Will Taggart
Will Taggart is a guitarist and a former School of Rock All Star. In 2014, the episode "May Be the Last Time" of True Blood on HBO featured the song "Open the Gates" co-written by Taggart and Derrick Schneider.[1] They created "Open the Gates" at the age of 14 while playing in the hard rock band Rapid Fire. Taggart was the lead guitarist of Rapid Fire,[2] which performed at the 2010 Bamboozle Festival at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[3]
Early life and education
After growing up in Summit, New Jersey, Taggart graduated from Morristown-Beard School in Morristown, New Jersey in 2013.[4] During his studies, he performed in the school's Contemporary Music Workshop. Taggart served as co-president of the workshop during his senior year. After high school, Taggart began the Bandier program for Music and the Entertainment Industries in the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. He has hosted the "The Fah-Show Show" on WERW, a student-run, free-form radio station at the university, since 2013.
Musical career
Taggart started playing guitar at the age of eight.[5] Since then, he has performed at several venues in the New York City metropolitan area. These venues have included Webster Hall in Manhattan, Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and Gramercy Theatre in Manhattan.[6] Taggart has also performed at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado and the Gathering of the Vibes Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In high school he played the guitar and bass for his band Sauce. His most recent musical project is with his cousins Ben and Jonah Wolfson and is called Cuz. They recorded their first release "The Mustard EP" in May 2014. It was released in July 2014 on Bandcamp.
New Eyes for the Needy
Taggart volunteered for New Eyes for the Needy's fund raising concert in New Jersey from 2009 to 2013. New Eyes for the Needy, a national nonprofit organization founded in 1933, supports the purchase of glasses for people who cannot afford them. Taggart chaired the concert from 2011 to 2013.[7] In 2010, the New Jersey State Legislature honored his service with a joint legislative resolution. Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz presented the resolution to Taggart during the New Eyes for the Needy concert.[8]
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