HELLO! I’m Devon (they/them), and I’m an aspiring artist/composer/musician/collaborator.

I am a composer! And I love to write chamber, vocal, orchestral, electroacoustic, all sorts of music. I’m also a double bass player! I deeply love playing in the orchestra, but hope to broaden my performing to contemporary ensembles, bands, pits, and everywhere, really. I’m a (primarily digital) artist, too, and love combining my passions for music and art! I am working on some animations and illustrations now to hopefully accompany some of my pieces… I also love to write. Whether it’s poetry, song lyrics, essays, or fiction, I am on a journey to express my voice through words.

More Official Bio:

“Devon Lee (they/them) is an 19-year-old composer and bassist based in New York City. Devon was a 2025 Morton Gould Young Composer Award finalist and has had their music premiered by organizations like the New York Philharmonic, The Juilliard School, The Knights, ChamberQUEER, WQXR, Chanticleer, and the New York Festival of Song. Devon graduated from the Special Music School in 2026, and is an alum of the New York Youth Symphony composition and orchestra programs, Luna Composition Lab, and Juilliard Pre-college and Music Advancement Program. They were 2025 finalist for the Morton Gould Young Composers Award, recipient of the BMI Kavi Ohri Memorial Scholarship in 2026, and a Frederick Loewe Scholar at the Kaufman Music Center. Devon studied composition with Daniel Felsenfeld and Max Grafe, and double bass with Tim Cobb. This fall, Devon will be starting at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music majoring in Composition with a Concentration in Double Bass.”