Nihan Yesil is a composer, sound designer, multimedia artist, and arts entrepreneur. They compose both acoustic concert music and electroacoustic music, and design sound for film, video, and stage.

Nihan started studying classical music with her father at an early age and earned a bachelor's degree in Jazz Composition in Istanbul, Turkey. They continued with M.M. in Composition at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance and participated in numerous residencies including the Henry Mancini Institute, Czech-American Summer Music Institute, Brevard Music Festival, Electronic Music Midwest Festival, Women in New Music, Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium, Escape to Create Artist-in-Residence Program, Charlotte Street UCP Studio Residency, and I-Park Artists' Enclave Residency where they also served as a selection committee member for the composition program for two years. Their passion for dramatics arts and working with visual media pushed them to further their studies with an M.F.A. degree in Sound Design at the UMKC Technical Theatre.

Nihan is currently a Professor of Sound Design at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).

Nihan composed music and designed sound for films, documentaries, stage productions, albums, podcasts, and installations.

Previous teaching experience: Visiting Assistant Professor of Sound Design at Ball State University Theatre and Dance Department.

Some of her most recent credits include:

Sound Designer
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Directed by Tim Scott
Music Theater Heritage
Kansas City, MO

Composer + Sound Designer
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST
Directed by Karen Kessler
Ball State University Productions
Muncie, IN

Sound Designer
THE PROM, Musical
Directed by Tony Clements
Ball State University Productions
Muncie, IN

Sound Designer
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', Musical
Directed by Marc Wayne
Music Theater Heritage
Kansas City, MO

Assistant Sound Editor
FAMILY AFFAIR, Feature Film
Directed by Robert Hensley

Foley Editor
KANSAS CITY 1924
Kansas City Actors Theatre
Available on Spotify

Composer + Sound Designer + ADR Editor
BRILLIANT MIND
Co-produced by Storykrapht and Marin Theatre Company,
San Fransisco, CA

Composer + Sound Designer
NOURA
Marin Theatre Company,
San Fransisco, CA

Composer + Sound Designer
LADIES
Boston Court Playhouse
Los Angeles, CA

Sound Editor + Foley Editor
BIZIM ICIN SAMPIYON
Produced by Ay Yapım, Istanbul, TURKEY
Available on Netflix

In 2020, during the pandemic, she co-founded BONNOB Productions which produces high-quality audio content for children. Their first audio story, Leila and The Robot was licensed by kids' audio story platform Kidly and was translated into four languages.