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

Young is the foremost expert on virtual opera production and online collaboration with the debut of her machinima opera Libertaria: The Virtual Opera. Libertaria includes a live international cast and film crew, virtual choirs, sound synthesis , machinima animation, and contemporary choral writing, produced entirely online using crowdsourcing, social networking, and the Internet . Libertaria premiered October 5th, 2013 in Lake Worth, Florida , with additional screenings at the Buffalo Women and Arts Festival , the UK -site Moviestorm , the Holland Animation Film Festival, and other venues. She has a rich history of combining intermedia and classical music with cutting edge works like her multimedia oratorio Creation, winner of the IAWM New Genre Prize, World Order #5 for percussion and multimedia, and collaborations with artists in Vox Novus 60×60 and Lee Scott ’s interactive web opera The Village. Young is currently working on the novel series The Libertaria Chronicles, and is ...

APRIL 8th, 2015 Circuit Bridges Another exciting project with Vox Novus , Circuit Bridges attempts to unite  electroacoustic musicians  through collaborative concert events. Dr. Tomas Henriques at Buffalo State will be directing the innovative Digital Music Ensemble at this April event. Related articles Creative Summer: TedX Buffalo, Circuit Bridges, 60x60 Latin Mix, and Destiny: Eondwyr

Vox Novus will be premiering my latest machinima short film "Singularity" this Thursday in NYC. If you are in the area, hope you check it out! And please SHARE.  - Sabrina Peña Young Singularity : The point in time which accelerated technologies will cause a runaway effect in which artificial intelligence will supersede human intelligence and control, forever and irreversibly transforming society. Estimated year of Singularity: 2045. Enjoy your humanity while you can. Circuit Bridges (Up to Upstate) When Thu, March 26, 7:30pm – 11:00pm Where Gallery MC, 549 W 52nd St, New York, NY , United States ( map ) Description Circuit Bridges and Buffalo State University are collaborating to present music by composers from New York (both upstate and down). J. Tomas Henriques and Sabrina Pena Young are building a program centered around Buffalo, New York , that will complement Circuit Bridges' New York City area composers. March 26, 2015. 7:3...

60x60 Latin Mix LOOKING FOR MUSIC (November 1 Deadline, FREE Submission) Open To: The call is open to all Composers living in Latin America, Composers of Latin American heritage, and/or works that are clearly inspired by Latin American culture/music. Deadline: 11-01-14 Receipt Type: Digital Submission: Must be completed online by deadline Vox Novus 's 60x60 is calling for one-minute recorded works with durations of 60 seconds or less. Curator/Macro- composer Sabrina Pena Young will select and organize 60 compositions to be played continuously in a one-hour live concert. About the 60x60 Latin Mix: The 60x60 Latin mix will show recent works of Composers living in Latin America, Composers of Latin American heritage, and/or works that are clearly inspired by Latin American culture/music. 60x60 is a project of "signature works" and short works created specifically for the 60x60 project. Excerpts of larger works are strongly discouraged. Works generated from ...

60x60 Latin Mix LOOKING FOR MUSIC (November 1 Deadline, FREE Submission) Open To: The call is open to all Composers living in Latin America, Composers of Latin American heritage, and/or works that are clearly inspired by Latin American culture/music. Deadline: 11-01-14 Receipt Type: Digital Submission: Must be completed online by deadline Vox Novus 's 60x60 is calling for one-minute recorded works with durations of 60 seconds or less. Curator/Macro-composer Sabrina Pena Young will select and organize 60 compositions to be played continuously in a one-hour live concert. About the 60x60 Latin Mix: The 60x60 Latin mix will show recent works of Composers living in Latin America, Composers of Latin American heritage, and/or works that are clearly inspired by Latin American culture/music. 60x60 is a project of "signature works" and short works created specifically for the 60x60 project. Excerpts of larger works are strongly discouraged. Works generated from pr...

TEDx Was Rocking Awesome and Latin Mix 60x60  Looking for Latin Music ! I was so excited to talk about Libertaria: The Virtual Opera at the recent TEDxBuffalo event this past Tuesday in Buffalo, New York . I had an opportunity to talk about Internet Collaboration and how classical musicians, artists, and filmmakers can collaborate using social media, Skype , and the cloud. Watch a clip below from TEDxBuffalo For the Clip of Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, please go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GyvqbOW1e4&t=1h28m51s It was a wonderful day of great speakers and exciting ideas from the Tool Library in Buffalo, New York, to new ways of rethinking HealthCare by the Independent Health CEO Dr. Michael Cropp. We were even schooled in artificial intelligence and chess by Dr. Kenneth Regan . There are more exciting projects coming up!  Looking for Latin Music and Latin Artists 60x60 is a project containing 60 works each 60 seconds in length presented c...

TedX Buffalo , Circuit Bridges, 60x60 Latin Mix, and Destiny: Eondwyr As the Buffalo summer comes to an end (we are already enjoying 60 degree weather, "winter" by my South Florida standards), there are a number of exciting projects that I am a part of for this fall. I am looking for electronic composers to participate in the new 60x60 Latin Mix as well as local Western New York composers to collaborate for the first Circuit Bridges concert hosted here at Buffalo State.  60x60 Latin Mix The Vox Novus 60x60 Project is an innovative collaboration that involves concerts consisting of sixty short one minute electronic works by sixty composers (thus 60x60). Vox Novus recently celebrated TEN YEARS of 60x60, which has literally involved thousands of composers all over the world. This year I am curating the first 60x60 Latin Mix for Latin American musicians and music inspired by Latin America. Open to any nationality and any musical style, I will be accepting works fo...

English: Common geographical regions of Latin America Español: Regiones geográficas típicas de América Latina (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) 60x60 Latin Mix (SPANISH/PORTUGUESE TRANSLATIONS BELOW) Opportunity Type:  60x60  Entry Fee:  None Open To:  All Composers living in Latin America, Composers of Latin American heritage, and/or works that are clearly inspired by Latin American culture/music. Deadline:  Nov 1, 2014 Receipt Type:  Digital Submission: Must be completed online by deadline  60x60 Latin Mix Opportunity Type: 60x60 Entry Fee: 0.00 Open To: The call is open to all Composers living in Latin America, Composers of Latin American heritage, and/or works that are clearly inspired by Latin American culture/music. Deadline: 11-01-14 Receipt Type: Digital Submission: Must be completed online by deadline Vox Novus 's 60x60 is calling for one-minute recorded works with durations of 60 seconds or less. Curator/Macro- composer Sabrina Pen...

60x60 Latin   Mix Oportunidade 60X60 Preço de inscrição: 0.00 Para quem: a convocatória esta oberta a todos os compositores que vivem na América Latina, possuem origem   latino-americana, ou que sejam inspirados pela cultura e música latino-americana. Envio: envio digital pela Internet (online). Vox Novus's 60x60 consiste em obras até um minuto de duração. A Curadora (diretora, organizadora)/compositora Sabrina Pena Young fará uma seleção de 60 obras a serem tocadas de forma contínua num concerto ao vivo com a duração de uma hora. Sobre o 60x60 Latin Mix: A 60x60 Latin mix mostrará novas obras de compositores que vivem   na America   latina, ou que possuem origem latino-americana, e também obras   da cultura/musica de inspiração latino-americana. 60x60 é um projeto de "signature works" (projetos personalizados), obras curtas, criadas especificamente para o projeto 60X60. Nao é recomendável   extrair fragmentos de...