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

Passing Your Online Class is Easier Than You Think! Passing your online classroom may seem impossible as you balance work, family and schoolwork. As an educator in higher education for over a decade and an online instructor who regularly teaches hundreds of students a year, I have seen what separates students who pass classes from those that do not, and it won't be the answers that you think. Passing your online class is less about who had the highest SAT score in high school, who has the highest IQ or who writes the best five paragraph essay. Follow these simple secrets and you will be heads and shoulders above your classmates! The Key to Online Success is Time Management Believe it or not, I have seen more students fail a class because of poor time management than because of any other reason. Students mistakenly think that an online classroom is easy to pass because you do not have to go to class. However, that means that instead of being forced to spend a sev...

Opera for a new generation By Kimberly Jakubowski Photographs by Luke Copping    "Opera, comic books , sci-fi and video games —this group of words doesn’t have a misfit, according to Sabrina Peña Young . A composer and percussionist with a flair for the experimental, Young is passionate about setting a new and more accessible stage for opera and classical music , and carries this creative energy into her University of Phoenix classroom." Read the Full Article Here:   http://www.facultymatters.com/summer14/opera-for-a-new-generation/  Related articles Percussive Notes and Faculty Matters Magazines Spotlight Libertaria: The Virtual Opera Contemporary Classical Composer Sabrina Pena Young Official Music Site: Opera, Music, and the Future of Contemporary Music FREE Music Libertaria Scores Sabrina Pena Young on Scribd | Scribd Contemporary Classical Composer Sabrina Pena Young Official Music Site: Composer Musings: You just finished an opera......

Percussive Notes and Faculty Matters Magazines Shine a Spotlight on Libertaria The Percussive Arts Society Music Technology expert Kurt Gartner from Kansas State University recently interviewed me for  the recent Percussive Notes magazine, a national music publication that reaches percussionists and band directors throughout the United States. In this exclusive article, we discuss online remote collaboration for the music project Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, a cutting edge animated opera I completed last year with an amazing cast and crew that we produced entirely online, without a single rehearsal. Any musician who wants to find out more about online music collaboration, music technology, and how to work together to create great musical works using today's latest social media and online music tools will benefit from this article. Watch Libertaria Opera Highlights Reel UPCOMING: The University of Phoenix shines a spotlight on faculty members engaged in exciting pro...