Jane Corner Young

For other people named Jane Young, see Jane Young (disambiguation).

Jane Corner Young (March 25, 1915 – March 9, 2001)[1] was an American composer,[2] music therapist, and pianist.[3] She was born in Athens, Ohio, and graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from Ohio University in 1936. She completed a master of music degree in piano and composition in 1953 at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Young studied piano[4] with Beryl Rubinstein and Arthur Loesser; composition with Marcel Dick; and Dalcroze eurythmics with Elsa Findlay and Ann Lombardo.[5]

Young taught privately and in public schools for over 27 years, and was a faculty member at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She chaired the Cleveland Composers' Guild when it was formed in 1957,[6] and also served as the director of music therapy at Hawthornden State Hospital (today known as Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare) in Northfield, Ohio.[5]

Young's awards include:

  • Ohio University Music Fellowship (1942)
  • Cleveland Institute Alumni Award (in composition; 1961) [7]
  • Mu Phi Epsilon (winner, composition contest; 1971)

Young's compositions include:[8]

  1. ^ "Online #genealogy #research at MyTrees.com". MyTrees.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. ^ Zaimont, Judith Lang, ed. (1987). The musical woman : an international perspective. Vol. II 1984-1985. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-23588-0. OCLC 18439119.
  3. ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  4. ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  5. ^ a b Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). "Young, Jane Corner". International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Vol. II (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York: R.R. Bowker. p. 772. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  6. ^ Van Tassel, David D.; Grabowski, John J., eds. (1987). The encyclopedia of Cleveland history. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-31303-1. OCLC 15696113.
  7. ^ Anderson, Ruth (1976). Contemporary American composers : a biographical dictionary. Boston: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-1117-0. OCLC 2035024.
  8. ^ Oja, Carol (1982). American Music Recordings. New York: Institute for Studies at American Music Conservatory of Music.