COMPOSER SABRINA PENA YOUNG | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | FILM | CLASSICAL | OPERA

NOW OFFERING PRIVATE LESSONS, GROUP LESSONS, and WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN WESTERN NEW YORK!  CONTACT ME AT Spenayoung@Gmail.com to Schedule Your First Lesson! Homeschooling Families Welcome! Experienced with Special Needs and At-Risk Students. Contact for more information. PRIVATE LESSONS  IN NORTH BUFFALO ($25/Half Hour; $40/Hour; $125 Monthly for 3 Months) (Ages 10 to Adult) Filmmaking and Video Production Writing Screenwriting Songwriting Composition Music Production GROUP LESSONS  IN NORTH BUFFALO ($75/Hour Class; Includes Supplies) (Ages 5 to 18, 2-5 Children/Teens; At least 1 Parent/Guardian must be present) HOMESCHOOLERS WELCOME!!! Classes can be weekly, monthly, or one-time workshops Pop Art and Mixed Media Music History (Middle Ages/Ancient Music, Baroque/Classical Era, Romantic Era, 20th Century, Jazz/Blues, World Music, Electronic Music) World Art (Choice of Africa, Australia/Polynesia, Asia, Latin America, North Ameri...

This summer enjoy making fun and inexpensive summer art projects with your preschooler . Whether you are a parent enjoying vacation time with your child, a camp counselor trying to create age appropriate art projects, or just a teacher wanting easy ways to create art with preschoolers, you will enjoy these fun, easy, and cheap art projects especially designed for early childhood. Preschool Summer Art Project 1: Snazzy Silly Sunglasses! You will need construction paper , cellophane (clear or blue), glitter, markers, glue, and scissors. Have extra fun art supplies like sequins stamps or stickers handy for some extra pizazz! Draw a large pair of sunglasses on a large piece of construction paper. Cut out the holes. Let your preschooler decorate the sunglasses with as much glitter, marker scribbles, sequins, and stickers as he or she wants. When your preschooler is finished, tape or glue the cellophane to make the lenses for the silly sunglasses. Take some fun photos with the sungl...

Composer Boot Camp now only $2.99 at AMAZON KINDLE!  My new educational workbook  Composer Boot Camp 101: 50 Exercises for Educators, Students, and Music Professionals  is now available on Kindle for only $2.99.  This is an excellent opportunity to gain access to fifty simple educational exercises for your elementary, high school, and college students, or even work on your own compositional skills.  KINDLE:  http://www.amazon.com/Composer-Boot-Camp-101-Professionals-ebook/dp/B01DMUO4G0/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1460128539&sr=8-1 For those interested in having your classes purchase this book for the next semester or would like to add this book to your university library, this is a very affordable way to preview the entire book before making your book purchases while supporting a fellow musician. Thank you so much for your support! I hope this music tool provides valuable insight on composition, orchestration, and wr...

COMPOSER BOOT CAMP 101: 50 Exercises for Music Educators, Students, and Professionals It is currently available at Createspace:  h ttps://www.createspace.com/6124929 Composer Boot Camp is a series of 50 exercises for educators and beginning, intermediate, and advanced musicians who want to develop their skills in composition, film music , and songwriting.  Composer Boot Camp 101 workbook is designed to help educators, students, and seasoned professionals to hone their compositional craft. There are a series of exercises, helpful tips, resources, and more to help the musician prepare a solid foundation in music composition developed by award-winning composer and music educator Sabrina Pena Young. Exercises are divided into four sections: BEGINNER LEVEL EXERCISES Appropriate for young students, adult learners, and those who do not yet read music. INTERMEDIA LEVEL EXERCISES Appropriate for high school students , music educators, college students , a...

THE MUSIC EDUCATION EXPO COMPOSITION COMPETITION RETURNS!  This year we are looking for a two minute a cappella choral composition , arranged for SAT. The entries will be judged by a specialist panel, including choral specialist Daniel Galbreth (conductor and composition PhD student at Birmingham Conservatoire ) and  Music Teacher  Editor Alex Stevens. The winning composition will be introduced by Julian Lloyd-Webber and performed live at Music Education Expo 2016 by an affiliate youth choir of Birmingham Conservatoire. If your students are keen to have their work heard by hundreds of attendees, filmed and audio recorded, and performed by a first-rate conservatoire-affiliated ensemble, then get them to enter today! You can download our handy poster to display in your department  here . In association with  Birmingham Conservatoire .  Apply here:  http://www.musiceducationexpo.co.uk/extras/2016-composition-competition ...

Art Secrets: 8 Incredible Ways that Music Helps Child Development How Music Helps Your Child's Development SUBHEAD: How Music Can Help Your Child Succeed  Whether playing a musical instrument , singing in the church choir , or plucking out an original tune on a guitar, music helps children develop valuable skills that will help them succeed later in life.  Although music and the arts are often considered last in a long line of school requirements, including reading, writing, mathematics, science, and passing those all-important standardized tests, students have been proven to benefit from involvement in the visual and performing arts . While there has been extensive scientific research about the neurological benefits of music and music in regards to higher test scores, below I have outlined some basic benefits of being involved in a music program. 1. Concentration Skills Playing a musical instrument improves a child's ability to focus, while children that learn ho...