Hilary Taylor

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Voice

Degrees

DMA in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, The University of North Texas, completion expected Spring 2022
MM in Vocal Performance and Opera, The University of North Texas
BM in Vocal Performance, The University of Texas at Austin

Profile

Hilary Grace Taylor, mezzo-soprano, is a native of Dallas and is becoming known for her versatility of repertoire and love of contemporary music. This year she returns for a third season as an Education Outreach Young Artist with The Dallas Opera and most recently recorded and filmed the role of Sappho in Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata with Pittsburgh Festival Opera. Last year she was a Young Artist with Chautauqua Opera in their 2020 virtual season.

Hilary was a Semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a Finalist in the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition, a Semi-Finalist in the TCO NEXT: A Virtual Vocal Competition, the First Place Winner of the Lewisville Lake Symphony International Voice Competition, and a winner of the University of North Texas Concerto Competition. She has debuted a number of opera roles including Dorabella (Così fan tutte) and Principessa (Suor Angelica) with Gregory Buchalter at Varna International Opera Academy, Giovanna (Rigoletto) with the Sacramento Symphony and Opera, and appeared as the mezzo soloist in the Verdi Requiem at the Durham Cathedral in Durham, England with conductor Paul Leddington Wright at the Brass Band Festival.

Hilary holds degrees from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Texas. With UNT Opera she debuted Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Desirée Armfeldt (A Little Night Music), Madame de Croissy (Dialogues des Carmélites), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Martha (Faust), Mrs. Jones (Street Scene), Regina (Regina) and Gertrude Stein (After Life by Tom Cipullo). While pursuing her DMA, Hilary served as a Teaching Fellow in Vocal Studies at the University of North Texas.

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