Chorus Director Reid Taylor has led and prepared choruses throughout the United States and Europe. During his tenure at Opera Festival, his choruses have received critical acclaim in productions of Il Corsaro, Attila and Assassinio nella Cattedrale, which Opera News described as, “truly monumental.” His choruses have engaged in international tours and have been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall. A concert pianist and operatic tenor, Mr. Taylor performs regularly as a recitalist. Mr. Taylor conducted productions of Manuel de Falla’s La vida breve and Menotti’s The Medium in Cleveland where he also conducted a chorus for the Vasa Order of Sweden. Mr. Taylor has arranged for members of The Cleveland Orchestra for their Wade Oval Wednesdays Concert Series. His namesake production company has produced concerts for private events in Chicago, Naples, Palm Beach, Los Angeles, and NYC. Mr. Taylor is also a linguist and has translated patents, legal and financial statements for publicly traded companies in German. Mr. Taylor studied opera and piano at the Cleveland Institute of Music and linguistics at Case Western Reserve. He began his path as a conductor while serving as assistant to the conductor at Pittsburgh Opera while still in high school and has participated in conducting masterclasses with Jorge Mester, Maurice Peress, Victoria Bond and the composer Roberto Sierra. Mr. Taylor is a board member of Lyric Opera Stage Artists and serves as treasurer. He also serves as the Chief conductor of the Naperville Chorus and Orchestra which he has conducted in sold out performances of Carmina Burana, The Paukenmesse by Haydn, Handel’s Messiah and Rutter’s Requiem.