Nicole L. Taylor (Soprano) has sung in various events and celebrations around Houston, Texas including corporate events, professional organizations special events, and various churches around the city. She received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Houston where she performed Lady Billows in Britten’s Albert Herring and the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Nicole also reprised the role of that vengeful queen in an encore performance in the Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston.Nicole completed her Masters of Music in Opera in spring of 2006 as a member of the Butler Opera Studio where she sang the role of Lidoine in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites. She sang the role of Lia in Debussy's first opera, L’Enfant Prodigue as part of the International Congress where the American Recording Guide mentioned her “full, rich soprano voice.†Nicole has reprised the role of the Queen of the Night in San Jose, Costa Rica and Mazatlan, Mexico with Triangle Project where the local critics applauded her command of the role. She also added the role of the First Lady to her performance repertory.Nicole has been a pioneer creating new opportunities for herself and others. In March of 2006, she produced and performed a concert of works by African American composers. This concert was done again with new music on a much grander scale in February 2007, becoming The University of Texas School of Music first ever Black History celebration. This will now be a standard annual concert at the university. She has started a new arts organization in Austin called the Black Tie Vocal Ensemble which will continue to perform works by African American composers and give performance opportunities to deserving young artist in classical music and jazz.Nicole looks forward to continuing her studies under her voice teacher Rose Taylor while completing her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in 2009.
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