Baron Thor Young is an award-winning performer and musician from North Carolina in the USA. He formerly held the principal bassoon position of the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as a concerto soloist with the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra. He graduated from the the University of NC school of arts where he studied under Dr. Stephanie Patterson. Baron stumbled upon the bassoon as an adolescent and taught himself before attending the University of NC School of Arts high-school program under Saxton Rose. Baron is committed to playing the bassoon outside of just the "bass" part in favor of the "oon" portion. He says, "It's not just a bass. We function better as other voices (i.e., baritone, tenor, alto, and even soprano if we practice hard enough)." 

Baron will start a US teaching assistantship with Fulbright Austria in the fall of 2025. He will also begin studying in Vienna at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien.

Baron is also an avid unicyclist, recorder player, reed maker, consumer of all genres of music, and can frequently be found spazieren gegangen.