Name	Welly Yang
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Naionality	Amercain
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Place of Birth	New York City
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Yang was born in New York City. His parents emigrated from Taiwan in 1969. His mother returned to Taipei in 1991 to direct foreign affairs for the Democratic Progressive Party. Yang grew up in Great Neck, New York and graduated from the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey in 1990. There, he sang in the glee club and was concertmaster of the orchestra. He has played the violin since age 4. At Lawrenceville, Yang played Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance in 1990, his first show. He then attended Columbia University, graduating in 1994. At Columbia, he played Leonard Meryll in Gilbert and Sullivan opera, The Yeomen of the Guard and then performed in The Mikado, both with the Barnard Gilbert and Sullivan Society. He sang for two years with the Kingsmen, Columbia's most prestigious acappella group. [1]. Yang graduated with honors in political science/international relations from Columbia University.