A violinist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will perform at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Sunday, Jan. 23, as part of the Performing Arts Series.

David Taylor will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Michelsen Hall in the Fine Arts Center. An assistant concertmaster for the CSO since 1979, Taylor is known to Chicago audiences as a versatile soloist, chamber player and orchestral musician. A critic from the Chicago Tribune has praised him for his "well-focused tone, poised line, and aristocratic phrasing."

An adjunct faculty member at Northeastern Illinois University, Taylor also is a first violinist of the Pressenda Piano Trio and Chicago Ensemble and concertmaster of the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the ArsViva Chamber Orchestra, and the Park Ridge Symphony. He gives recitals throughout the Chicagoland area and teaches students in orchestras across the United States and Japan.

A native of Canton, Ohio, Taylor first studied music at age four then attended the Cleveland Insitute of Music and the Julliard School, where he earned bachelor�s and master�s degrees. He joined the Cleveland Orchestra in 1974 and has also been the acting concertmaster of the St.Louis Symphony Orchestra and concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

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