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. She has performed in masterclasses for Pepe Romero, Dimitri Illarionov, Álvaro Pierri, SoloDuo, Roland Dyens, Gaëlle Solal, and The Kupinski Duo among others.

Erin has a passion for early music and is an active member of L.A. Camerata. She is pursuing a DMA in Early Music from the USC Thornton School of Music, where she performs in the USC Baroque Sinfonia, a period-instrument ensemble specializing in music from the seventeenth- through mid-eighteenth century, and the USC Collegium Workshop, which specializing in music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. She performed with the USC Collegium in the Early Music America’s 8th annual Young Performers Festival in Bloomington Indiana. She also frequently plays with the Delirium Musicum ensemble and performed with the ensemble Ciaramella at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

Erin is actively involved with the Guitar Foundation of America, where she works as an instructor for the annual GFA Guitar Summit. In addition to pursuing a performance career, Erin works in online music education as Guitar Operations Manager for tonebase.co.