Bryan Young (bassoonist)
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Bryan Young | |
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.png) Bryan Young in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | July 6, 1974 |
| Genres | Classical |
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| Member of | Poulenc Trio |
| Website | bryanyoung |
Bryan Young (born July 6, 1974) is an American bassoonist[1][2] and technology entrepreneur.[3][4][5]
Young was born in Washington D.C., and later moved to Baltimore.[6] He is African-American.[7]
Career
Bassoonist
As a bassoonist, Young is a founding member of the Poulenc Trio,[6] where he has toured internationally and collaborated with violinist Hilary Hahn,[8] clarinetists David Shifrin,[9] Anthony McGill[10] and Alexander Fiterstein,[11][12] and oboists Liang Wang[13][14][15] and James Austin Smith.[16][17] He appears on several commercial recordings with the Poulenc Trio, including Poulenc Plays Poulenc,[18] Creation,[19] and Trains of Thought.[20] He is principal bassoonist with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra[6][2] and performs with the IRIS Orchestra[21] in Memphis, TN. He was a finalist in the Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Bassoon Competition,[22] and has appeared as soloist with prominent American orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra[23] and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.[2] Composers have dedicated works to Bryan Young, including Octavio Vázquez,[24] Steven Gerber,[25] and Thomas Benjamin. Young was selected to premiere To Earth by Roydon Tse, commissioned by the International Double Reed Society to celebrate its 50th anniversary.[26] Young is a frequent guest commentator on Maryland's WBJC-FM radio program, Face the Music.[27][28] Young is a Vice President of the board of Chamber Music America,[29] is President of the Board of Candlelight Concert Society,[30] and is a board member of the Boulanger Initiative.[31]
Entrepreneur
As an entrepreneur, Young is recognized for his work in health care,[4] software[5] and e-commerce.[3] Young served as a judge advisor for the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge.[32] As founder of Intertwine Systems,[5] Young worked with Johns Hopkins researchers to deliver cardiac monitoring software to patients in Trinidad and Tobago,[33][34] and was named a 'Mobile Entrepreneur to Watch' by the Baltimore Business Journal.[3] Young was a partner and Chief Technical Advisor for SailTime,[35][36] a global e-commerce platform for boating and leisure maritime activities. Young is the former Director of Connected Healthcare Solutions at Asymmetrik,[4][37] where he led digital healthcare transformation and innovation initiatives. Young is currently Principal Group Leader for Advanced Health Analytics and Artificial Intelligence at The MITRE Corporation.
