Allan Taylor
Music Director
| Allan Taylor is in his thirteenth season as
Director of Novi Cantori, having been appointed in
1992. Prior to that he served as Assistant Director
and Accompanist for six years, working under the previous Director
Charles Page. Mr. Taylor earned the Bachelor of
Arts degree at Trinity College, Hartford, and the
Master of Arts in Music degree at Smith College, Northampton.
He is Minister of Music at First Congregational Church, Westfield,
a position he has held since 1987, and he is the Music Director
of the Greater Westfield Choral Association, a large community
chorus. He is General Manager and Accompanist for Young Singers
of Greater Westfield, a sixty-five voice children's chorus which
he co-founded in 2000 with Director Janet St. Jean.
In 2001 Mr. Taylor was appointed Director of the Hampshire Choral Society, a 130-voice auditioned chorus which recently celebrated its 50th season with a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah with full orchestra. In addition to conducting, Mr. Taylor is a concert organist and harpsichordist, and he has served the Springfield Chapter of the American Guild of Organists as Dean, State Chairman, and newsletter editor. He also manages his own business, Allan Taylor Associates, which specializes in the tuning, maintenance, and rebuilding of pipe organs. Mr. Taylor is a lifelong resident of the Springfield area, and he currently resides in Feeding Hills. |