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DEC 28th Big Words I Know By Heart - Special Guest Composer and Filmmaker Sabrina Pena Young Author, composer & TED talker Sabrina Pena Young (Libertaria: The Virtual Opera) joins us in the studio. Lovable scamp and compulsive commenter Terry Kimmel circles back to the Co Host Hot Seat for some fresh insults. DEC 28th 6L45-8:30pm EST Click on this Link to Find out More about Big Words I Know By Heart

Create Virtual Auditions Online with Music Xray for Libertaria the Virtual Opera In cyberspace, one person reaches out to tens of thousands of others with a tap on an iPad. The potential talent pool for any project explodes exponentially online. Creative individuals use sites like Kickstarter, MusicXray, Wreckamovie.com and the Amazon Turk to reach out to countless numbers of potential skilled musicians and artists. Wreckamovie, a crowdsourcing website for film and music productions, makes international collaboration easy for productions like the recent Free Will: Opera by You , premiered at the Savonlinna Opera Festival this summer. The Amazon Turk, run by Amazon.com, allows a person to assign hundreds of microtasks at pennies apiece. A composer can sign up as Music Industry Professional at MusicXray and easily set up virtual auditions that reach tens of thousands of musicians. These sites are simply a handful of the incredible networking tools available today. ...

Crowdsourced Opera? Machinima Musicals? Telematic Performances? The 21st Century composer explores new technology to create innovative works in this EXCITING short documentary by futurist filmmaker and award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young.  Related articles Symphomania Redux: 24 Hours with the 21st-Century Orchestra Fifth Tectonics Reykjavik Music Festival - Harpa Concert Hall Are Robot Composers The Future of Music? Nope, they're here now! Composer Boot Camp now only $2.99 at AMAZON KINDLE! News: London Oriana Choir announces the launch of 'five15' Q2 Music's Meet the Composer Wins Peabody Award John Luther Adams on the Echoes Podcast You're invited to Composer Bootcamp with Sabrina Peña Young (Interview) Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat will be held June 18-26, 2016 QA/SOP Release Validation Test Event Composer Libby Larsen to visit UW-La Crosse for three concerts

The Cyberpunk Opera? What is Cyberpunk?  Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a near-future setting. Noted for its focus on "high tech and low life," it features advanced science, such as information technology and cybernetics, coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order. Is Libertaria : The Virtual Opera a Cyberpunk Opera? Besides taking its clear musical cues from science fiction classics like Blade Runner , Libertaria: The Virtual Opera , and the upcoming related novel Libertaria: Book 1 , both by experimental composer Sabrina Peña Young , clearly has many key elements necessary for the cyberpunk tale. Taking place in about a century, the story behind Libertaria focuses on the plight of the Underground Society of teen cyborg misfits who attempt to overturn a crumbled post-apocalyptic dystopic GenTech Factory that not only acts as the government of the fledgling socialists states, but also determines the fate of humankind ...

"Buffalo, color us impressed. We had some tough decisions to make when selecting this year’s speaker lineup from all of the amazing pitch videos submitted, and the TEDxBuffalo team is thrilled to introduce you to the 13 speakers who will be sharing their “Ideas Worth Spreading” at TEDxBuffalo 2014. Before we do that, though, we’d like to take a second to remind you that there’s still time to  apply to attend  this year’s event, which  will take place  on Tuesday, Oct. 14  at the Montante Cultural Center at Canisius College .   Attendee applications close this Sunday, Aug. 17! (If you can’t spend the full day with us, we’ll of course be streaming the event right here at TEDxBuffalo.com, and we’ll be announcing remote viewing site information soon.)" READ FULL ARTICLE HERE:  http://www.tedxbuffalo.com/tedxbuffalo-2014-speakers/ Among the Speakers for TedX Buffalo: About:  Award-winning composer Sabrina Pe...

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...