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Katherine Young

composer | improviser | sonic artist

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Tenure Review Dossier: Scholarly Materials

Archival or unpublished materials. Please do not circulate.

Listed in alphabetical order. Please scroll down for more.

BIOMES 6.0 (2025) for two percussionists and two pianists (26 mins.)

commissioned by the Fromm Foundation

BIOMES 6.0 (unreleased in-progress mix)
Katherine Young, performed by Yarn/Wire
 

Diligence Is to Magic as Progress Is to Flight (2022/2013) arrangement for flute, clarinet, horn, violin, cello, harp, piano, percussion (11 mins.)

commissioned by Ensemble Dal Niente

Dal Niente performing 2022 arrangement of Diligence Is to Magic as Progress Is to Flight in Buenos Aires in October 2022

 

If we are still (2022) for two electric guitars and electronics (18 mins.)

commissioned by Ruben Mattia Santorsa and Adrian Pereyra with funding support from Ernst von Siemens Stiftung and MusikFonds

If we are still_rehearsal excerpt_T-end (score p. 22-23)
Katherine Young, performed by Santorsa-Pereyra Duo
 

Into this dark forest you have already turned (2025) for noise maker, flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, keyboard, percussion, and electronics (14 mins.)

commissioned by Ensemble Paramirabo and Productions Totem Contemporain for the Babel Table

Into this dark forest you've already turned (premiere performance, live recording)
Katherine Young, performed by Ensemble Paramirabo and Jean-François Laporte
 

Mycorrhiza IV (with Elena and Alyssa): Lichen Songs (in progress) for piano and electronics

Movement I (4.5 mins)

commissioned by Elena Cholakova

Mycorrhiza IV (with Elena and Alyssa): Lichen Songs (rehearsal recording)
Katherine Young, performed by Elena Cholakova with text by A. Martinez
 

Spores (2022) for improviser, clarinet, two bassoons, saxophone, trombone, tuba, two percussionists, viola, cello, contrabass and electronics (17 mins.)

commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

Spores (archival recording only)
Katherine Young / John Adams conducts members of LA Phil + Young (soloist)
 

What is water? (2022) for voices, instruments, and electronics (45 mins.)                        

Commissioned via juried selection by Mocrep ensemble

Co-composed with Mocrep ensemble

What is Water? (live recording)
Katherine Young and Mocrep

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