Paschal Yao Younge, Associate Professor of Multicultural Music Education, is the Director of Annual International Summer Program in African Interdisciplinary Arts and Co-Artistic Director of the African Ensemble at Ohio University. Younge serves as the Chairman of the World Percussion Committee of PAS and also directs Azaguno, a multi-ethnic ensemble that focuses on the research, preservation and performance of African, African American, Caribbean music and dance and other styles from Latin America. Azaguno represented the United States at the Opening Ceremony of the 2002 World Soccer Cup competition in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to coming to Ohio University, he taught at West Virginia University where he served as Director of the World Music Center and African Music Studies and also at University of Ghana, where he was Principal Music Instructor and Director of several ensembles including brass bands, choirs and other instrumental groups.

Younge holds a Professional Music Education Diploma from the National Academy of Music, Winneba, Ghana; A Special Advanced Diploma in African Music and Dance with Distinction from the University of Ghana, Legon; Master of Music in Music Education, and Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from West Virginia University. Younge is a specialist in African choral and brass band music, clinician in sub-Saharan African music and dance, and advocate of multicultural music education. He has presented at international and national festivals and conferences in Florida, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, California, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Maryland, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Virginia, and Tennessee in the US; Canada, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, France, Ghana, Hong Kong, Spain, South Korea, Togo, Kenya, Taiwan; and several schools and colleges in West Virginia.

Dr. Paschal Yao Younge is a recipient of several awards including Marion Anderson/Alvin Ailey Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts both in 1998 and 1995, Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Outstanding Achievement and Service, 1995, Award of Excellence in Service, 2000 and West Virginia University Division of Music, Award of Excellence in Research, 2002. His recent publications include 1. "Ghana: Rhythms of the People": Traditional music and Dance of the Ewe, Dagbamba, Fante, and Ga People, published under the Music of the Earth Series - CD by Multicultural Media, MCM 2000; 2. "Mano Efe Dusime", Choral work for Treble Voices, published by World Music Press, Danbury, 2002; 3. Yeve: Ritual Music and Dance of a Secret Society, MSFS Volume One, published by Prizm Media Group, 2002, and 4. "Four Choruses from Ghana," Treble Voices with Percussion Accompaniment, published under Henry Leck Choral Series by Colla Voce Music, Inc., 2003.