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Devon Lee (they/them) (age 18) is an 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, Ensemble For These Times, Cincinnati May Festival, and New World Symphony. They are a member of the New York Youth Symphony and a student at Juilliard Pre-College. Devon studies composition with Daniel Felsenfeld and is a mentee of composer and bassist Jon Deak. Devon’s music has been performed in New York, San Francisco, Cincinnati, and Oklahoma, and has been featured online on the Luna Composition Lab and New York Philharmonic websites. Devon tries to infuse their music with love, color, and emotional sensitivity and is inspired by Asian folk music and poetry.