Nina C. Young

Composer and Sound Artist

[new work] (2019/20)
brass quintet and electronics (~15:00)
(commissioned by the American Brass Quintet)


Tête-À-Tête (2017)
two toy pianos with desk bells, electronics, and optional generative video (~08:00)
(commissioned by the LA Phil for the HOCKET Ensemble)


Fleeting Musings and Restless Pause: A Bassoon Pocket Concerto (2015)
solo bassoon plus flute, viola, harp, and percussion (~05:30)
(commissioned by Steve Dibner and Brad Balliett for the Metropolis Ensemble)


Prelude to Making Tellus (2015)
bass voice, contrabass, piano (~5:50)
(written for Andrew R. Munn as part of the Bard First Songs Vocal Project)


Rising Tide (2015)
for 7 musicians: fl, cl, pno, perc, vln, vla, vlc (~8:00)
(commissioned by Nutrire La Musica with the Divertimento Ensemble for the 2015 Milan Expo)


Spero lucem (2015)
piano quartet (~6:00)
(written for theCreative Dialogue VII Symposium)


Memento Mori: (2013, 2015)
Phase I: "ut cuspis sic vita fluit dum stare videtur"

(written for the JACK Quartet) ~07:00


Tethered Within (2013)
for 8 musicians: alto flute, bass clarinet, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, piano, percussion (~5:00)
(written for the New Fromm Players of the Tanglewood Music Center)



Void (2013)
soprano, viola, and piano (~6:30)
(written for the Tanglewood Music Center)


Etched in Sand (2013)
percussion ensemble - 6 players (~9:00)
(written for Sixtrum percussion ensemble)


Remains (2012)
two pianos and two percussion (~09:30)
(written for Yarn/Wire)


Kashchei (2010)
for 9 instruments and electronics (~19:00)
[fl, cl, tpt, pno, perc, vln, vla, vlc]


Kolokol (2009)
two pianos and electronics (~11:09)

Nina C. Young - composer