Gregory Young and Friends (No. 1302)

Gregory Young, principal clarinetist with the Montana Ballet Company and the Intermountain Opera Orchestras, shares a diverse classical repertoire on the stage of 11th & Grant, with works by Prokoviev, Mozart, and originals by Young. He is Joined by a cast of renowned Montana musicians that accompany him on violin, viola, cello, percussion, and piano. The exciting range of music is brought to life as Young performs with Carrie Krause, Mary Kothman, Mary Landeen, Julia Cory Slovarp, Stephen Versaevel, Eric Funk, Laurel Yost, and Sue Makeever, many of whom teach at the Montana State University School of Music. Young holds a doctoral degree in music from the University of Michigan, and he has performed and lectured on five continents. He developed the Bozeman Symphony Outreach Program and served for seven years as Director of the School of Music at Montana State University and eight years as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. This past year his “Rocky Mountain Elk Suite” was premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and his book “Undergraduate Research in Music” was published by Routledge Press.