GSU Orchestra
Direction
Mr. Ye Tao is an assistant
professor of music at Grambling State University. A native of Shenyang,
China, he received the bachelor’s degree in violin performance from
the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. While he was in China, he was concertmasters
of the Liaoning Symphony Orchestra, Opera House, and Ballet Company. He
also has made recital appearances throughout his native China including
a recital at the Beijing Concert Hall. He has also appeared as recitalist
in Europe, including an acclaimed recital in Italy:
“Ye Tao
roused a capacity audience into an enraptured frenzy with his admirable
performance of the Garmen Fantasy, Opus 25, of Pablo de Sarasate. It seemed
as if the audience would never stop applauding.”
Brunero Machetti
La Gazetta di Siena,
Italy August 20, 1992
His latest solo appearances were in Caribbean
island country of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago with the university
choir in 2005.
Mr. Tao came to the United States as a visiting
scholar in 1989 and studied at the University of Southern California. He
arrived in Louisiana in 1991, and received Master of Music degrees in violin
performance and in conducting from the University of Louisiana, Monroe.
He has appeared as recitalist in the concert
sponsored by Monroe Symphony orchestra, Twin City Ballet, and the Little
Theater, he 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 Symphony orchestra, South
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra, Shreveport Symphony
Orchestra, Monroe Symphony Orchestra, Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Lake Charles
Symphony Orchestra, Longview Symphony Orchestra, Texarkana Symphony orchestra,
Delta Symphony Orchestra, Long Beach Ballet Orchestra, Torrance Symphony
Orchestra, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Santa Ana Symphony Orchestra,
and Palm Spring Pop Orchestra.
In Louisiana, he has taught in the public schools,
and was director of the Monroe Youth Symphony for three years. He joined
the Grambling music faculty in 1996, where he serves as Director of Orchestral
Activities, teaches Applied Strings, Music Appreciation, Introduction to
Fine & Performing arts, and String Method classes.
Mr. Tao was elected as the chairman of Orchestra
Division and Louisiana all-State Orchestra of Louisiana music educator Association,
and selected as American String Teacher Association Louisiana State chapter
president in 2008.
His name is on the Who’s Who: The Best American Teachers Selected
by the Best Students, 1996 edition.
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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
