Nina C. Young (born 1984)
Nina C. Young was born in Nyack, New York, and began teaching herself violin at the age of 12. She studied engineering and music at M.I.T., receiving degrees in both ocean engineering and music. She has an M.Mus. degree from McGill University and a doctorate in music composition from Columbia University.
Nina C. Young has composed music for orchestras, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments, but often combines traditional instruments with electronics. Her website states that her music
is characterized by an acute sensitivity to tone color, manifested in aural images of vibrant, arresting immediacy. Her music voice mixes elements of the classical canon, modernism, spectralism, American experimentalism, minimalism, electronic music, and popular idioms. Her projects, ranging from concert pieces to interactive installations, strive to create unique sonic environments that explore aural architectures, resonance, and ephemera.
This is a 2012 composition by Nina C. Young entitled Sun Propeller for violin and electronics. The composer is on the laptop.
Etched in Sand, a 2013 composition for percussion sextet, has at times a Balinese flavor: