Education
Taylor graduated from Austin High School. He then attended the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin.
Taylor graduated from Austin High School. He then attended the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin.
Taylor is one of few viola players in jazz. He began his career playing jazz fusion in clubs on 6th Street in Austin, Texas during his college years. After that, he worked with Eddie Harris and the Turtle Island Quartet.
Additionally, he has spent 23 years playing with the Austin Lyric Opera.
He also spent time doing solo work, releasing three albums:,, and The three albums received airtime on National Public Radio stations. Will Taylor and Strings Attached Will Taylor and Strings Attached (2000) A Bride"s Collection of Traditional Classical Wedding Music (2006) Collaborations (2005) A Christmas Collection from Will Taylor and Strings Attached (2007) A Live Tribute to Led Zeppelin (2007) All Beatles Covers Live, Volume
1 (2007) Back to the Garden: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell (2007) All Beatles Covers, Volume 2 (2007) Songs of Leonard Cohen: Live (2008) Acoustic Rubber Soul - Songs of the Beatles (2009).