Miriama Young is a composer and sound artist, writer and scholar.

Originally from New Zealand, Miriama was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue graduate study in the United States, and she recently completed her PhD in Music Composition at Princeton University. In November she will take up a position as Lecturer in Music at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

Miriama's work thrives on collaboration with artists in complementary disciplines, and her music spans a variety of genre and media - from chamber music for voice and instrumental ensemble, spoken word sound art for radio, to electronic music for dance. As a vocalist, she composes songs for her voice, and these feature on her forthcoming debut album (December 2007).

Her dissertation, Singing the Body Electric: The Recorded Voice, the Mediated Body examines the human voice, the mediated body, and the sound of its transformation through technology.