A band organisation for everyone. Developing and Performing Bands. Specialising in developing musical skills for community members of any age over 10. Rehearsals at LCAC in Lindisfarne, Tasmania

I am an artist, author and speaker, and the founder of Temple of Balance. 

Michael Young is a Hobart-based composer, conductor, and musician. Michael is actively involved in Tasmanian community banding, and is currently Musical Director of Clarence City Band. He also serves as the Chair of the Tasmanian Bands League’s Music Advisory Board. He is also a free-lance brass and woodwind instrumental tutor.

Crosswinds is a Tasmanian woodwind chamber ensemble, located on Hobart's Eastern Shore. Crosswinds performs a diverse range of repertoire, ranging from Baroque through to modern Contemporary and Classical music.

Italian Composer
Born in Naples, Italy, in 1987, he studied piano and composition at the Conservatories of Naples and Salerno under Antonio Traverso and Giancarlo Turaccio. He continued his compositional studies at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart (HMDK) with Marco Stroppa, and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Ivan Fedele and Michelangelo Lupone, specializing also in electronic music. He was awarded the Goffredo Petrassi scholarship, granted by the President of the Italian Republic for outstanding academic and artistic achievements.
Throughout his education, he had the opportunity to engage with renowned composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Salvatore Sciarrino, Tristan Murail, and others. His works have been performed by prestigious ensembles and orchestras including the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, the KLK string orchestra of Lviv, Ensemble Neue Musik, and many distinguished soloists.
He has received numerous international awards, including the Théodore Gouvy Prize in 2023 and first prize at the “A. Schnittke” competition in 2019. In 2022, he released his first monographic album, Solo and Chamber Music, with Aulicus Classics. In 2023, he founded Ensemble Theia, based in Salerno, where he serves as artistic director.
His works are published by TEM – Taukay Musical Edition, Edizioni Stradivarius, and since 2023 by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni. He currently teaches Composition at the “U. Giordano” Conservatory in Foggia. 
Additionally, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, earned in 2019.

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