Hayden Taylor

Hayden Taylor is an emerging composer based in Melbourne. He is about to undertake Honours in Music Composition, having completed a Bachelor of Music Composition and a Diploma of Pure Mathematics at the University of Melbourne. Hayden studied composition with Elliott Gyger, Stuart Greenbaum, Melody Eötvös, Christine McCombe, and Calvin Bowman.

Hayden’s works have been performed across Australia and internationally in Finland, Russia, and China. In 2024, he completed a composer residency at the Percy Grainger Museum (supported by IgniteLAB) including delivering a 22-minute chamber group soundscape currently playing in the museum. Hayden has had performances with the Melbourne Conservatorium Saxophone Ensemble (two pieces), MYRIAD (Melbourne Conservatorium Percussion Ensemble), Queensland Youth Orchestra, Melbourne Youth Orchestra, and the Grainger Wind Symphony (a community ensemble which Hayden enjoys collaborating with).

Hayden is a member of the Melbourne Composers League and has had a performance with them. His music has also been played on 3MBS and he has appeared on ‘The Talent’.

Hayden explores how his interests in advanced mathematics, spirituality, and history can be applied to music, and enjoys dreaming, thinking, and theorising about the relationships between these fields. He enjoys working closely with musicians to create pieces for specific performances as demonstrated in a slew of commissions by performers.

A keen cellist, Hayden studies cello with Richard Narroway and has performed contemporary solo cello music (including his own), as well as in chamber and orchestral settings. He particularly enjoys historically informed performance and has performed continuo at the Melbourne Conservatorium showcase concert representing the Early Music Faculty.