Horace Alexander Young
| Horace Alexander Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 4, 1954 Houston, Texas |
| Nationality | Black American |
| Occupation | Saxophonist and flute player |
| Known for | Performing jazz music Jazz Studies Director at TSU |
Horace Alexander Young (born November 4, 1954) is a Black American saxophonist and flute player. He previously taught woodwind instruments and jazz studies at Washington State University from 1998 to 2008; he currently serves as the chair of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD). 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 and Toots Thielemans.
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, saxophone and clarinet. He is an adept musician with various skills, including as a keyboardist, arranger, musical director, percussionist, producer, songwriter, woodwind instrumentalist, vocalist, author and music journalist.
Young earned his BM in Music from Texas Southern University (Houston, Texas) in 1978 and later pursued a MA in Music at Washington State University (Pullman, Washington), which he completed in 1983. Prior to his attendance at Washington State, he studied for two years at The Shepherd School of Music/Rice University (Houston, Texas), with a focus in Flute Performance and Composition.
After more than three decades of active touring and recording, Young is now primarily a college professor/ music teacher, having taught music courses at various institutions including the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Houston, TX), Sonoma State University, Mason Gross School of Music at Rutgers University, Douglas MacArthur High School (Houston, Texas) and Houston Community College, Central Campus. He was formerly an Associate Professor at Washington State University, where his teaching focus was in Jazz Studies and Music Business. He currently directs the Texas Southern University Jazz Experience Big Band and The Joe Sample Jazz Orchestra. He is Chair of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
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