Faculty and Staff

Dr. Jerry A. Young

Dr. Jerry A. Young is Professor Emeritus of Tuba and Euphonium and has been a member of the music faculty at UW-Eau Claire since 1983. Although semi-retired, he continues to teach at UW-Eau Claire. In addition to teaching applied tuba and euphonium, he directs the BASSically BRASS euphonium/tuba ensemble, as well as teaching an advanced seminar in music education and a course in the university honors program. Young served on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Camp from 1983 to 1993 where he founded the Interlochen Tubafest and performed regularly as a soloist and chamber musician. His former students enjoy successful careers as music educators, in music industry, and in leading orchestras and military bands in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.  In the spring of 2011 he was elected to the position of vice-president/president-elect of the International Tuba/Euphonium Association (see news story).  His prior involvement with  the organization included serving as editor-in-chief of the ITEA Journal from 1985 - 1988 and 1998 – 2002, and he continues to serve as an editorial advisor for that publication. He is a former member of both the ITEA Executive Committee and Board of Directors.  In 2010 he was a recipient of the initial ITEA Clifford Bevan Award for Meritorious Work in Low Brass Scholarship for life-long accomplishment in scholarly research.  He is a long-time member of the Board of Trustees for the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival and is currently chair of the tuba solo competition music committee.  He is also a member of the Advisory Board for WUEC 89.7 FM, the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire's Wisconsin Public Radio affiliate.  Dr. Young was an assistant editor of The Tuba Source Book (published by Indiana University Press in 1996 and re-released in a new, updated edition in 2006) and has published an edition of the complete Arban Method for Tuba (published by Encore Music Publishing Co.). In 2006 he published a new edition of Herbert L. Clarke's Technical Studies specially edited for euphonium and tuba (published by Really Good Music), and in early 2007 he completed a new edition of the Kopprasch 60 Studies for Tuba (published by Encore Music Publishing).  Young is principal tubist with the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra and has performed throughout Wisconsin with the UW-Eau Claire Faculty Dixieland Band and Faculty Brass Quintet. He also performs as a member of Symphonia, an 18-piece euphonium and tuba ensemble comprised of top performers from across the U.S. Symphonia has performed across the U.S. and in Europe and has released three compact disc recordings. Dr. Young has appeared across the U.S., Europe, and Japan as a soloist, chamber musician, clinician, lecturer, and adjudicator. He was selected as the 1999 Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Arkansas Department of Music and is a Fellow of the Fulbright Academy of the University of Arkansas.

Related Links:
Dr. Young's tuba/euphonium studio web site.
Sabbatical Report (May, 1998): Audition Processes and Procedures in Washington, D.C. Military Bands and Choruses and Selected (Civilian) Professional Orchestras and Choruses
- Downloadable print quality photo1 or photo2 of Jerry Young

Courses:

MUSI 110 Honors Music Appreciation
     MUSI 110 Syllabus
     MUSI 110 Course Outline
     MUSI 110 Reading 1
     MUSI 110 Reading 2
     MUSI 110 Reading 3

MUSI 167/367 Applied Euphonium and Applied Tuba
     Euphonium/Tuba Studio Calendar
     Euphonium/Tuba Studio Schedule
     Euphonium/Tuba Class Schedule Form
     Euphonium Audition Music
     Tuba Audition Music
     Tuba Audition Music

MUSI 202 Brass Techniques Syllabus
MUSI 202 Brass Techniques Course Schedule
MUSI 256/456  BASSically Brass Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble
MUED 420/421  Seminar in Choral/Instrumental Music Education