Sam Young
1926–2023

Introduction

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Born: Ap­ril 25, 1926, Ha­mil­ton, Ohio.

Died: May 21, 2023, Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see.

Biography

Carlton was the son of J. Otis Young and Mary Lei­brook, and hus­band of M­ar­jorie Lind­ner.

He at­tend­ed the Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, Col­lege-Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic (BME), Bo­ston Uni­ver­si­ty School of Theo­lo­gy (STB), and Ohio Nort­hern Uni­ver­si­ty, Ada, Ohio (DMus 1969). He al­so stu­died at Un­ion Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, New York Ci­ty, and in Vi­en­na, and Prague, Czech­ia.

He served on the fa­cul­ties and di­rect­ed gra­du­ate stu­dies in church mu­sic at the Per­kins School of Theo­lo­gy, South­ern Me­tho­dist Uni­ver­si­ty, Dal­las, Tex­as, and Scar­ritt Col­lege (now Scarr­itt Ben­nett Cen­ter), Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see, and was emer­i­tus pro­fes­sor of church mu­sic at the Cand­ler School of Theo­lo­gy, Em­o­ry Uni­ver­si­ty, At­lan­ta, Georg­ia.

He al­so served as cho­ral di­rect­or and lec­tur­er in mu­sic at Graz Uni­ver­si­ty, Aus­tria (1969–72), and di­rect­ed the Unit­ed Me­tho­dist Youth Cho­rale (1980–90) in con­cert tours of Eng­land, Wales, France, Swit­zer­land, Aus­tria, and Ger­ma­ny.

Works

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Music

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