| Eclectic electric and
acoustic violinist Cat Taylor, was
educated classically with a BA in music from UC Santa Barbara, and has
studied
with Charles Meacham, India Cooke, David Balakrishnan and Daniel
Kobialka. Cat is Director of Entertainment for the Dickens Christmas Fair, a member of San Francisco's Symphony Parnassus, and Celtic-Medieval progressive rock band Avalon Rising whose most critically acclaimed album "Storming Heaven" was released in 2004 by Flowinglass Music. See the performance page for current concerts and press on the recent album, the discography page for a selected list of recordings and click here for published articles. Click here for Cat's practical side: Cat Taylor Bookkeeping. |
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Cat has performed with a diverse
combination
of ensembles that include everything from orchestras
and Celtic balladeers to blues and rock & roll. She has been
featured on a number of
albums including
pioneering Celtic Fusion band Phoenyx’s "Keepers of the Flame",
with Toys
in the Attic on "The
Infinite Summer of Love" on Taxim
Records, gypsy jazz-ers Go
Van Gogh 's eponymous release on the Accretions label and
Celtic-Middle-Eastern-tribal-trance-dance ensemble Haunted By Waters ’, "Like
the Dust" on X Dot 25 Records.
She also performed for seven years with blues-rockers Amazon
Queen,
and since 1999 has been a member of Avalon Rising. In
2004 she went back to her classical roots and joined forces with San
Francisco's Symphony
Parnassus. Composition
credits include Shanachie:
The Challenge of the
Sidhe , the Irish step-dance show that Cat produced, directed,
wrote, and played in at faires and festivals throughout Film
credits include work on the documentary “Blink” for PBS
and Thompson Productions
and promotional audio editing on numerous projects for As You Like It Productions. Published
articles
include “Music
in the Palm of Your Hand” for Electronic
Musician Magazine and a review of Gig
Logic Gig-O-Rama 2.0 in Onstage
Magazine.
Watch the performances page for upcoming dates. |
| Cat's electric violin was made to her custom specifications by the very talented folks at Zeta. It's 5-String, wireless, and midi, with silver Celtic knotwork along the sides and a cat's head scroll. Click on the picture to see more detailed pictures. |
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Music/Entertainment
Director
Entertainment Director: "As
You Like It Productions"
Music Director: “Living History Centre”
Produced, Wrote, Directed,
Composed
(and performed violin) for Irish
step-dance show entitled Shanachie: The Challenge of the Sidhe at
Northern
California Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Heart of the Forest Renaissance
Faire in
Music Director:
Pirates of
Folk and Popular Music
Avalon Rising,
Celtic-Medieval-Rock: electric violin, bodhran, vocals
Fiddler's Fancy:
various Celtic ensembles for parties,
weddings, dances, etc.
The Veil:
Celtic-Middle Eastern-Eastern European music: electric violin,
bodhran (Irish side drum), vocals
Amazon Queen,
Blues-funk-folk-rock: electric violin, bodhran, vocals
Kate Price:
electric violin
Haunted By Waters,
Celtic, Middle-Eastern tribal trance-dance music: electric
violin, bodhran
Conundrum,
Electric and Acoustic Celtic-based quintet: violin, bodhran, vocals
Go Van Gogh
middle-eastern influenced jazz fusion: electric violin
Stone Fiddle,
Celtic folk-rock: electric violin, bodhran, vocals
Phoenyx, Celtic
fusion band (folk-rock): electric violin, bodhran, vocals
Matrix (a.k.a.
Whiskey) semi-electric Celtic music: violin, bodhran, vocals
Musician, teacher,
actor , singer for Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Dickens’
Christmas Fair, Old California Celebrations, Old San Francisco Fair,
Heart of
the Forest Renaissance Faire
Orchestral
Marin Chamber
Orchestra
Diablo
Concertmaster for
show orchestras at College of Marin, Santa Barbara Youth
Theater, California Youth Theater,
Santa Barbara
Repertory Theater, University of California Opera Orchestra and
Chorus, Marin Shakespeare Festival
Festivals
& Special Events
A Royal Afayre
Ardenwood Farms Celtic Festival
Baycon
Border's
Books &
Music, Thousand Oaks, CA
Burning Man Main Stage,
Black Rock Desert, NV
Coloma International Gold Panning Competition, Coloma, CA
Contra Costa Earth Day Festival, Concord, CA
Crab Festival at Fort
Mason, San Francisco, CA
Copia Center, Napa, CA
Digital Be-In, San Francisco, CA
Electric Off the Eel, Laytonville, CA
Fairfax
May Day
Festival, Fairfax, CA
Festival at the Lake, Oakland, CA
Flower and
Garden Show at The Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA
Fight the Right, National
Organization for Women Annual Rally, San Francisco, CA
Gold
Country Fair, Placerville, CA
Grand National Irish Fair, Burbank, CA
Great Dickens Christmas
Fair, San Francisco, CA
Gujarat
Earthquake Relief Benefit Concert with Ustad Habib Khan
and Ancient
Future
Habitat for Humanity
Benefit, San Francisco, CA
Heart of the
Forest Renaissance Faire
Health
and Harmony Festival, Santa Rosa, CA
High Sierra
Music Festival, Sonora, CA
Hooker’s
Ball, San Francisco, CA
"Into The West" Official Lord
of
the Rings Fan Club Oscar night party, at
the Hollywood Athletic
Club
Kentucky Mine Concert Series, Sierra City, CA
Kindership May Day
Festival, Fairfax, CA
Laguna Seca Daze, Monterey, CA
MacBeth Coronation Ball
Making
Waves Festival, San Francisco, CA
Mammoth Celtic Festival, Mammoth, CA
Mill
Valley Utopian Fair
Movie
Railroad Days, Railtown 1897 State
Historic
Park, Jamestown, CA
NAMM Show (with Zeta Violins)
Old San Francisco Fair
Pantheacon
Race For the Cure, San
Francisco, CA
Rail Fair, Sacramento, CA
Renaissance
Pleasure Faire
Rock Art Galley Opening - The Cannery, San Francisco, CA
Rumpelstiltzkin's
Rumpus
San Francisco
Chronicle Fourth of July Waterfront Festival
San Francisco Concerts in the Park, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Fair, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Free Folk Festival, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco International Film
Festival, San Francisco, CA
San Jose
Repertory
Theater Opening Night "By the Bog of Cats"
San Rafael Farmer's Market, San Rafael, CA
Saratoga
Rotary Art Show
Sausalito Yacht Club, Sausalito, CA
Sebastopol Celtic Festival, Sebastopol, CA
Shadelands Museum
Harvest Festival, Walnut Creek, CA
Squaw Valley Celtic Festival and Solstice Celebration
Summer of Love ‘92, San Francisco, CA
Tapestry
in Talent Festival, San Jose, CA
Utopian Community
Faire, Marin County Fairgrounds, CA
Whole Earth Festival, Davis, CA
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