Kevin Taylor is the founder of the Childbloom® Guitar Programs of the U.S. He graduated from Florida State University where he received his degree in Religion. While at FSU he studied theory, composition, and classical guitar with Dr. Mario Abril. He has attended seminars focusing on children with sensory dysfunction, dyslexia and the neurology of musicians. He has taught music for 50 years, including 17 years in the conservatory and university settings in Tennessee and Central Texas. He began and developed the classical guitar program at Southwestern from 1978-1994.Taylor developed the Childbloom Guitar Program for young people in 1980. In 1994 he constructed a unique licensing & training system for private educators, which has licensees throughout the U.S. and which has introduced 20,000 children to music through the classical guitar.
As an educator, he has published over 400 articles about raising the musical child and has brought music into the lives of hundreds of families in Austin and Round Rock where he still teaches. He has been called, ”the guitar guru of the pre-adolescent set,” by the press and been featured in the “Great Teacher” series of Guitar Teacher magazine. His many students have excelled in their skill and love for music, winning over two dozen local, regional, national and international competitions and awards for their playing. He has instructed nine guitarists who have appeared on the national NPR radio show, ”From The Top.”
He is Director and composer for Childbloom “Bella Corda” guitar ensemble groups, which garnered top prizes at the Guitar Orchestra Festival International (2010) competition in Bad Nauheim, Germany, Guitar Foundation of America’s International ensemble competition (2017), and The Hill Country Ensemble Guitar Competition (2019). He has also authored a successful high-school curriculum to teach music through guitar ensemble, which is now being used by middle and high-school students. He is currently president of the Williamson County Guitar Society. He and his wife live in Georgetown, TX.
Kevin Taylor continues to teach in Round Rock and Austin and is most proud of the students he has taught who are now bringing their children to The Childbloom Guitar Program.