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Dr. Myles Yang is a FAA-certified Flight Instructor (CFI), Certified Flight Instructor on Instrument Training (CFII), Advanced Ground Instructor (AGI) and Instrument Ground Instructor (IGI). He is currently instructing at Murfreesboro Aviation. He has successfully passed checkrides on three different models of the Cessna 172 and a Piper Warrior, including both traditional six-pack steam gauges and technically advanced TAA aircraft. Dr. Yang leverages his extensive college teaching experience to enhance both ground and flight instruction, ensuring that students not only perform maneuvers but also understand the underlying concepts in flight training.
As a college educator and a musician, he taught at Middle Tennessee State University and Columbus State University. He also served as the associate instructor at Indiana University Bloomington for four years where he earned his DM degree in Music Literature and Performance with minors in Music Theory and Education. Besides his DM degree from Indiana University, he earned his Master of Music from Yale University and Bachelor of Music from Western Michigan University. His primary teachers included William Ludwig, Kathleen McLean, Frank Morelli, and Wendy Rose.
As a soloist, he recently premiered a double bassoon concerto with Kathleen McLean and Thailand Philharmonic on the International Double Reed Society (IDRS) conference opening gala concert 2023. He was the First Prize winner at the IDRS Young Artist Bassoon Competition held at the University of Redlands, California in June 2013. He was one of the three winners in the WMU School of Music both 54th and 56th Annual Concerto Competition. His performance of Mozart bassoon concerto in B-flat major and Hummel bassoon concerto in F major with university orchestra were both broadcasted by National Public Radio Station (WMUK). He also performed Concerto in e minor by Vivaldi at the IDRS conference 2013. He became a member of the International Double Reed Society in 2013 and he was invited to become a member of Pi Kappa Lambda (National Music Honor Society) in April 2016.
In his orchestra career, Yang was the principal bassoon with Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Georgia; principal bassoon with Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, Iowa. He served as a member of the DSO diversity, equity, and inclusivity committee. He also held the second bassoon position with Lansing Symphony, Michigan, Tennessee Philharmonic Symphony and Acting second with Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Indiana. In 2022, he toured with Puerto Rico International Chamber Orchestra. Many of his orchestra performances were live-streamed internationally through CBS and other television / online channels. He also recorded movie music, library music and game music including Ubisoft.
Yang is a scholarly arranger and editor of modern performing editions and creates new solo repertoire for the bassoon. He arranged all eight Mozart wind concertos for bassoon and was published by Potenza Music. Yang was a founding staff member of the National Youth Orchestra – China. He worked as the orchestra manager for many years and led hundreds young musicians performing around the world.