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Horace Alexander Young
Horace Alexander Young (born November 4, 1954) is an American saxophonist, flutist, composer, songwriter, composer, arranger/orchestrator and author. He has performed alongside acts such as B.B. King, Bill Withers, Freddy Fender, Jonathan Butler, The Manhattans, McCoy Tyner, Nancy Wilson, Norman Brown, Regina Belle, Sam Hopkins, Gerald Alston, Abdullah Ibrahim, The McCoy Tyner Big Band, and Toots Thielemans.
Young is also an educator, having taught on the music faculty of Washington State University (1998-2008 and 2015-2022), and at other educational institutions such as Sonoma State University (1983–84) and Rutgers University (1984–85),[4] Texas Southern University (2008-2014) and Houston Community College (2010-2014 and 2022 - ). Additionally, he served as the Chair of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD) from 2014-2017 – where he established the student-run record label, ARROYO RECORDS which released two recordings during his tenure there.[5] Young is now Professor Emeritus of Music at Washington State University.[4]
Young is a native of Houston, Texas. He started taking music lessons at eight years of age, initially on the piano, but he subsequently took up the flute, clarinet, and saxophone. These early studies as a woodwind player were with Hal Tennyson (formerly of The Glenn Miller Orchestra) and with his junior high school Band Director, Edmund Broussard (formerly of The Count Basie Band). While his goal was to become a journalist and author, he saw music as a “serious hobby”. He played his first paying “gigs” at age 13 and was active in a few “garage bands throughout his junior and senior high school years.
In addition to his early private studies, he studied (flute and saxophone) at the university levels and through private mentoring with – Campbell “Skeets” Tolbert, Aaron Horne, and Robert Austin (at Texas Southern); Albert Tipton (Rice University); Frances Risdon, Richard Shanklin and Gregory W. Yasinitsky (at Washington State University) and private instruction with Laura Hunter and Eddie Daniels.
Young earned his BM degree in Music from Texas Southern University in Houston, while a member of the Ocean of Soul, graduating in 1978, and he later pursued an MA in Music at Washington State University (Pullman, Washington), which he completed in 1983. Prior to attending Washington State, he studied for two years at The Shepherd School of Music/Rice University (Houston, Texas), with a focus on Flute Performance and Composition.
After more than three decades of active touring and recording, Young went on to work primarily as a college professor/ music teacher, having taught music courses at various institutions, including positions on the music faculty of Washington State University (1998-2008 and 2015-2022), and at other educational institutions such as Sonoma State University (1983–84) and Rutgers University (1984–85), Texas Southern University (2008-2014) and Houston Community College (2010-2014 and 2022 - ). Additionally, he served as the Chair of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD) from 2014-2017 – where he established the student-run record label, ARROYO RECORDS which released two recordings during his tenure there.[5] Young is now Professor Emeritus of Music at Washington State University, where he was formerly an associate professor, with a teaching focus on Jazz Studies and Music Business. Additionally, from 2008 to 2014, he directed the Texas Southern University Jazz Experience Big Band and The Joe Sample Jazz Orchestra (founded by TSU Artist in residence, Joe Sample).
In 1997, Young developed his own record label (Design Records), which he operated until 2008, after which his recordings were released on the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Young has performed for various events throughout the world, including at major jazz festivals in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Leverkusen (Germany), London, Glasgow, New York, Detroit, Chicago, Houston and Seattle.
Young has appeared alongside a wide range of performers in various music genres. He has done collaborations in jazz, R&B, Christian music, urban/rap, cabaret and other types of music. He has performed with David Ruffin, The Manhattans, The Temptations, Tavares, The Four Tops, Anita Baker, B.B. King, Betty Carter, Bill Withers, Dave Liebman, Rev. E. Stewart and The Stewart Singers, Gerald Alston, Jonathan Butler, Johnny Kemp, Joe Sample, McCoy Tyner, Milt Hinton, Mista Madd, Nancy Wilson, The Ojays, Rev. Paul Jones, Regina Belle, Roberta Flack, Sam "Lightnin′" Hopkins, The Chi-Lites, Scarface, The Spinners, the McCoy Tyner Big Band, Dennis Edwards, Lucy Arnaz and Yvonne Roome.
