Welborn Young begins his third season with Bel Canto this fall. In addition, Dr. Young is currently Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he was the recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Teacher of the Year award. He directs the University Chamber Singers and teaches graduate conducting and graduate seminars in choral repertoire.
For seven years Dr. Young served as conductor of the Choral Society of Greensboro. He has been a featured festival conductor at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at the York Minister International Choral Festival in Great Britain, and at Carnegie Hall. He has served as guest clinician in festivals and clinics in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, Washington D. C., Illinois and Oregon. He was guest conductor of Chicagos Grant Park Symphony Chorus and served as Artistic Director and Conductor of Windy City Performing Arts from1995-2000. He has prepared and conducted the Nashville Symphony Chorus and appeared as guest conductor with the Nashville Opera Association. In addition, he has prepared his choirs for performances with John Rutter, Dimitry Sitkovetsky and Stuart Malina. He holds the D.M.A. in choral conducting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Masters degree from Middle Tennessee State University.
As the Artistic Director and Conductor of Bel Canto Company, Welborn Young is committed not only to the performance of choral music at the highest level of vocal artistry but to the development of greater understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of choral music for its audiences.