Carolyn Yarnell (born 1961)[1] is an American composer and visual artist.
A recipient of the Rome Prize, Charles Ives Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, she is particularly noted for works which combine visual and musical depictions of landscape and light, many of which were inspired by the landscapes of her native California.
[2] Yarnell grew up in the Sierra Nevada region of California.
[4] Yarnell is a long-time member of the Common Sense Composers Collective who via collaborations with groups such as the New Millennium and American Baroque ensembles have premiered many contemporary works by their members and other composers.
The latter featured contemporary compositions played on baroque period instruments.