Helen Agnes Young MBE (22 March 1926 – 2 August 2019) was a New Zealand radio manager and an advocate for New Zealand music performers and composers.[1]
Helen Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | Helen Agnes Young 22 March 1926 Hāwera, New Zealand |
| Died | 2 August 2019 (aged 93) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Radio manager |
| Known for | Manager of RNZ Concert |
Born in Hāwera on 22 March 1926, Young was the daughter of Agnes Isabel Young (née Bartholomew) and Andrew Morton Young.[2][3] She was educated at St Cuthbert's College, Auckland,[4] and later went to London, where she studied at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[3] After working at the music library of the British Arts Council and the British Institute of Recorded Sound, she returned to New Zealand.[3] She was manager of RNZ Concert for 12 years between 1978 and 1989, and worked for Radio New Zealand for 35 years in all.[1][4]
In the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours, Young was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to broadcasting,[5] and she received the award for "Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting" at the 1990 New Zealand Radio Awards.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Former RNZ Concert Manager Helen Young has died". Upbeat. RNZ. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Helen Young death notice". The Dominion Post. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Young, Helen Agnes, 1926–". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ a b Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 406. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ "No. 50950". The London Gazette (4th supplement). 13 June 1987. p. 32.
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