A Cleveland native, Taylor Young is a vocalist, arranger, and composer. She is a double HBCU alumna, graduating Magnum Cum Laude from Central State University with a bachelor’s degree in jazz studies and obtained her master’s degree in jazz vocal performance from Howard University.

Taylor is also a former member of Afro Blue, Howard University’s premier Jazz Vocal Ensemble, most known for their appearance on NBC’s “The Sing Off”. In addition to this, Taylor performs with professional music organizations within the DC area, such as the Washington Douglass Chorale, led by Nolan Williams and Scott Tucker and the Washington Women’s Jazz Festival founded by Amy K. Bormet.

Taylor also is active as a music educator, as she served as a Howard University Adjunct Professor in the Jazz Voice area and she is currently the jazz vocal instructor for the Washington Jazz Arts Institute, founded by Davey Yarborough. Furthermore, Taylor is a private piano and voice teacher, and she is on the music faculty at Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Washington, D.C.), serving as a theory instructor, and the Director of both the highly acclaimed jazz voice ensembles – The MellowTones, and the Voices in Motion Show Choir.