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Bora Yoon is a Korean-American composer, vocalist, and sound artist who conjures audiovisual soundscapes using digital devices, voice, and instruments from a variety of cultures and historical centuries to formulate a storytelling through music, movement...

New York-based composer Nina C. Young (b.1984) writes music characterized by an acute sensitivity to tone color, manifested in aural images of vibrant, arresting immediacy. Her experience in the electronic music studio informs her acoustic work, which...

Katherine Young’s electroacoustic music and sonic art uses expressive noises, curious timbres, and kinetic structures. Relationship building and collaboration is central to her practice. The LAPhil, Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW, Internationales...

Bethany Younge’s acoustic and electronic music explores the manifold kinesthetic properties of musical performance. For her, the act of music-making cannot be divorced from the physical presence of the human instigator. Her works often incorporate...

Sam Yulsman (b. 1990) is a composer and pianist whose music spans a wide array of idioms. A belief in music as a means of psychonautic exploration is central to his work. Yulsman’s music includes acoustic and electroacoustic works for soloists, chamber...

Pamela Z is a composer/performer and media artist working with voice, live electronic processing, sampled sound, and video. A pioneer of live digital looping techniques, she processes her voice in real time to create dense, complex sonic layers. Her solo...

Title: Symphony No. 10: The Snowbound River Commission: 1996 Completed: 1998 Instrumentation: tape (chant-recital and qin) and grand orchestra Premiere Location: Shanghai Grand Theater, China Premiere Ensemble: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Notes:

(This composer has multiple commissions - click here to view all) Title: Silueta como Sirena Commission: 2003 Completed: 2007 Instrumentation: singer/guitarist, cello octet, and orchestra Premiere Location: New York Society for Ethical Culture Premiere...

Title: Harpsichord Concerto Commission: 2002 Completed: 2002 Instrumentation: harpsichord and orchestra Premiere Location: Merkin Concert Hall, NYC Premiere Ensemble: Bradley Brookshire and the Corigliano Quartet Notes: Celebrated for compositions that...

Title: Life Dances Commission: Completed: 1981 Instrumentation: orchestra Premiere Location: Tanglewood Music Center, MA Premiere Ensemble: Notes: