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Classical Music Concert at the Eliot Church
The Eliot Church of South Natick will host a classical concert on Sunday, November 15, at 3PM. The trio includes Andrew
Kohji Taylor, violin; Patrick Owen, cello; and Stephen James, piano. The program will feature Beethoven's "Kreutzer"
sonata, a solo cello sonata by George Crumb, and a piano trio by composer Stephen James. The concert will take place
in the sanctuary of the Eliot Church, 45 Eliot Street (Rt. 16), Natick, MA. The suggested donation is $15 per person. A
reception will follow.
Hailed for profound musical expression and artistic sensitivity, Andrew Kohji Taylor is expanding an international
reputation by captivating audiences with probing musical insight, luminous tone, expressive phrasing and technical
mastery. The Boston Globe writes, “Though he has technique to burn he wears it lightly,” and praises his “gorgeous
virtuosity” and “sheer scrupulousness of playing.” In a review of his Washington D.C. debut recital, The Washington Post
deemed him “exceptionally soulful,” and for a recent performance at the Smithsonian Museum, the Post noted his “finetuned perceptive powers and obvious joy of music making.” Born in Boston, Mr. Taylor began to study the violin at the
age of four. In May of 2008 he performed at Boston’s symphony hall with the Boston Pops orchestra under the direction
of Keith Lockhart. Highly sought after as a chamber musician, Mr. Taylor can be heard regularly at music festivals. Taylor
is a frequent guest of Boston’s WGBH radio and his recitals have been heard on NPR’s “Performance Today,” NHK Japan,
WFMT Chicago, WETA Washington DC, and “Voice of America.” He was recently featured on WCVB television, in a
special program titled, “Guys on the Rise”, and in a documentary about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum that has
been viewed nationally on ABC.
Cellist Patrick Owen is in high demand as a recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral player in New England. As an
orchestral musician Mr. Owen has worked as the Assistant Principal Cellist for the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra as well
as Assistant Principal and Principal Cellist of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra in Boulder, CO. In New England he is a
frequent guest performer with the Boston Philharmonic, BMOP, Boston Lyric Opera and Rhode Island Philharmonic. Mr.
Owen is a founding member of the Ellipsis Trio, a piano trio based in Cambridge, MA. Since its inception in January 2013,
Ellipsis has become the recipient of the Rosenbloom Foundation Career Grant and completed a residency at the Avaloch
Farm Music Institute which they will repeat in 2015. The trio has performed as guests of the Rockport Music Festival and
was in residence in Crete at the Archanes Summer Music Academy in July, 2014. Ellipsis performs regularly in the Boston
metropolitan area and hosts an ongoing series called "The American Experiment" at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, which features American or American-inspired music. Mr. Owen holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the
Eastman School of Music, a Masters of Music degree from the Juilliard School and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from
Boston University.
Stephen James, Eliot Church music director, has performed for the Tanglewood Music Center Chamber Series, the WICN
Radio concert series at Mechanics Hall, the American Repertory Theater, and many other venues in New England. He is a
composer as well as a pianist, and completed his doctoral degree in composition at Boston University, where he
received the graduate composition prize in 1984, the Malloy Miller Composition Award in 1986, and an award for
continuing musical excellence in 1987. His music has been performed by nationally known ensembles and soloists,
including baritone Sanford Sylvan, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Washington Music Ensemble, and the Atlantic
Brass Quintet.
For further information or directions, go to www.theeliotchurch.org or call (508) 653-2244.