Chair, Nominating Committee
Appointed November 2022; term ends November 2023
Charles R. Young was appointed as the Director of the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2022. Prior to his appointment at UNC-Greensboro, Professor Young served as the Associate Dean and Chief Academic Officer at Baldwin Wallace University’s Conservatory of Music in Ohio. He has also held positions at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Central Connecticut State University, and Interlochen Arts Camp.
Professor Young has received awards from the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (Wisconsin Professor of the Year), the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents (Regents Teaching Excellence Award—their highest honor), the University Continuing Education Association (National First Prize for Innovative Programming), Wisconsin School Music Association (Creative Sparks Award), and the College Music Society (Robby D. Gunstream Education in Music Award).
He has previously served the College Music Society as a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors, as treasurer, and as board liaison for the Presidential Task Force on Leading Change. Previously, he served in leadership capacities with the North American Saxophone Alliance, the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, and the Wisconsin Music Educators Association.
Professor Young holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in Music Performance from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baylor University.
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Posted December 2022