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

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface and allows different synthesizers to "speak" to each other. Before MIDI musicians were limited significantly in performance because their equipment could not process signals from different manufacturers. Enjoy this short video about the history and future of MIDI technology. Sabrina Pena Young sabrinapenayoung.blogspot.com Award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young created the "groundbreaking" animated film Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, recently completed a commission for Malletkat and comic book panels, and gave a TED Talk on "Singing Geneticists and EPIC Machinima Opera" at this past TEDxBuffalo. In her spare time she enjoys reading everything sci-fi and futurist and plays the congas.  Watch Libertaria: The Virtual Opera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB5SItVSliw https://sabrinapenayoung.wordpress.com/ Like this? Then check out AMAZON BESTSELLER Composer Boot Camp 101, a compreh...

The Institute of Creative Technologies (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Share Music Sweden is arranging the symposium Inclusive Creativity Sweden Underpinning the concept of inclusive creativity is the aim of leveling the playing field in performance and composition for disabled musicians by developing new technologies and methodologies for their use. Three panels will interrogate how contemporary creative practice and scholarship is addressing this aim. To participate in one of these panels please provide a 300-word outline of how your practice and/or scholarship challenges state of the art in the inclusive creative context with particular regard to one of the following: * Composition and Performance* * or* * Development of new hardware and software* * or* * Training and validation * All proceedings from the symposium will be published online. Important Information *Submission:* April 6, 2016. *Review notification:* April 11, 2016 *Submit paper to:*  jennifer@sharemusic.se *La...

NEW Songwriter ’s Secrets SERIES: Writing Harmonies How is your song-writing progressing? If you’ve been following along with the  Songwriter’s Secrets series  so far then at this point you have probably mastered how to write lyrics and a good melody. You have been practicing your songwriting exercises, listening skills, and musicianship and are now ready to tackle another important aspect of songwriting:  Harmony . Read the full article here:  http://www.easyeartraining.com/learn/songwriters-secrets-writing-harmonies/ I am happy to be a regular contributor to Easy Ear Training.com and Musical U. This exciting new songwriting series covers the fundamentals and essentials of writing great music. Check out the series, do some harmonic exercises, and enjoy increasing your musical skills! -- ABOUT SABRINA PENA YOUNG Award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young is a foremost expert on Virtual Opera Production and Music Technology . A sought after consul...

Formidable Composer Eric Whitacre 1. You try to tell the time signature of your blinker as you drive 2. You wonder if Mozart would have Tweeted 3. You ruin movies by complaining about how John Williams steals from Wagner and Stravinsky 4. Your significant other has been relegated to long diatribes about the merits of classical music over pop music 5. Said significant other has also been dragged to numerous classical music concerts, including at least one that involved a laptop or singing robot 6. You can't resist saying "I'll be Bach" when you leave the party 7. You have an appreciation for Schoenberg and Cage that your music ed friends do not understand 8. You ever conducted the radio with a pencil in your car, while driving and drinking a cup of coffee 9. Your children grow up listening to Mozart...AND Stravinsky, Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn 10. You are used to the semi-surprised look of shock when you tell your friends that you are a composer 11. Y...

Music, Women, and Technology: 7 Essays Seven insightful music essays on music, audio technology, women in electronic music , John Cage , and contemporary music history. A unique must-have resource for independent musicians, music students, educators, and music lovers. This book is about technology, reality, and changing the world through music one note at a time. DOWNLOAD FOR ONLY $2.99 TODAY AT AMAZON KINDLE Essays on:  Intermedia: Redefining American Music at the Turn of the Third Millennium. The Composer's Daughter. The Failure of Superwoman. Decomposing Composers.  In Defense of Music Technology . Music Technology: The Great Democratizer The Silent Noise of John Cage (excerpt) Extra bonus appendix with an exhaustive bibliography of resources on the topic of women in electronic music and technology.  Historical discussions on the works of artists like Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Anderson , John Cage, Pamela Z , Meredith Monk , Maggi Payne , Lynn Hershmann-Neeson, ...

The Feminine Musique: Multimedia  and Women Today In high school I wanted to be a professional musician and a writer when I grew up. I remember sending off short stories to several professional publications (and I still have the rejection letters somewhere). Well, I am still not a bestselling author, but I do enjoy writing about music and even the occasional short story. I recently published several articles on music technology, music education, and Halloween film scores. The written word has the means to express ideas that are only felt in music. Combined they can create an incredible powerful force. Maybe that is why I felt compelled to write Libertaria: The Virtual Opera . Opera is the quintessential dramatic form combining music and words. Not only does the audience feel the strains of music ripping at their soul, the words provide a new level that invades their mental space as they absorb sight and sound, creating the nearly perfect art form. Recent articles include: ...