Katherine Young
composer | improviser | sonic artist
Press
“[I]n Young’s world all noise is emotional.”
“Bassoon colossus.”
“[Spores] is by turns as dense as molasses, as light as air (with the musicians encouraged to vocalize their breath), and as freewheeling as a trip down the open highway.”
““[I] you want music that will set your imagination reeling, Young and Scranton [as Beautifulish] are at your service.””
Peter Margasak’s review of bridges between individual trees (Sideband Records)
SF Classical Voice review of Spores performed by LA Phil New Music Group
Reviews of Mycorrhiza I (with Olivia): Stolen Moments as performed and recorded by Olivia DePrato:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/Classrev/2022/Nov/I-A-M-80838.htm
https://van-magazine.com/mag/album-review-clarice-jensen/
boundarymind (Carrier Records) review
Beautifulish (Shinkoyo/Artist Pool) review
Performance of Anthony Braxton’s Music at BBC Proms with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov
Featured soloist on Jessica Pavone’s Clamor (Out of Your Head)
“Katherine Young Uses Noise to Teach Feeling” feature in SF Classical Voice
Aaron Cohen's Chicago Tribune
Ellen McSweeney's New Music Box profile
“Young’s compositional hallmarks—her visceral approach to sound; her organic use of repetition, structure, and pacing; her attentiveness to the smallest details of timbre; her adventurousness in using instruments in unexpected ways—made the work feel like a living thing, breathing and unfolding as the evening progressed.”
“[A] sonically audacious record documenting the development of a bold young artist whose arresting improvisations are as remarkable as her engaging compositions.”
“Seriously bold leaps for the bassoon.”
“[R]aw, wailing, coloristic...[with an] organic sweep...”
“graveled crumbled strewn is a convincing realization of forceful earth moving processes experienced in close proximity.”
“[U]ndulating notes on the verge of exhaustion explore impressive multiphonics and stomach-gripping glissandos....”
photos by Deidre Huckabay