Will Taylor and Strings Attached Community Outreach

Dear Will,
It was such a joy to have you here at McCallum. Thanks for coming out. I’ve had such a great response from faculty and students alike! You really made an impression. The McCallum H.S. kids were absolutely mesmerized and surprised all of us with their rapt attention. You were formally pronounced “Cool” in the
halls afterwards for days. Of course, now my orchestra kids wont let me rest with requests for some Duke Ellington…The most illuminating moments came when
you demonstrated the difference between the standard, straight-ahead apporach to jazz, and your adventurous arrangements and compositions. These elements are not necessarily in most students’ experience…thank you for sharing yourself with us…
                                                    Best Regards,
                                                    M. Anne Rardin
(exerp from a letter sent by M. Anne Rardin of the McCallum High School Creative and  Performing Arts Department, Austin, TX)