Yaz Lancaster
Composer
Yaz Lancaster is an experimental artist whose practice is grounded in queer, DIY, and liberatory frameworks. Their work utilizes electroacoustic composition, sampling/collage, improvisatory modes, and consideration of relational aesthetics. Cultivation of care and intimacy, post-genre collaboration, and accessibility are priorities of their artistic ethos. Yaz frequently performs solo sets with violin/voice and electronics that comprise improvisations, songs, and composed music; and with their ambient/noise duo project medium. with gg200bpm.
They‘ve had the opportunity to perform at Lincoln Center, The Shed, MoMA, National Sawdust, Public Records, Roulette Intermedium, MASS MoCA, The Poetry Project, Light & Sound Design, Market Hotel, and Trans-Pecos; and they’ve worked with artists including Centennial Gardens (Dreamcrusher + Geng PTP), Charles Gaines, claire rousay, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Lisel/Eliza Bagg, Miss Grit, Nyokabi Kariuki, OHYUNG, and Sean Pecknold. Yaz has been recently commissioned by Asia Stewart/The Shed, International Contemporary Ensemble, and the 2025 Gaudeamus Festival. They were a Feb-Mar 2025 Pioneer Works music resident.
Yaz is also a poet and (music/arts) writer, organizer, and amateur powerlifter. They created + curate HEAVY HEARTS, a live performance series celebrating vulnerability in harsh sonics; and are a member of NYC-based artist collective Protect the Peace (aka PTP Vision).