Biography

Erin Young is a classical guitarist based in Los Angeles. She received both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Classical Guitar Performance at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music where she studied with Scott Tennant, Brian Head, and Jason Yoshida. Erin has a passion for playing early plucked instruments and has performed with multiple Los Angeles based early music ensembles including, Ciaramella, and Delirium Musicum.

Erin is dedicated to her work as an educator. In addition to teaching Suzuki Guitar at the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts, she serves as Director of Elemental Guitar for nonprofit Elemental Music, as a Teaching Artist for the nonprofit Lead Guitar within the Los Angeles Unified School District, and as a Counselor for the annual Guitar Foundation of America Teen Academy The Bridge. She worked in online music education as Head of Guitar at tonebase.co for over two years where she gained experience in production and curricular design, and spearheaded the development of curriculum for the international guitar education nonprofit Kithara Project where she worked as Operations and Program Director.