By Jacob Stockinger
Because this is the last issue of Rhythm, this is my last classical musical column for Rhythm.
Although this is premature by my usual standards, I want to go out by naming my Musician of the Year, something I usually do at the end of the calendar year.
My Musician of the Year for 2008 is Christopher Taylor, the virtuosic pianist who has taught at the University of Wisconsin School of Music for the past seven years and this spring used a sabbatical from teaching to prepare and perform all 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven in 10 concerts.