Mr. Taylor has appeared with orchestras in the USA and in Europe. These include the Johann Strauss Sinfonietta of Vienna, the W.A. Mozart Philharmonic of Cluj, Romania, Camerata Mediterania of Barcelona, and the Aspen Music Festival (Young Artists Series), under the batons of conductors Conxita Garcia, Cristian Florea, Gert Meditz, Gustav Meier, Fiora Contino, James Vail, Rebecca Burkhardt, and Bruce Nehring. His operatic credits include lead roles in The Magic Flute, Albert Herring, Così fan Tutte, H.M.S. Pinafore, Highway One, USA (Still), Porgy and Bess, and Falstaff. Taylor's international itinerary includes some 19 tours of Spain, singing to enthusiastic, capacity audiences. Of special note among these performances is his singing the Evangelist in Bach's Passion According to Saint Matthew, a first in the 500 year history in the basilica of the famous Montserrat monastary. This critically acclaimed performance was broadcast over national television and radio in Spain and was later released on video cassette. Recent highlights of his performances include Spanish television and radio broadcasts of his singing Bach's Magnificat from Barcelona's Palau de la Música; featured artist under the sponsorship of the Cultural Committee for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona; Messiah at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC; and featured artist for the historic E. Azalia Hackley Concert Series of the Detroit Public Library. This coming season has Taylor making his New York debut at Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie).

     Mr. Taylor's other appearances on television and radio include the national broadcast of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, National Broadcast Radio, and The Hour of Power (Crystal Cathedral) with the Los Angeles Jubilee Singers, with whom he toured the USA, Europe, and Israel. Additional solo appearances include the Pro-Musica chorus and orchestra of El Paso, Texas, The Leigh Morris Chorale of St. Paul, Minnesota, the Brazeal Dennard Chorale of Detroit, Michigan, and the Moses Hogan Chorale of New Orleans, Louisiana.

     Darryl Taylor has been responsible for a number of debut peformances. His specialized recitals have regularly introduced audiences to works of composers like William Grant Still, George Walker, Adolphus Hailstork, John Musto, Deon Nielsen Price, Lena McLin, Ted Wiprud, Leslie Adams, and Hale Smith. Many of these works were written especially for Taylor's voice. In 1990 he recorded To the Children of War, a cycle of six songs composed by Price with texts by Maya Angelou, for Cambria Records. Darryl Taylor recently recorded songs of the distinguished black composer, H. Leslie Adams, for Albany Records.

     A native of Detroit, Michigan, Darryl Taylor holds degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of Michigan, where he studied with renowned tenor, George Shirley. He is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon Music Fraternity, Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honors Society, and the National Association of Negro Musicians. Dr. Taylor currently serves on the voice faculty of the University of Northern Iowa, in Cedar Falls.