Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor is currently studying for his Masters Degree with Robert Winn at the Hochshule für Musik und Tanz, Köln. He recently graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with First Class Honours and one of the prestigious Concert Recital Diplomas.

Mark has been recipient of many awards including; The June Alison Woodwind Award from The Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, The Wolfson foundation, Loan fund for Musical Instruments, Harold Craxton Memorial trust and The Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Foundation.

He has had great competition success winning the Guildhall Needlemakers Woodwind Prize, The Glasgow Music Festival Ailie Cullen Memorial Prize, for the most outstanding performance in the Festival (2010 With Trio & 2011 Solo), The Gilbert Innes Woodwind Prize from the RCS and the Michael Stokes Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to the West of Scotland Schools Orchestra Trust.

As a soloist he has performed recitals and concertos in concert halls around the U.K including Glasgow City halls, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Greyfriars Kirk Edinburgh, Milton Court and Leeds College of Music.

Programme

Leonardo Vinci: Sonata No. 1 in D Major:
I. Adagio
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Presto
V. Pastorella

Honami
By Wil Offermanns

Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano:
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro Poco Moderato

Benjamin Godard: Suite de trois Morceaux:
I. Allegretto
II. Idylle
III. Valse

Ballade
By Frank Martin

Fantasie on Der Freischütz
By Paul Taffanel