This master musician amplifies your talent with worldwide experience.
You’ll hear about wowing audiences alongside such greats as Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins, B.B. King, and Bill Withers from professor and jazz musician, arranger, and composer Horace-Alexander Young. As he shares those experiences, he enriches your learning process. More than anything, though, his focus is the music.
"In my mind, there is no such thing as rehearsal," he says. "I feel that every time music is played—even if it is merely a scale—it should be done with a performance mentality. Every note from an instrument or voice should sound with a singing quality that lives and breathes."
He has recorded in the studio, played at major international jazz festivals, and served as the first Black American conductor of the National Symphony of South Africa. A background like that means Professor Young has met high standards—and sets high standards.
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