include lecture recitals on Gérard Grisey's Anubis et Nout at institutions in the U.S. and abroad, performances at NASA Conferences, World Saxophone Congresses, and new music festivals throughout the United States. Her solo recordings can be found online on cdbaby, itunes, and amazon.com. Her primary teachers were Kelland Thomas at the University of Arizona and John Sampen at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Taylor has been on faculty at New Mexico State University since 2003, where she is the College Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Music Theory. Rhonda Taylor is a Conn-Selmer artist and plays on Selmer Paris saxophones exclusively.
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