Available on iTunes, Amazon and CDbaby.Scheduled released worldwide - end of 2013!The Eternal pulse - Finalist in Bell Awards Best Australian Vocal Album.
Lisa Young is well known to World and Jazz Music listeners as a creative vocalstylist and improviser, incorporating Indian and African elements in her work.A longtime student of maestro Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani in Chennai, India, Lisaspecializes in ‘Konnakol’ - South Indian vocal percussion. She has studied SouthIndian music since 1994, both in Australia and in India. In 2010 she received theMonash-Pratt Post Graduate Award for her PhD Music Performancecandidature at Monash University.
Lisa Young Quartet’s album ‘Grace’ won the prestigious ‘Bell award’ for ‘BestAustralian Vocal Album’ in 2007. In 2008 Young received an AustraliaCouncil Project Fellowship enabling her to further her study in India andcompose new vocal works. Her quartet premiered their new song cycle ‘TheEternal Pulse’ at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival in 2011, releasingthe CD in 2012. The album was a finalist in 2012 Bell Awards BestAustralian Vocal Album. It features compositions by Young in collaborationwith bassist Ben Robertson and K. Mani containing passages of Konnakol andrhythmic recitations, layering Indian elements, rhythmic textures and ensembledialogue, in an evocative journey of sound and song.
Lisa is a founding member of all female vocal group Coco’s Lunch. Hercomposition ‘Thulele Mama Ya’ won ‘Best Folk/World Song’ in theprestigious Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards in the USA. Coco’sLunch has recorded 6 CDs of original music receiving 2 ARIA nominations, andtoured extensively, performing to packed houses throughout the world.
Renowned as a passionate and engaging workshop leader, Young’s workshopsuse chants, songs, vocal percussion, and simple percussion parts to inspiresingers to explore rhythm, harmony and improvisation. She works with songform, wordless pieces, and movement encouraging a great love of rhythm andusing the voice as a colorful instrument.
Choirs throughout the world perform Young’s works. She has recently composedcommissioned music for the Australian Voices Choir named 'Other Plans’,which was performed throughout their recent European and Australiantour. She composed children’s songs for the television show ‘Playhouse Disney’(Disney Channel), as well as theme songs/ soundtracks for ‘Conversations withWomen Writers’ screened worldwide and short film “Happy Birthday” thatpremiered in Cannes Film Festival in 2013.Young serves as a vocal teacher atVictorian College Of Arts,University of Melbourne, Australia.
Lisa Young has performed world-wide, amongst others in: MelbourneInternational Jazz Festival, MELBOURNE WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL JAZZFESTIVAL - Opening concert @ BMW Edge, Borneo Jazz Festival,POLYFOLLIA 4TH WORLD VOCAL SHOWCASE (FRANCE), SYDNEYOPERA HOUSE: Utzon Room Music Series Sellout concerts, TELSTRA DOME -Days In The Dioceses, 7th INTERNATIONAL TAIPEI CHORAL FESTIVALFestival Vancouver (CANADA), Voicemania @ Porgy & Bess (Austria), THEFAMOUS SPIEGELTENT, ‘One Year to the Olympics Celebrations’ atAustralian High Commissions in Singapore, Laos.
to have a listen to all of Lisa's body of work: Quartet, Coco's Lunch (A Cappella group), Film/TV Music, Choral Work visit http://lisayoungquartet.bandcamp.com
”Her sophisticated blend of Indian and jazz idioms seduces from the start andnever releases its hold.” - Ian Patterson, All About Jazz, USA
“Totally engaging her art is an awesome rhythmic control. Not to be missed, this is one out ofthe box.” - Leon Gettler, The AGE, Australia
“Young has developed a fine vocal instrument, dark and rich, with a rareconfidence when improvising Indeed, it’s a rare vocal album where thewordless tracks are the most interesting. That’s the case here. But everythingon this fascinating session is of interest” - David Dupont CADENCE Mag., USA.
”An intelligent, loving, and unforced marriage of two great musical traditions” - Doug Spencer,ABC radio, Australia
“Lisa Young revels in jazz and excels in it” - Sunday Mid-Day Profile, Mumbai,India
”Remarkable grace in amazing voice” - Jessica Nicholas, The Age, Australia
”The topography crosses Jazz, Indian and African terrain. Young opens withthe stunning solo machine-gun fire of wordless vocals where the rhythmsarerepeated, extended and then moved across the pulse.. electrifying” - LeonGettler, The Green Guide, The Age, Australia
”Lisa Young’s flexible voice and brilliant musicianship shines” - Amelia Alder, VocalAustralia, Australia
”Words seem inadequate to describe the uniqueness of this extraordinary singer.A stunning vocal talent.” - Billy Pinnell, The Mag, Australia
”Young showed amazing oral dexterity throughout the performance and produced pure, truevocals. It’s a testament to her that, despite there being no lyrics, the performance wasincredibly engaging and accessible” –Rachel Ross, artsHub, Australia