Baron Thor Young is an award-winning performer and musician from North Carolina in the USA. He currently holds the principal bassoon position of the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as a concerto soloist with the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra. He is a fourth-year undergraduate bassoonist at the University of NC school of arts. He studies under Dr. Stephanie Patterson and is anticipated to graduate in May of 2025. 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 is also an avid unicyclist, recorder player, reed maker, consumer of all genres of music, and can frequently be found spazieren gegangen.