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

9 Myths about Latinos After some of the interesting rhetoric in the news, and just based on some interesting life experiences, I thought I would help dispel 9 Myths About Latinos. Myth 1. All Latina women work as housekeepers. Almost every movie that makes it to the big screen designates the housekeeper role to a chunky Latina woman named Rosa. I do not have to look any further than my immediate family to find women who had successful careers, even before they came to the United States.  My abuela was a successful opera singer in Cuba before Castro came to power. Soon after, she became a teacher. My aunt, who came here in the 1960s earned her master's degree and successfully headed a social services department of DCF in Dade County before retiring. My sister is a successful piano teacher, my sister-in-law is an engineer, and I am a composer and writer. My friends and their mothers have careers in everything from education to real estate to law. Myth 2. All Latinos look a...

When I created As I Lay  my grandmother, mi Abuelita , lay dying in hospice. I had visited her the day before, with my sister visiting from Ohio, coming to say her last goodbyes. I let them have that final embrace, that final hug. I never gave her one. I didn't realize that would be my last chance to truly say goodbye to her.  I was foolishly working on a second master's degree at FIU. I had earned an MM in Music Technology and thought that an MFA in film and video would prepare me for a life as an academic traversing between visual and performing arts. I didn't realize that the economy would collapse, that professorships as a means of survival would soon end but for the select few, and that life had a different path for me entirely that existed almost entirely online as I moved from state to state with my then new husband. I had skipped a lot of school to be with my grandmother that semester. She had been an integral part of our family, the kind ready with deli...

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...

60x60 Mezcla latina Tipo de oportunidad: 60x60 Cuota de admisión: 0.00 Abierto a: El llamado está abierto a compositores que vivan en América latina, compositores de ascendencia latina y/o trabajos inspirados en la cultura/música latina. Plazo de entrega: nov-01-2014 Tipo de recibo: Presentación digital: Debe ser completada en línea. Vox Novus 60x60 está pididendo obras grabadas de un minuto o menos de duración. La curadora/macro-compositora Sabrina Pena Young seleccionará y organizará 60 composiciones que serán ejecutadas continuamente en un concierto de una hora de duración. Sobre la Mezcla Latina 60x60: La Mezcla Latina 60x60 mostrará trabajos recientes de compositores que vivan en América latina, compositores de ascendencia latina y/o trabajos inspirados en la cultura/música latina. 60x60 es un proyecto de "obras de autor" y obras cortas creadas específicamente para el proyecto 60x60. No se recomienda extraer fragmentos de obra...

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...