The Salem Band, led by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Eileen Young, performed their 2014 Winter Concert in Brendle Recital Hall on Feb. 4. The band played a variety of pieces including Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture,” the “Morning Star Polka,” Benny Goodman’s “Let’s Dance” and Les […]
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Eileen Young performed by invitation of the UNC School of the Arts faculty on their recital, “Hindemith Lives!” on Saturday evening, Oct. 19, in Watson Hall on the campus of the School of the Arts. Young played bass clarinet with other UNCSA faculty members on […]
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Eileen Young, an adjunct assistant professor of music, was featured on the Winston-Salem Symphony website for her summer work as Music Director of the Salem Band. Read more » The Salem Band has rescheduled its free Patriotic Concert for Tuesday, July 16, at 7:30 p.m., […]
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The Winston-Salem Journal recently highlighted the work of Eileen Young with the Salem Band. Young is an instructor of clarinet, saxophone and woodwind ensembles in the department of music. The Journal said: “An old band is flourishing under new leadership. The Salem Band, which was founded in […]
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Several faculty and alumni took part in the Salem Band Holiday Concert on Dec. 18, 2012, at Home Moravian Church in Winston-Salem. The concert was mentioned in the Winston-Salem Journal’s Sunday, Dec. 30, edition. Salem Band raised more than $3,000 for Sunnyside Ministry at […]
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Eileen Young, an instructor of clarinet, saxophone and woodwind ensembles in the department of music, recently engaged with students on two collaborative events: 1. As music director of the Salem Band, one of the nation’s oldest community bands (est. 1771), Young combined students from her […]
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A very old ensemble is moving in new directions. That’s the message that Eileen Young is sending as she prepares to lead the Salem Band in her first concert as the group’s music director. The presentation, which is Dec. 20 in Home Moravian Church, […]
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Eileen M. Young, adjunct professor of music, directed the Student Clarinet Quarter in the American premier of “Images of Auschwitz” in April. She sent a recording of the performance to the Italian composer Guido Arbonelli, who wrote back his appreciation for the students’ performance.
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