GSU Orchestra
Ye Tao is an Assistant Professor of Music at Grambling State University. A native
of Shenyang, China, he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in violin performance
from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. While he was in China, he was concertmaster
of the Liaoning Symphony Orchestra, Opera House, and Ballet Company. He has also presented
recital appearances throughout his native China including a recital at the Beijing
Concert Hall. He has appeared as recitalist in Europe too, including an acclaimed
recital in Italy,and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Mr. Tao came to the United States as a visiting scholar at the University of Southern
California.
He has given solo violin solo recitals at the Universities in the Northeast Louisiana.
In addition he has also appeared as recitalist in the concert sponsored by Monroe
Symphony orchestra, Twin City Ballet, and the Little Theatre, has also played with
the Ruston Civic Orchestra as a soloist.
As an orchestral musician, he has played in many orchestras in the States including:
Arkansas, Pine Bluff, South Arkansas, Acadiana, Baton Rouge Ballet, Baton Rouge,
Lake Charles, Monroe, Rapids, Shreveport, Shreveport Opera, Shreveport Balle, Mississippi,
Mississippi Delta, Tupelo, Gulf coast, Longview , Texarkana, Marshall, Long Beach
ballet, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, Torrance, and Palm Spring Pop in California.
In Louisiana, he has taught in the public schools, and was director of the Monroe
Youth Symphony Orchestra. He joined the Grambling State University music faculty in
1996, where he serves as Director of the University Orchestra and teaches Applied
Strings, Music Appreciation, Introduction to Fine & Performing arts, and String Method
classes.
Mr. Tao was a board member of the Louisiana Music Educators Association and the orchestra
division chairman who is in charge of the Louisiana all-State Orchestra, and was also
the Louisiana State Chapter president of the American String Teacher Association.
His name is on the Who’s Who: The Best American Teachers Selected by the Best Students,
1996 edition.
Orchestra Director:
Ye Tao
Assistant Professor, Director of Orchestra Activities
Location: 205 Performing Arts Center
Address: GSU Box 4258 Grambling, Louisiana 71245
Phone Number: 274-2168
Fax Number: 318-274-4089
Email: taoy@gram.edu
