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Dr. Charles Taylor

Director, School of the Arts

Email:ctaylor@uno.edu
Phone:(504) 280-6381

Dr. Charles Taylor is Professor of Music and Director of the School of the Arts. Dr. Taylor holds the degrees Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Music Education and Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He studied conducting with Rodney Winther and Terence Milligan and clarinet with Carmine Campione and Emil Schmactenberg. Prior to his appointment at the University of New Orleans, Dr. Taylor taught middle school and high school instrumental music in Ohio. Dr. Taylor also serves as the conductor of the New Orleans Concert Band and the New Orleans Civic Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Taylor has been a guest conductor throughout the United States and Canada and a guest clinician at the Mid-West Clinic, the International Conference of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the Southern Division Conference of the College Band Directors National Association, and the Louisiana Music Educators Association. Under his direction, the New Orleans Concert Band performed at the National Convention of the Association of Concert Bands in Houston, Texas and the University of New Orleans Wind Ensemble performed at the Louisiana Music Educators Association State Conference. As an advocate for new music, Dr. Taylor has premiered over 50 works in various media and has worked collaboratively with many composers and performers, including Michael Torke, Steven Bryant, John Mackey, James Syler, Lisa Kaplan, Brad Garner, Mark Babbitt, and Helen Kim.

 

 

Undergraduate Contact

Wendy Young

Academic Coordinator, School of the Arts

Email:wayoung@uno.edu
Phone: (504) 280-6786

 


 

Department Contacts

Brent Rose

Department of Music

Email:bmrose@uno.edu
Phone:(504) 280-5496


John Hampton Overton

Department of Film

Email:joverton@uno.edu
Phone:(504) 280-7214


Jeff Rinehart

Department of Fine Arts

Email:jrineha1@uno.edu
Phone:(504) 280-6493


Diane Baas

Department of Theatre

Email: dbaas@uno.edu
Phone:(504) 280-6030

Graduate Contacts

Victor Atkins III

Graduate Coordinator, Department of Music

Email: vatkins@uno.edu
Phone: (504) 280-7462


Katie Garagiola

Graduate Coordinator, Department of Film

Email: kgaragio@uno.edu
Phone: (504) 280-6814


Aryia Martin

Graduate Coordinator, Department of Fine Arts

Email: amartin3@uno.edu
Phone: 


Kevin Griffith

Graduate Coordinator, Department of Theatre

Email: kgriffit@uno.edu
Phone: (504) 280-68101

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