Nate Young's not fiddling around.

On June 12, the West Lampeter Township multifaceted musician released his debut album, "The Lighthouse," a folk music-oriented work. "I just hope people enjoy it," Nate said. "I hope it resonates with them. I hope it gives some peace."

The collection of recordings, listed under his full name, Nathaniel E. Young, is available on all major platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube.

"(The reception has) been really good," Nate said. "On release day, I made sure to reach out to a bunch of my friends and family and tell them it's out, take a listen. It was great to get the positive reception from them. But also, more on a global scale it's been doing pretty well, especially for a first release from kind of a smaller artist. I'm pretty satisfied with it. It's been reaching a lot of people. More importantly, I think it just has touched a lot of people's hearts, which is more what I'm going for, not just the numbers. It's been a blessing."

The 19-year-old recorded the album made up of original songs in his home. Nate plays the violin, ukulele, and guitar on the LP.

"It was fun," he said. "I love composing and being able to figure different things out on different instruments. I really enjoy that. I made most of it in my room, and there are a lot of different artists on it as well, all friends of mine. They contributed as well with vocals, piano, percussions. It's a very collaborative work, which is fun. Music is more fun when you do it with other people."

"The Lighthouse" was inspired by a book of the same name by Michael D. O'Brien. "It's a beautiful book," said Nate. "I read it years ago, and it really resonated with me like no other book has except the Bible. It was really inspiring. For months, I really wanted to write something about that because that's just where I go. I just wanted to let it out in a musical way. Months went by, and then finally I started and it all kind of flowed. It's definitely a God moment. It just all came together."

He said it's his way of communicating his feelings. "Music for me is the easiest way to express the inner workings of the soul and your emotions and everything like that," said Nate, who throughout high school was a concert master for the Lancaster Academy for the Performing Arts. "I think different people have different ways of expressing themselves. Some people paint or they write. For me, it's music."

The album, which took eight months to record, was 12 years in the making. Nate began playing the violin when he was 7 years old. His mother, Kristin, is a professional pianist and harpist. "She really helped nurture that in me," Nate said. "I would find instruments and ask for instruments for my birthday."

His father, Joel, has also been instrumental. "My dad is the number one emotional supporter," Nate said. "He does not play music at all, but he's really been supportive of me." The father and son enjoy spending time together outdoors - hunting, fishing, and hiking. "That really kind of found its way into the music too because most of my music is more naturally inspired," Nate said.

He has been classically trained by Tara Kenkelen. "She was my primary violin teacher all through from the time I was 7 to the time I graduated," Nate said. "She's an amazing violinist, so she really helped me with that. And then in high school, I started getting into like traditional Irish music and folk music. I really enjoyed the sound of it. I just really connected with it, so I started employing my classical training to play fiddle music as well. I started incorporating that into my compositions as well. And that's kind of how the sound was born, more or less."

Nate, who was homeschooled, will be a rising sophomore at Christendom College, a liberal arts college in Front Royal, Va. He plans to major in economics with a minor in music.

With "The Lighthouse" receiving rave reviews, Nate has already started working on his second album. "I have a bunch of songs put together right now," he said. "I'm not quite sure how it's all going to come together, but I've done a lot of recording with my mom on the harp. And then I have just a bunch of other songs that I've made over the past couple months and then more stuff that I'm going to record at school. I've got a lot of friends who are musicians at school, so we're going to do some recording together down there."

Nate's not sure if he will pursue a career in music. "My primary goal, what I see is my vocation, is to be a father," he said. "I just (want) to be a family man. Oftentimes being a professional musician, especially a composer, it's really hard to feed a family of a decent size just off music. I'm thinking about it, praying about it, just kind of seeing where God leads me. If He wants me to go that direction and I find a lot of success with it, then that's great. But if not, that's okay. It's always going to be a part of my life even if I'm not making bank off of music. I still love doing it, and I'm not necessarily doing it for the money anyway."