...Simply fantastic...Love the pieces but blown away by your fantastic saxophone playing and powerful and comManding musicianship...

Donald Sinta
Saxophone professor, retired
university of michigan

Fueled by a deep desire to create an enthusiasm surrounding the classical saxophone, ROBERT YOUNG connects with audiences with his musicianship, virtuosity, and authenticity.  Praised for his “effortless expression and facile technique” (The Saxophonist Magazine), Robert maintains an active career as a soloist, chamber musician, and educator.  His artistry has afforded him opportunities to appear with ensembles and musicians from across the globe including the PRISM Quartet, The Crossing, Chris Potter, Ravi Coltrane, Uri Caine, Charlotte Symphony, Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and the Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra.  

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Fueled by a deep desire to create an enthusiasm surrounding the classical saxophone, ROBERT YOUNG connects with audiences with his musicianship, virtuosity, and authenticity.  Praised for his “effortless expression and facile technique” (The Saxophonist Magazine), Robert maintains an active career as a soloist, chamber musician, and educator.  His artistry has afforded him opportunities to appear with ensembles and musicians from across the globe including the PRISM Quartet, The Crossing, Chris Potter, Ravi Coltrane, Uri Caine, Charlotte Symphony, Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and the Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra.  

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Upcoming Schedule

October 23, 2025

7:30PM

Recital @ Penn State University

Robert Young and pianist, Molly Orlando in recital performing the music of Decruck, Scott, Banks, Beach

Eisenhower Chapel
State College, PA

November 22, 2025

12:00PM

PRISM Quartet: Unlocking Your Inner Composer

PRISM Quartet, a world-renowned all-saxophone ensemble, is joining forces with violinist and Pew Fellow Diane Monroe, poet/vocalist and Pew Fellow Ursula Rucker, and percussionist and Pulitzer Prize winner Tyshawn Sorey to present three concerts from their  residency at the Free Library of Philadelphia. The program will feature world premieres of music by participants in PRISM’s Unlocking Your Inner Composer workshop series.

Parkway Central Library - Montgomery Auditorium
Philadelphia, PA

November 22, 2025

2:30PM

PRISM Quartet: Unlocking Your Inner Composer

PRISM Quartet, a world-renowned all-saxophone ensemble, is joining forces with violinist and Pew Fellow Diane Monroe, poet/vocalist and Pew Fellow Ursula Rucker, and percussionist and Pulitzer Prize winner Tyshawn Sorey to present three concerts from their  residency at the Free Library of Philadelphia. The program will feature world premieres of music by participants in PRISM’s Unlocking Your Inner Composer workshop series.

Parkway Central Library - Montgomery Auditorium
Philadelphia, PA

Young was also uncommonly expressive in lyrical passages and technically prodigious. The roaring standing ovation was inevitable after such a captivating show of musical intensity.

– jeff Rosenfeld, Classical Voice San Fransisco

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latest album

Heritage/Evolution, Volume 2

Featuring Chris Potter & Ravi Coltrane

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Effortless expression and facile technique...true mastery of his instrument

The Saxophonist Magazine
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