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Tayloe Harding became Dean of the School of Music at University of South Carolina on July 1, 2005. He was most recently the Head of the Department of Music, Professor of Music, and Chief Advancement Officer for the Arts at Valdosta State University (VSU) as well as serving as Executive Director of the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra. He has previously served in faculty and administrative capacities at North Dakota State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Georgia State University. Dr. Harding's works have received performances throughout the United States, Canada and on six continents. He has received grants for new works and premiers from Meet the Composer, the National Endowment for the Arts, Lila Wallace-Readers' Digest Foundation, Philip Morris, Inc., and a variety of state and local agencies in Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Commissions for his new works have been received from Thamyris, the Atlanta Winds, the African-American Philharmonic Orchestra, the Atlanta Community Orchestra, the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, the Chicago Saxophone Quartet, the Gainesville (FL) Civic Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet, and from numerous individuals and Universities. His has been a fellow of the Ragdale and UCROSS Foundations, as well as of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Hambidge Center for the Arts, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. A member of ASCAP, his works are published by Mareba Music, and Collected Editions, Ltd. He is currently immediate Past-President of the College Music Society, the nation’s only comprehensive professional and scholarly membership organization in music in higher education. Dr. Harding has been active in many national and international organizations, but most recently the Society of Composers, Inc. and the National Associations of Schools of Music. Dr. Harding and his wife Christine Carere Harding are
very proud of their family, including children Maryel, Maddie,
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