Younger went on to earn undergraduate degrees in Harp Performance and Music Business from The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. She received further instruction from harpists Rebecca Flannery, Susan Jolles, Emily Mitchell and bassist Nat Reeves. Younger spent her formative years in Hempstead and Uniondale where she began harp studies as a teen under the tutelage of Karen Strauss. YoungerвЂ™s ability to seamlessly inject the harp into arrangements and venues where it has historically been overlooked is a testament to her deep love for and exemplary command of the instrument.ДЄ native of Long Island, New York, Ms. Most recently, her original composition HortenseВ was featured in the documentary HomecomingВ by BeyoncГ© Knowles.ДЄs well versed in performance art as she is in the art of creative risk-taking, Brandee Younger challenges commonly-held notions in her quest to вЂќmake the harp a more relevant force in todayвЂ™s music.вЂќ Ms. She has shared the stage with jazz leaders and popular hip-hop and r&b titans including Ravi Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jack Dejohnette, Reggie Workman, Common, Maxwell, John Legend and Lauryn Hill. Younger is widely recognized as a creative linchpin whose nuanced presence and willingness to push boundaries have made her irreplaceable on record and in performance. Known for expressive interpretations of traditional harp repertoire as well as her continued work with a diverse cross-section of musical talents, Ms. Her most recent album Soul Awakening is the first full-length album recorded by Younger. 1, the critically-acclaimed 2016 album Wax & Wane and a 2018 appearance as a featured artist on the Impulse tribute to The Beatles titled A Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper. Her discography includes Brandee Younger Live The Breeding Ground, Bluenote Records and Revive MusicвЂ™s 2015 album Supreme Sonacy Vol. She has produced an impressive body of work since the 2011 debut of her Prelude EP. Younger delivers a fresh take on the instrument as an educator, curator, solo artist and leader of her own ensemble, The Brandee Younger Quartet.

Harpist Brandee Younger defies genres as a classically-trained musician playing in the avant-garde tradition of her musical predecessors Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane.

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