Hou-Yong Gao

Background

Gao, Hou-Yong was born on April 19, 1932 in Zhen Jiang, JiangSu, China. Came to the United States, 1988. Son of Shu-Nan and Hua (Lu) Gao.

Education

Graduate, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, 1953. Postgraduate diploma, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, 1956.

Career

Researcher/lecturer, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, 1953-1960; lecturer/professor, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, 1960-1974; lecturer, Control and China Conservatory of Music, 1964-1965; lecturer/professor, Nanjing (China) Conservatory, since 1974; external evaluation professor, Kingston Polytechnic, United Kingdom, 1992. Executive director 1st National Conference on Ethnomusicology, China, 1980. Lecturer on conferences in Nanjing, 1980, 83, Beijing, 1982, Nanzhang, 1982, Guaiyang,1984, Chuanzhou, 1984, Jiangzhou, 1986, Shanghai, 1987, London, 1988, Hong Kong, 1993, Syracuse (New York) U., 1993.

Honorary professor ShenYang Conservatory of Music, 1992.

Achievements

• Hou-Yong Gao has been listed as a noteworthy Ethnomusicologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Chinese Musician's Association, Musical Aesthetics Society.

Connections

Married Ren-Hui Fang, August 15, 1959. Children: Theresa, Fei.

Father:

Shu-Nan Gao

Mother:

Hua (Lu) Gao

Spouse:

Ren-Hui Fang

child:

Fei Gao

child:

Theresa Gao