Jerry Young, Tuba

Jerry A. Young, principal tubist of the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra, has appeared with ECCO previously as narrator for Stravinsky's L'histoire du Soldat and Paul Ramsier's The Road to Hamelin.  Young has been a member of the music faculty at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire since 1983 where he teaches tuba, euphonium and courses in music education and in the university honors program.  He also leads the university's euphonium and tuba ensemble, BASSically BRASS, which has appeared at regional and international conferences in the U. S. and abroad.  Young has served on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Camp where he founded the Interlochen Tubafest and performed regularly as a soloist and chamber muscian.  He is past editor-in-chief of the Internation Tuba/Euphonium Association Journal, continues as an editorial advisor and is a former member of the Executive Tuba/Euphomium Committee and Board of Directors of ITEA.  He is a member of the Board of Dirctors for the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, a position he has held for more than twenty years. 

In addition to being a founding member of ECCO, Dr. Young has performed throughout Wisconsin with the UW-Eau Claire Faculty Dixieland Band and the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Faculty Brass Quintet.  Dr. Young has appeared across the U.S., Europe, and Japan as a soloist, chamber musician, clinician, lecturer, and adjudicator.  In 1999 he was named a Distinguighed Alumnus of the Department Of Music at the University of Arkansas and is a Fellow of the University's Fulbright Alumni Academy.