(b. 1984)
Nina C Young was born in Nyack, New York in 1984. Her first introduction to instrumental study was at the age of 12 teaching herself the violin. After graduating from high school in 2003 she studied engineering and music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2011 Young studied composition with Sean Ferguson, orchestration with Jean Lesage and mixed music with Phillipe Leroux at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. She partook of a year of residence at the American Academy of Rome where amongst other compositions, Temenos was composed. Young’s music has been acclaimed worldwide with performances by ensembles including the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ensemble de Musique Interactive. Young actively promotes new music and in addition to concert composition also creates for theatre, film and dance.
Nina C Young Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Adieu
No Timpani + 2 percussion
1) vibraphone, orchestral bass drum, tam tam, suspended cymbal
2) glockenspiel, tubular bells, suspended cymbal, Thai gongs C, Eb, G
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Agnosco Veteris
Timpani + 3 percussion + celeste
Triangle, 2 octaves crotales, glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, tubular bells, 2 med/large suspended cymbals, temple blocks, tambourine, tam tam, orchestral bass drum, Thai gongs G2, A2, D3, F#3, Ab3
Celeste
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Etched in Sand
No Timpani + 6 percussion
1) Sixxen A, glockenspiel, Tibetan prayer bowl
2) vibraphone, low octave crotales, wind gong
3) 4.3 octave marimba, Tibetan prayer bowl
4) 5 octave marimba, glockenspiel, Tibetan prayer bowl
5) vibraphone, high octave crotales, suspended cymbal
6) Sixxen C, Tibetan prayer bowl, suspended cymbal
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Fata Morgana
Timpani + 3 percussion + celeste
1) vibraphone, triangle, clash cymbals 2) low octave crotales. tubular bells, shaker, triangle, suspended cymbal, tam tam 3) high octave crotales, triangle, orchestral bass drum
Celeste
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Remnants
No Timpani + 4 percussion (2 players per part)
Part 1) vibraphone, glockenspiel, triangle, medium suspended cymbal, wind gong, large tam tam, orchestral bass drum
Part 2) 2 octaves crotales, tubular bells, almglocken C4, C#4, G#4, A4, 2 Japanese bells, small and large suspended cymbals, medium tam tam, large tam tam
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Rising Tide
No Timpani + 1 percussion
Glockenspiel, vibraphone, medium suspended cymbal, sizzle cymbal, tam tam, orchestral bass drum
Piano doubling 2 bows
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The Moon in the Water
No Timpani + 1 percussion
Xylophone, vibraphone, triangle, splash cymbal, 25" timpani, orchestral bass drum
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Trace Upon Cinders
No Timpani + 1 percussion
2 octave crotales, glockenspiel, vibraphone, triangle, 4 temple blocks, medium suspended cymbal, log drum, orchestral bass drum,
Wind players doubling 4 temple bowls
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Vestigia Flammae
No Timpani + 1 percussion
2 octave crotales, glockenspiel, vibraphone, 4 temple blocks, suspended cymbal, tam tam, snare drum, Thai gongs F#2, G2, A2, D3, Ab3
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