Pianist Patricia Tao, founding member of the Guild Trio from 1988-1998, has led an active career as both soloist and chamber musician.
With the Trio, she won the prestigious USIA [United States Information Agency] Artistic Ambassador competition, resulting in a seven-country European tour. The following year her trio was awarded the position of Trio-in-Residence at the Tanglewood Music Center, where they were lauded by the Boston Globe as a “beautiful new landmark” on the concert stage.
She founded the Hear’s to Your Health concert series at the Walter MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. Offering free admission to classical music concerts for frazzled hospital workers as well as the general public, these concerts now have an appreciative following.
With cellist Marina Hoover, a founding member of the internationally-recognized and award-winning St. Lawrence String Quartet, the Hoover/Tao duo was formed. Patricia and Marina have joined forces to explore the great cello-piano literature.
Upcoming Events
June 20, 2008
Edmonton Chamber Music Society
Summer Solstice Festival (June 20-22)
McDougall United Church, Edmonton
Program:
Falla Suite populaire espagnole for cello and piano
–with Shauna Rolston, cello
Golijov Ainadamar: Desde mi ventana (From my window), arr. for two violins and piano
–with Livia Sohn and Jasmine Lin, violins
June 21, 2008
Brahms Trio in C major, op. 87
–with Jasmine Lin, violin, Marina Hoover, cello
June 22, 2008
Stravinsky Pastorale
–with Martin Riseley, violin
Dvorak Silent Woods
Martinu Pastorales
–with Shauna Rolston, cello
Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Trout"
–with Livia Sohn, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; Marina Hoover, cello; Jan Urke, double bass
November 2, 2008
Museum Concert Series
North Dakota Museum of Art
Grand Forks, ND
Trio Verve (Jasmine Lin, violin; Marina Hoover, cello; Patricia Tao, piano)
November 3, 2008
Mayville State University
Mayville, ND
Trio Verve (Jasmine Lin, violin; Marina Hoover, cello; Patricia Tao, piano)
December 8, 2008
Oak Park, IL
Duo recital
–with Marina Hoover, cello
Thanks to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts for their generous support of this website