Arizona Bach Festival 2012 - Scott Youngs
Music Director Scott Youngs' multi-faceted music career is based on the premise that great performances are made possible through great education. Every performance should be an opportunity to grow, to touch human emotions, and to elevate the human experience.
Through his work at All Saints' Episcopal Church and Day School, he works with every level of expertise, always with the same goal in mind: educate, inspire, train, fulfull.
As conductor of the seven-year "American Bach" series, Youngs worked with players drawn from the Phoenix Symphony and the best professional singers in Phoenix.
As a pianist and organist, he has appeared in recital throughout Western Europe, the United States, and South America. As a choral conductor, he has toured with his choirs in England, Wales, Ireland, and Russia.
An Arizona native, he began his musical life with the Tucson Boys Chorus. Youngs received his Bachelors Degree from the University of North Texas, his Masters Degree from the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, and he continued his studies in France with Jean Langlais and Theodore Paraschivescu, and in Switzerland with Guy Bovet.