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= Craig Allister Young = Craig Allister Young is a cellist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, based in Brisbane Australia. He also composers, arranges and orchestrates music and has a large library of songs, orchestral and chamber music, and choral music. As a side-venture he runs Musical Menus, a catering and cake design business that he started in 2011.

In 1993 he collaborated with singer David Kidd in writing a musical theatre work entitled "Singing Flat" in which he recorded and performed the role of Tarquin

In 2000 he wrote the music for the opening ceremony of the Olympic soccer matches played in Brisbane, where it was performed by Christine Anu, David Dixon and several thousand school children from around Queensland.

From 1999-2010 he was musical director for the 12-piece cabaret ensemble X-Collective which included ten tours with the QLD Arts council, a CD entitled "It don't mean a thing" and two performances of the show "Dags and Divas" with the Sirens of Song at the 2009 Sydney Mardi Gras.

From 2008-2011 he has worked as musical director for four seasons with the Queensland Ballet, where he orchestrated the music for a chamber ensemble and directed from the cello.

In 2011 he was a top 24 contestant on the Australian version of Masterchef, in which he was eliminated as contestant number 13.

Since 2012 he has been musical director for Brisbane Sings, a community choir event he pioneered with David Kidd, which brings together over 500 singers of all ages from around Brisbane.