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Bruce Young

EDUCATION:

  • Augusta Heritage Workshops for dance and leading of folk dance, Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia (1991, 1994, 2001).
  • Rhonda Cole Suzuki Institute, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (1990, 1991,1992).
  • Penn State University Bachelor's of Science, Biology (1974).
  • Penn State University Bachelor's of Liberal Arts, General Arts and Sciences (1974).

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    EMPLOYMENT:

  • DANCE WEEK STAFF, Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV, 2002.
  • Learning Enrichment Artist, CIU 10, Galaxy Program (Arts In Education), 1997 - present.
  • ARTIST RESIDENCIES: Rebersburg Elementary, Pleasant Gap Elementary, 2003. Loysville Youth Development Center, Penns Manor Elementary, North Lincoln Hills Elementary, 2002. West Branch Elementary, Penns Valley Elementary, Ninth Street Elementary, Green Ridge Elementary, Sugar Valley Elementary, 2001. Woodward Elementary, Robb Elementary, Rebersburg Elementary, Central Mountains High School, Wingate Elementary, 2000. Curwensville Elementary, West Branch Elementary, 1999. Glendale Elementary School, State College Area School District, 1998. Keystone Kids (Lock Haven State University), Strath Haven Middle School, 1997.
  • MUSICAL DIRECTOR, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble’s production of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, 1999.
  • STAFF DIRECTOR/ DANCE, Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, 1992.
  • Experienced freelance dancing master and caller 1991 - present.
  • Freelance musician / actor, 1986 to present.
  • Several scores commissioned by community and university theatre groups.
  • State College Area School District bus operator, State College, PA, 1985 - present; nine years with special needs children.

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    QUALIFICATIONS:

  • I have been singing and playing music all my life; professionally for over twenty five years in a wide range of venues. My performances on voice, fiddle, guitar, bass, banjo and mandolin feature different fiddle styles, a' capella ballads and sea chanteys as well as humorous songs and rural southern blues. I have developed school programs and workshops emphasizing our colonial heritage with fiddle tunes, maritime songs, children's songs and games as well as English country, square and contra dance. I am a Suzuki Association of America instructor and have a small violin and fiddle teaching studio.

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    PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS:

  • Song accepted for inclusion on nationally released compilation, Oasis Acoustic: An Essential Library For The Acoustic Programmer, Volume 39, 2003.
  • Full and By (1994, 2001), recording of sea chanteys and related songs.
  • Something Old... (1993), fiddle tunes with synthesizer accompaniment.
  • First selected to the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts' two year Artists in Education roster of artists eligible for residency matching funds in 1994. Re-rostered in 1997 and 2000.
  • Listed in Pa. Heritage Affairs Commission directory of persons whose material reflects traditional folk culture in Pennsylvania (1990, 1994).
  • Pa. Museum and Historical Commission grant to the trio, La Rose, Young and Wheeler, for study of the Colonel Henry Shoemaker music collection (1990).
  • Strike the Bell (1989) and Human Rites (1986) record collaborations.
  • SingOut! magazine fiddle instruction article and tune transcriptions (1985).


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