Who we are
New Uncertainty Collective is Young-Jun Lee, Zac Fick-Cambria, Jia Yi Lee, and David Carlton Adams. Four composers who met in Baltimore. We commission new music, perform it, record it, and publish it. More about us.
Photo credit: Yuchen Bian
Collaborations
We curate concerts of new chamber music written by us and other composers. We have collaborated with the Tacet(i) Ensemble, the Rothko String Quartet, Kinetic Quartet, and composers at NYU and the Peabody Institute. Click here to see upcoming and past events.
Tacet(i) Ensemble × NUC. Centre Street Performance Studio, Peabody Institute, March 2026.
Trios at Three, our first concert. Leith Symington Griswold Hall, Peabody Institute, October 2024.
NUC × Rothko String Quartet, over from Germany. Leith Symington Griswold Hall, Peabody Institute, June 2025.
Project Poetic Justice, first community concert. The Church of the Epiphany, Washington, DC, May 2025.
Stepping to the Next Stone. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore, December 2024.
Kinetic Quartet, rehearsal. October 2025.
Summer retreat. July 2025.
Upcoming events
Rooted in Baltimore
Zion Baptist Church · Baltimore, MD
Sep 25, 2026
8AM
Project Poetic Justice · Chicago concert
Chicago, IL
Oct 4, 2026
around 4 PM
New Music Davidson
Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center · Davidson, NC
LIGAMENT Duo
Apr 27, 2027
7:30 PM
Project Poetic Justice · Year 3
Washington, DC
May 2027
Project Poetic Justice
Project Poetic Justice is an arts initiative at the DC Jail that empowers incarcerated youth (ages 18–24) through poetry, music composition, and personal storytelling. Find out more.
Project Poetic Justice. Central Detention Facility, Washington, DC, 2026.