Derin Young

'''Derin Young''' is an American cultural programmer, producer, songwriter, sound designer, and vocalist. She was a member of Rodeo Caldonia High Fidelity Performance Theater.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Black Artstory - Remembering Rodeo Caldonia {{!}} Lisa Jones + Alva Rogers in conversation with Culture Critic Greg Tate|url=https://myrtleavenue.org/event/remembering-rodeo-caldonia-lisa-jones-alva-rogers-conversation-culture-critic-greg-tate/|access-date=2020-07-18|website=Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Trouillot |first1=Terence |title=The Brooklyn Museum's History of Black Radical Women Draws Its Power From the Grassroots |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/we-wanted-a-revolution-brooklyn-museum-936359 |website=Art Net |date=28 April 2017 |access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=We wanted a revolution Black radical women, 1965-85: a sourcebook |date=2017 |isbn=978-0-87273-183-7 |pages=300–301 |oclc=1023015517 |language=English|last1=Morris |first1=Catherine |last2=Hockley |first2=Rujeko |publisher=Brooklyn Museum }}</ref>

== Biography == Derin Young was raised in New York City. Young has produced content for Black Art In America, Columbus Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, De La Cruz Collection, Miami, FL and Institute Contemporary Art (ICA) San Diego, CA among numerous other organizations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In The Garden Concert Series at The Columbus Museum|url=https://www.muscogeemoms.com/in-the-garden-concert-series-at-the-columbus-museum/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=www.muscogeemoms.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-05|title=Vernon Reid's "Artificial Afrika" Project|url=https://www.blackartinamerica.com/index.php/2019/12/05/vernon-reids-artificial-afrika-project/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=BLACK ART IN AMERICA™|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Vernon Reid introduces "Artificial Africa".|url=https://soundcloud.com/audioperk/vernon-reid-introduces-artificial-africa|language=en|access-date=2021-10-27}}</ref> Derin was featured as part of the Rodeo Caldonia High Fidelity Performance Theater in the exhibition, ''We Wanted A Revolution : Black Radical Women Artists 1950 - 1985'' (from 2017 - 2018 — Brooklyn Museum, California African American Museum, ICA Boston).<ref>{{cite journal|date=September 2017|title=Public Programs|journal=CAAM with Here & Now|issue=Fall|page=6}}</ref> As a vocalist and songwriter, Young has worked alongside such artists as Baba Olatunji, Lenny Kravitz with Vanessa Paradis, Living Colour, M.C. Solaar and many more.<ref>{{cite web|title=We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 Closing Symposium|url=https://caamuseum.org/programs/current/the-life-and-times-of-rodeo-caldonia|access-date=October 21, 2021|website=California African American Museum}}]</ref> In 2021, Young was acknowledged for best sound design by WT FRINGE Women's Theatre Festival for the play "Life Before Reconstruction" by Alva Rogers. Derin works as a cultural programmer and producer. Young, curated and produced the Street Level performance series at Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) in Southern California. Derin is currently an events producer at the Institute of Contemporary Art in San Diego and is the creator of an arts and education Podcast called the audioPERKULATOR®. <ref>{{cite web|title=audioPERKULATOR|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZui02F311ht2RwXUymDDJg/featured|access-date=15 October 2021|website=The Audio Perkulator}}</ref>

== Career == Derin has performed throughout North America, Europe, Indian Ocean, and Japan. Some of her collaborative performance credits include: MC Solaar (Polydor/Polygram, France), Vanessa Paradis (Live (Vanessa Paradis album) on Remark/Polygram, France, produced by Lenny Kravitz) and Living Colour ("Time's Up", Epic Records). Derin is a producer and program manager for Street Art Revolution.

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== External links == * The Audio Perkulator https://audioperkulator.com/ * audioPERK on American Art, Aesthetics and Experience with Dr. Leo Twiggs and Dr. Frank Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqoNe5MjmHE

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Derin}} Category:Living people Category:American women singer-songwriters Category:People from New York City Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century American women Category:Singer-songwriters from New York (state)