Shawn David Young

Instructor of Music
Department of Music

Year Started at Greenville
2002

Education
M.A., Washington University
B.S., Appalachian State University

Additional Education:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States Military School of Music

Professional Experience
Cornerstone Festival Stage Management
Sword and Song Records
       Production and Session Work
Regional Learning Center Director, MARS Music Inc.
       Management
       Concert Promotions
       Visiting Artist Relations
       Celebrity Contact
Field Representation, Martian Records (Subsidiary of Island Records/Palm Pictures)
       A&R

School Band Director
United States Army Band

Current Courses Taught
Music, Society, and Subculture
Worship Arts Ensemble | Ensemble's Page
Rock Class
Lab Bands
Applied Bass Guitar
Worship Arts in the 21st Century
Guitar Ensemble
Cultural Influences in the Workplace ( Greenville College Adult Studies Program/GOAL)

Previous Courses Taught
Philosophy and Ethics of CCM
CCM Seminar
Survey of Music Business

Professional Activities and Involvement
American Studies Association
Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA)
Worship Leader, Greenville Free Methodist Church
Free lance studio and live performance

Current research pursuits:

• The Dichotomy of High and Low Art and the Mythologization of African Sexuality
• The Philosophy of Music and Meaning: Phenomenology and Phonocentrism
• Angry Worship: Honest Conversations with God
• The Conservatism of Heavy Metal
• The Historical Jesus People Movement: Inclusion, Media, and Progression
• A Defense and Rejection of Contemporary Christian Music
• Worship in a postmodern culture
• Purpose-Driven Social Deviance: Music and Social Change

Publications

HM Magazine. March/April 2006. (CD Review) Struckdown, 2006 Revolution.

Hippies, Jesus Freaks, and Music. Ann Arbor: Xanedu/Copley Original Works, 2005.

Citation. Readers’s Digest. “Selling Faith.” By Melinda Henneberger. 184, 185. August, 2005.

Endorsement and Citation. At the Crossroads: The Past, Present and Future of Contemporary Christian Music. By Charlie Peacock. Colorado Springs: WaterBrook press, 2004. ii, 194. 2004.

“In Defense of Rock and Roll.” Hard Music Magazine May/June. [Online Edition] (2004).

The Philosophy and Ethics of Contemporary Christian Music: Faith, Music, and Explorations of Form. Greenville: Greenville College, 2002. (Self Publication)

National Public Radio. July, 2004. Interview. (pending)

Conference Presentations

"The Jesus People Movement and the Rise of New Religious Media: Contemporary Christian Music." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, October 2005.

"The Jesus People Movement and the Rise of Christian Rock." Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, November, 2005.

Curriculum Vita (.pdf)

Office number: (618) 664-6567
Email: shawn.young

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Last updated: March 24, 2006