AVS Green Room with George Taylor 

George Taylor is currently Professor of Viola at the Eastman School of Music. Before joining the Eastman faculty, he was a member of the Ciompi Quartet of Duke University. He has served on the artist faculties of The Castleman Quartet Program, Le Domaine Forget, the Chautauqua Institution, Musicorda, The Encore School for Strings, the Meadowmount School, the Manchester Music Festival and Elan International Music Festiva, and presents a summer technique workshop for violists at Eastman. He has also served as a juror for international competitions in Europe and the U.S. and has served on the boards of the American Viola Society and the Sphinx Organization. Mr. Taylor has appeared as a recitalist and chamber musician throughout the U.S. and at the Tainan Cultural Center in Taiwan. He is a member of the Ritz Chamber Players and has performed as guest artist at the Skaneateles Music Festival, Lake Winnipesaukee Music Festival and with ensembles such as the Triple Helix Trio, The Society for Chamber Music in Rochester and the Ying Quartet. He can be heard in a landmark recording of the complete chamber music of the African/American composer William Grant Still by the Videmus Ensemble and is an advocate for the performance of music by African/American composers. Mr. Taylor has premiered and performed works written for him by many composers, including Bill Dobbins, Michael Kimber, Ron Carter, Noel DaCosta, George Walker, David Liptak and Carmen Moore.

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This AVS Green Room is sponsored by William Harris Lee & Co. William Harris Lee & Co. was established in 1978 as a wholesale supplier to violin makers and dealers manufacturing high-end accessories and materials. As it expanded to making fine string instruments, it developed an unmistakable style in sound and design which has revolutionized the industry. Since its founding, William Harris Lee & Co. has become a leading workshop in the tradition of the great violin houses that combine European craft and American ingenuity. As makers and dealers of fine string instruments, William Harris Lee & Co. focuses on providing its community with incomparable value to meet the needs of every musician. Its shops employ a diverse team of experts and feature wide selections of instruments, bows, and accessories curated by its flagship location at the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago. William Harris Lee & Co.'s dream is to generate world-class opportunities for the next generation and beyond.