Taylor Shane Constante
Ty Constant came to Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at the National University of Singapore in 2005
and is currently a senior lecturer in World Music and Professional Development. He has performed with a number of ensembles in Singapore including the Philharmonic Winds, the Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, the NUS Thai Music Ensemble, the Singa Nglaras Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, as well performing in a cross-cultural ensemble involving Indian, Chinese and Western artists. He is a member of Ang Mo Faux, a contemporary electro-acoustic ensemble that performs regularly in Singapore and the region. He is the director of the Gita Buana Balinese Gamelan Ensemble at the Conservatory. He has presented percussion and world music workshops and performances to numerous local schools and community groups, as well as being involved with various teacher-training projects and programs. He is also a member of the advisory board for The Center for World Music located in San Diego, CA. as well as Director of the Center for World Music, Singapore. Previously he was a lecturer at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. While there he taught theory and ear training courses, as well as assisting the percussion department. He participated in a variety of conferences and workshops including SAYOWE (Southeast Asian Youth Orchestra and Wind Ensemble) and Thailand’s First International Conference on Music Education.
In 1996, Constant joined the United States Peace Corps where he served as the music curriculum specialist to the Malawi Institute of Education in Malawi, Africa, for over two years. While serving in this newly created position, he developed primary school music textbooks for nation-wide use, directed a film project documenting traditional Malawian musical instrument makers, helped to organize two annual Choral workshops, and organized a festival of traditional Malawian and Zimbabwean music sponsored by the French Cultural Centre.
Constant has studied and performed a wide range of musical styles outside of his western percussion background, including the traditional music of Bali, Brazil, Cuba, Ghana, Java, Malawi, South India, and Zimbabwe.
