Derin Young is an American cultural programmer, producer, songwriter, sound designer, and vocalist.
[4][5][6] Derin was featured as part of the Rodeo Caldonia High Fidelity Performance Theater in the exhibition, We Wanted A Revolution : Black Radical Women Artists 1950 - 1985 (from 2017 - 2018 — Brooklyn Museum, California African American Museum, ICA Boston).
[7] As a vocalist and songwriter, Young has worked alongside such artists as Baba Olatunji, Lenny Kravitz with Vanessa Paradis, Living Colour, M.C.
[8] In 2021, Young was acknowledged for best sound design by WT FRINGE Women's Theatre Festival for the play "Life Before Reconstruction" by Alva Rogers.
Derin is currently working on cultural programming and is the Curator and Producer for the Street Level performance series at Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) in Southern California.