Brian De Young is a musician of broad skills and interests ranging from Renaissance and Baroque to musical theatre and new classical music. He is Chapel Music Director and Collaborative Pianist at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, where he also served as Interim Director of Choirs for two years and received an Outstanding Faculty Award in 2026.An active freelance chamber musician, he has performed around the country with members of the Chicago Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Grand Rapids (Michigan) Symphony, Columbus Symphony, and others, and maintains an active coaching and performance schedule with both professional and student singers.
As a choral artist, Brian has sung with the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus, Minnesota Renaissance Choir, Kantorei, The Summer Singers, and the Italian Baroque ensemble Consortium Carissimi. He has conducted church and community choirs in Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota, and is currently the music director at Trinity Lutheran Congregation on the campus of Augsburg.
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