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Horace Alexander Young
Horace Alexander Young (born November 4, 1954) is an American saxophonist, flutist, composer, songwriter, composer, arranger/orchestrator and author. He has performed alongside acts such as B.B. King, Bill Withers, Freddy Fender, Jonathan Butler, The Manhattans, McCoy Tyner, Nancy Wilson, Norman Brown, Regina Belle, Sam Hopkins, Gerald Alston, Abdullah Ibrahim, The McCoy Tyner Big Band, and Toots Thielemans.
Young is also an educator, having taught on the music faculty of Washington State University (1998-2008 and 2015-2022), and at other educational institutions such as Sonoma State University (1983–84) and Rutgers University (1984–85),[4] Texas Southern University (2008-2014) and Houston Community College (2010-2014 and 2022 - ). Additionally, he served as the Chair of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD) from 2014-2017 – where he established the student-run record label, ARROYO RECORDS which released two recordings during his tenure there.[5] Young is now Professor Emeritus of Music at Washington State University.[4]
Young is a native of Houston, Texas. He started taking music lessons at eight years of age, initially on the piano, but he subsequently took up the flute, clarinet, and saxophone. These early studies as a woodwind player were with Hal Tennyson (formerly of The Glenn Miller Orchestra) and with his junior high school Band Director, Edmund Broussard (formerly of The Count Basie Band). While his goal was to become a journalist and author, he saw music as a “serious hobby”. He played his first paying “gigs” at age 13 and was active in a few “garage bands throughout his junior and senior high school years.
In addition to his early private studies, he studied (flute and saxophone) at the university levels and through private mentoring with – Campbell “Skeets” Tolbert, Aaron Horne, and Robert Austin (at Texas Southern); Albert Tipton (Rice University); Frances Risdon, Richard Shanklin and Gregory W. Yasinitsky (at Washington State University) and private instruction with Laura Hunter and Eddie Daniels.
Young earned his BM degree in Music from Texas Southern University in Houston, while a member of the Ocean of Soul, graduating in 1978, and he later pursued an MA in Music at Washington State University (Pullman, Washington), which he completed in 1983. Prior to attending Washington State, he studied for two years at The Shepherd School of Music/Rice University (Houston, Texas), with a focus on Flute Performance and Composition.
After more than three decades of active touring and recording, Young went on to work primarily as a college professor/ music teacher, having taught music courses at various institutions, including positions on the music faculty of Washington State University (1998-2008 and 2015-2022), and at other educational institutions such as Sonoma State University (1983–84) and Rutgers University (1984–85), Texas Southern University (2008-2014) and Houston Community College (2010-2014 and 2022 - ). Additionally, he served as the Chair of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD) from 2014-2017 – where he established the student-run record label, ARROYO RECORDS which released two recordings during his tenure there.[5] Young is now Professor Emeritus of Music at Washington State University, where he was formerly an associate professor, with a teaching focus on Jazz Studies and Music Business. Additionally, from 2008 to 2014, he directed the Texas Southern University Jazz Experience Big Band and The Joe Sample Jazz Orchestra (founded by TSU Artist in residence, Joe Sample).
In 1997, Young developed his own record label (Design Records), which he operated until 2008, after which his recordings were released on the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Young has performed for various events throughout the world, including at major jazz festivals in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Leverkusen (Germany), London, Glasgow, New York, Detroit, Chicago, Houston and Seattle.
Young has appeared alongside a wide range of performers in various music genres. He has done collaborations in jazz, R&B, Christian music, urban/rap, cabaret and other types of music. He has performed with David Ruffin, The Manhattans, The Temptations, Tavares, The Four Tops, Anita Baker, B.B. King, Betty Carter, Bill Withers, Dave Liebman, Rev. E. Stewart and The Stewart Singers, Gerald Alston, Jonathan Butler, Johnny Kemp, Joe Sample, McCoy Tyner, Milt Hinton, Mista Madd, Nancy Wilson, The Ojays, Rev. Paul Jones, Regina Belle, Roberta Flack, Sam "Lightnin′" Hopkins, The Chi-Lites, Scarface, The Spinners, the McCoy Tyner Big Band, Dennis Edwards, Lucy Arnaz and Yvonne Roome.