The Taylor Festival Choir is a professional chamber choir, founded and conducted by Robert Taylor. Established in 2000 as the flagship ensemble for the Taylor Music Festival, the Taylor Festival Choir has rapidly garnered a reputation among choral specialists and critics as one of the nation's finest choral ensembles. Their second compact disc recording, This is Thy Hour, O Soul, was recently released on the Centaur label, and has been hailed as "Fabulous...Tremendous." 

“…the choir was spectacular. It was technically and musically flawless with a warm beautiful tone, a superb blend and ensemble, and an innately musically sensitive approach to everything they sang. They were clearly prepared and conducted with obvious skill and creativity. In short, it was a great choir and a wonderful performance. "

 Ken Fulton, Sanders Alumni Professor of Choral Studies, Louisiana State University 

“One of the best choirs in the US…I loved your performance of POEMAS DE AMOR.  It was paced beautifully at just the right tempi and full of compassion and wonderful romanticism.  As always, it was a joy to work with you!” 

                        Stephen Paulus, composer 

“…Taylor’s singers engage the music’s emotions deeply, while bringing a warm, robust sound to bear…exceptional tonal range, excellent diction, and sensitive phrasing.” 

                        Lindsay Koob, choral critic

                        Review of This is Thine Hour O Soul 

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The Taylor Festival Choir was one of only two domestic professional chamber choirs chosen for the American Choral Directors Association 2009 National Convention. This particular convention, always the nation’s largest choral gathering, served as ACDA’s 50^th anniversary celebration. Invitations, therefore, were particularly competitive, and the Taylor Festival Choir’s selection signals their position as one of the nation’s finest choral ensembles. The Taylor Festival Choir (TFC) is the “professional choir-in-residence” at the College of Charleston. It is comprised of 27 singers, over half directly associated with C of C: 9 undergraduates, 3 graduate students, 5 C of C alumni, and 1 faculty member (Art Bumgardner). The choir is inspired by the life and career of his father Bob Taylor (1935-1997) a noted high-school choral musician and pedagogue. Since its inception in 2001, the Taylor Festival Choir has been heard in prestigious venues and festivals throughout the US, and has garnered a reputation of excellence among critics and choral specialists alike. Their second compact disc recording,This is Thy Hour, O Soul, was recently released on the Centaur label, and has been hailed by critic Lindsay Koob as "Fabulous...Tremendous…Taylor’s singers engage the music’s emotions deeply, while bringing a warm, robust sound to bear." 

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