Taylor Giacoma

Founder, Managing Director

Voice, Piano

Music Theory, Songwriting

Taylor Giacoma is the founder and Managing Director of Semitone. She teaches voice, piano, and music theory and conducts the Semitone Singers. She also performs regularly as a solo singer/pianist, primarily her own compositions.

Her songs are often mistaken for something from a musical and are about everything from love and loss to cataclysmic magnetic stars, time dilation, and fourth century saints. Recently overheard at a gig: "She's like a Disney princess that sings about proper stuff."

Taylor is an American, but lives in Marple in the Northwest of England. She is primarily based at Semitone, which she founded in 2013. Dedicated to helping musicians and other creative folk find their way one tiny step at a time, Semitone is quickly becoming known as a go-to venue for original music as well as a hub for people in the community to come together to share in the joy of performance.

As a tutor, Taylor works with students of all ages at all levels in a wide variety of styles and genres. Her own musical education has been a journey from learning to play the piano by ear, later being classically trained in voice and piano, and finally finding her own personal style. She draws on this experience and encourages students to explore anything and everything that inspires them. As conductor of the Semitone Singers choirs, Taylor challenges her singers with everything from Elgar to Elton and Monteverdi to the Monkees, and sometimes her own arrangements and compositions. The Semitone Singers are often seen out and about in East Cheshire at various care homes, day centres, pubs and parties.

Taylor is also a proud member of Marple Runners and an active member of the Quaker community.