PORTFOLIO — Andrea Young

1) Article for Leonardo Music Journal

2) ECHO TO THE SENSE - a collection of works for voice and electronics on Redshift Records, Vancouver BC (2021-23)

Müllerian Mimics (2021) - Andrea Young and Michael Yr Jeannouxa Day

Andrea Young and Michael Yr Jeannouxa Day met in California 2012. They discovered they were born only hours apart in the latter part of 1978 and that their sonic practices, with voice controlled electronics and prepared turntables, were nearly indistinguishable to their own ears. Improvisations ensued in North America and Europe, and provided the seedlings that expanded into EXO/ENDO. “Müllerian mimicry is a natural phenomenon in which two or more well-defended species, often foul-tasting and that share common predators, have come to mimic each other’s honest warning signals, to their mutual benefit.” (“Müllerian Mimicry”- wikipedia, n.d.)

for voice, electronics and turntables
Improvisation: Andrea Young and Michael Yr Jeannouxa Day
Performed & Recorded by: Andrea Young and Michael Yr Jeannouxa Day
Mixed and Mastered by: Brendan Byrnes

3) TAGTRAUM - composed by Andrea Young

Commissioned by Array Music 2018 , Solo performance in 2023 filmed by Marco Jobert

4) EXO/ENDO

Composition by Andrea Young – thesis work for her DMA at California Institute of the Arts.

This three-movement work uses sound as a furnace and fuel for the expression of internal desire, external rage and temper, produced by voice-controlled sound, electronic bass, prepared turntables, cello and percussion. For the entire performance, the voice is embedded in electronic sound like an organ working within the body, adjusting and adapting to the body of sound emitting from the ensemble. These are sculptural forms, revealing the proportion to which song and sound diverge.