{"id":12696,"date":"2014-07-23T01:12:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T06:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=12696"},"modified":"2023-05-10T16:06:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T21:06:35","slug":"macyn-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/macyn-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"With time still on her side, guitarist earns second degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12878\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/07\/macyn_taylor14_j-vljaz0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12878\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/07\/macyn_taylor14_j-vljaz0.jpg\" alt=\"Macyn Taylor\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/07\/macyn_taylor14_j-vljaz0.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/07\/macyn_taylor14_j-vljaz0-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Macyn Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was something of a friendly competition for views between the YouTube channels of UWM\u2019s finger-style guitar performance program and one of its recent, youngest graduates, Macyn Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor reached a million views first.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 5px;width: 310px;float: right\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right;font-style: italic\"><span class=\"uwm_caption\">Video by Chris Baylor<\/span><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3mWPlkpV0uw\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>Finger-style guitarist Macyn Taylor will get you dancing with her twist on Michael Jackson&#8217;s &#8220;Billie Jean.&#8221;\u00a0 (View full size on <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/3mWPlkpV0uw\">YouTube<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Taylor was the subject of publicity in 2011 when she graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree from UWM\u2019s Peck School of the Arts guitar performance program at 17 \u2013 one of the youngest UWM graduates in a very long time. This spring, she earned her master of music degree in guitar performance.<\/p>\n<p>Her ambitious long-range plans include performing, teaching guitar students and, someday, teaching guitar at a university.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like part of my life going away,\u201d Taylor said of ending her time at UWM, which started when she was 12. \u201cI performed quite a bit while I was at UWM, some while I should have been doing schoolwork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That wasn\u2019t a problem, according to John Stropes, Peck School\u2019s director of guitar studies. \u201cMacyn was an extraordinary student and an exemplary citizen at UWM. She had the most active performance schedule of any of the program\u2019s students, and she has a generous spirit, always willing to help people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor stood out among her peers in the guitar program because of her age and early accomplishments. But Stropes pointed out that \u201call the students have their stories to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are 26 students in the guitar performance program, 16 of them studying in the specialty that Taylor prefers, finger-style. Other styles are classical, jazz and flamenco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe program in finger-style guitar is unique, offering the only academic major in that style in the world,\u201d Stropes said. \u201cIt has become a model for innovative guitar programs that are now being developed at colleges and universities around the world.\u201d Students come to UWM from as far as New Zealand, Australia and Finland.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor had to make the trip only from her parents\u2019 farm in Racine County. She began playing on the streets of Madison at age 9, in the company of her parents or an older brother when they were visiting her sister there. While she was playing on the UW-Madison Union Terrace on Saturday nights, a UW-Madison professor encouraged her to study at the college level.<\/p>\n<p>When she arrived at UWM, she had just completed the 6<sup>th<\/sup> grade. In addition to being homeschooled, she took 10 UWM credit hours a semester, and attended summer and winter sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Finger-style guitar fascinated Taylor from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe repertoire appeals to me, it\u2019s where I come from, more of a blues\/folk style. It\u2019s just more flexible in my mind,\u201d she said. She lists Leo Kottke and the late Michael Hedges as influences.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor never stopped performing, no matter her academic responsibilities. Years of playing and singing in folk festivals, coffee shops and bars have helped her mature, playing a challenging guitar style with seeming ease. Busking as a street performer remains her favorite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never was nervous, even when I first started,\u201d she said. \u201cI have certainly gotten more comfortable and able to relate to the audience. Performing is a different skill set and takes a lot of experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Said Stropes: \u201cWith the comprehensive education and training that she has received at UWM, her already substantial career as a performer, and her online celebrity, Macyn\u2019s future looks bright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor\u2019s performance schedule \u2013 and a link to her self-titled CD \u2013 is on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macyntaylor.com\">her website<\/a>. YouTube contains seemingly hundreds of her performances, almost always accompanied by messages of effusive praise from fans. Another CD may be finished by the end of the year. 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