Hayden Taylor

Hayden Taylor is an emerging composer based in Melbourne. He is currently in his honours year of a Bachelor of Music Composition and has also completed a Diploma of Pure Mathematics at the University of Melbourne. Hayden studied composition with Elliott Gyger, Stuart Greenbaum, Charlie Sdraulig, and Melody Eötvös.

Hayden’s works have been performed across Australia and internationally in Finland, Russia, and China. He has been commissioned as part of the ANAM Set 2027 and in 2024, he completed a composer residency at the Percy Grainger Museum (supported by IgniteLAB). 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’s music has been played on 3MBS and he has appeared on ‘The Talent’. He is also a member of the Melbourne Composers League.

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 seeks to create new and unique soundscapes that reflect personal emotions, working with closely and collaboratively with players in a slew of recent commissions to create rewarding concert experiences for performer and listener alike.

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.