EDUCATION / /   

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Rocky Ridge Summer Music Festival (RRSMF) | 2024

• Fellowship recipient - Studied under Professor Remy Taghavi

 

University of Denver – Lamont School of Music | 2022-2024

• Graduate Teacher Assistant in Bassoon Performance

• Master of Music in Bassoon Performance - Studied under Professor Martin Kuuskmann

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Sewanee Summer Music Festival (SSMF) | 2019

• Fellowship recipient - Studied under Professors Carl Rath and Gabriel Beavers 

 

Lawrence University – Conservatory of Music, Wisconsin | 2015 – 2019

• Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance – Studied bassoon and contrabassoon under Professor Carl Rath 

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International Double Reed Society | 2017

• Master class with John Miller, former Principal Bassoonist of the
  Minnesota Orchestra 

 

University of Texas at Arlington | 2013 – 2015

• Training with Dr. Scott Pool

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   PROFESSIONAL PROFILE / /   

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Formerly taught by Dr. Scott Pool at the high school level, Stuart Young went on to receive the bachelors of music in performance from Lawrence University in 2019, Under the instruction of Professor Carl Rath and guidance of Lawrence faculty, Young acquired well-rounded skills in performance, composition, arranging, and music education.

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Stuart Young found work in the 2020-2021 academic year as an adjunct professor of bassoon at Saint Norbert College. By then Young had gained a strong reputation for his stellar performances alongside musicians in De Pere, Appleton, Menasha, Neenah, and Oshkosh -- most reputably performing alongside the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra.  

 

Having received his Masters in Bassoon Performance in 2024 from the University of Denver, Stuart Young has made impressions in the Denver, Colorado Springs, and Boulder communities performing alongside classical artists, bluegrass bands, and jazz groups.

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   PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / /   

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Idyllwild Arts Summer Program | 2023 

•  Instructor of Bassoon

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Longmont Symphony Orchestra, Colorado | May, 2023 

•  Substitute Bassoonnist

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Saint Norbert College | 2020 - 2021

• Adjunct Professor of Bassoon

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Weidner Philharmonic, Wisconsin | 2021 - 2022

• Substitute Bassoonist

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Fox Valley Concert Band (FVCB), Wisconsin | 2019 – 2022 

• Principal Bassoonist & Contrabassoonist

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Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin | 2019 - 2022

• Substitute Bassoonist, Contrabassoonist

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Fort Worth Youth Orchestra, Texas | 2011-2015

• Principal Bassoonist

• Woodwind chamber performance under direction of retired
  clarinetist Andrew Crisante

 

   BACKGROUND / /   

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• Active composer and arranger for bassoon and electric bassoon

• Member of the Dean’s Advisory Committee at Lawrence University

• Experience in organizing benefit concerts with chamber ensembles 

• Experience using Finale and Logic Pro softwares

• Conducted independent research on physical and acoustic properties of reeds