About the Director:
Keith R. Young is Professor of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he teaches saxophone performance studies and directs the IUP Jazz Band. In 1998 he retired as the principal saxophonist with the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington, D.C. With that ensemble, he performed on saxophone and piano with The Concert Band, Saxophone Quartet, Orchestra and Dixieland Band, touring throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, England, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the Peoples Republic of China.
Dr. Young received a bachelor in music education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, a master in music performance from the Catholic University of America, and a doctorate in musical arts degree from the University of Maryland. He has also done graduate work at the University of Cincinnati and studied in Bordeaux, France, with world renowned saxophonist Jean Marie Londeix. Other saxophone instructors have included Dale Underwood, Reginald Jackson, Louis Marini, Sr, and jazz saxophonist, Chris Vadala.
http://www.arts.iup.edu/facmus/kyoung/