Kenneth Young (born 11 November 1955, Invercargill, New Zealand) is a composer, conductor, radio presenter and lecturer in composition, conducting and orchestration at the New Zealand School of Music, Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington.
He works as a freelance composer and is fully represented by SOUNZ: The Centre for New Zealand Music.
In 2004 Young was awarded the Lilburn Trust Citation in Recognition of Outstanding Services to New Zealand Music.
[5] Young has forty-eight commissioned works registered and represented through the Centre for New Zealand Music and twenty-two recordings.
These include Douglas Lilburn, Edwin Carr, David Farquhar, Lyell Cresswell, Anthony Ritchie, Gareth Farr, Christopher Blake, Jack Body and many others.
Engagement further afield include the City of Osaka Sinfonia, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
[7] Young was a faculty member at the New Zealand School of Music — Te Kōkī, Victoria University of Wellington, from 1988 until his retirement in 2019.