Originally from the Chicago area, Jeff grew up studying piano (with Mom), trumpet (with Dad and Stuart Lichti) and tuba (with David McCormick). After a few terms at the University of Iowa, where he also studied composition with Richard Hervig, he left the school-owned instruments and tuba playing behind for a career in engineering, though he remained involved in music on the piano and as a songwriter and composer. In January 2001, Jeff was "born again" into both music performance and education, when he finally acquired a tuba of his own. His serious brass rehabilitation has included studies with Michael Russell (Seattle Symphony-retired), Edgar Phillips (Pacific Lutheran Univ-Bellevue Philharmonic), Michael Grose (University of Oregon, Eugene Symphony), and Stephen Fissel (bass trombone-Seattle Symphony). He has played with the Wheaton Municipal Band and the Bill Russell Orchestra in Illinois (on trumpet), and locally with the Seattle Philharmonic, Federal Way Symphony, Rainer Symphony, Rain City Symphony (on tuba and trombone), the Mahler Festival Orchestra, and the Greenwood Concert Band, as well as doing rehearsal subbing in other orchestras. Currently he can be found performing with the Highline Symphonic Band, Brass Band Northwest, the Northwest Symphony (on bass trombone), and the Pontiac Bay Symphony.
The Music of Jeffrey Taylor
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