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

International Alliance for Women in Music Board Member Nominations IAWM has openings for the 2019-2021 board!   We're looking for enthusiastic members who are passionate about building awareness of women’s participation and contributions to musical life. We have a new  website , some new awards and are excited about our future! We’re holding our annual election to engage additional members to help us grow IAWM and advocate for women in music! TIMETABLE: We are accepting nominations through  August 15,2018 . Feel free to either self-nominate or nominate someone else you believe would be a great addition to our board. Nominees must be IAWM members. By  August 30, 2018 , nominees should send us a ONE-page resume and a statement of 200 words or less telling us why you’d like to participate on IAWM’s board.  On  September 1, 2018 , we’ll send out an on-line voting poll for all members to participate. Polling will close Septembe...

Women Composer YouTube Database Project Looking for Female Composers and Songwriters The Women Composer YouTube Database is a project designed to make the works of prominent women in music known to a broader base by creating long playlists of works by select female composers and songwritings in classical music, electronica, and film. This is a project begun by award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young.   The hope is that as more and more of these Youtube Playlists of women composers are made available, the playlists will be shared and other musicians will take the time to create more female composer playlists. This project was begun in August 2017. The goal is to eventually have 100 + separate playlists highlighting the works of 100+ female composers.   If you are interested in having a playlist made of your work or a prominent female composer as part of this project, please contact Sabrina Pena Young directly through her facebook page: https://www.facebook.co...

With Brooklyn’s National Sawdust, Paola Prestini has given cutting-edge orchestral music a world-class concert hall and much, much more. The diverse array of resident artists and curators have been given a mandate to dream big, think out of the box, and collaborate across genres, nationalities, and forms. Watch as Prestini grants an exclusive peek into Brooklyn’s new space as she talks about how her own experience as a composer has inspired her to shake up her industry’s status quo.

CALL FOR PAPERS “Women in the Creative Arts ” 10-12 August 2017 Australian National University , Canberra, Australia The School of Music at the Australian National University, is pleased to announce a call for papers and submissions for an innovative research conference on “Women in the Creative Arts” to be held at the school from  10-12 August, 2017 . Papers and proposals are invited from scholars and industry practitioners from the creative arts. The topical focus for this conference is the creative work of artists who identify as women. Delegates of all gender identities are invited to submit proposals for papers. Research papers will receive 30 minutes of presentation time – papers should be presented within 20 minutes, allowing 10 minutes for questions. Submissions are also invited for poster presentations, seminar panels, roundtable presentations, networking events, or creative workshops that might be of interest to delegates in this field. Submissions should foc...

LISTENING TO LADIES PODCST SHOWCASES LIBERTARIA: THE VIRTUAL OPERA Tuesday Sept 27th The Listening to Ladies podcast , which focuses on women composers and classical music , will be showcasing Libertaria: The Virtual Opera this Tuesday on their podcast.  http://listeningtoladies.com/ ABOUT LISTENING TO LADIES Begun in June 2015 as a  Facebook page  featuring works by composers who are women, Listening to Ladies has expanded to both a  concert series  and a  podcast , which will be released once per week beginning September 26, 2016. MORE ABOUT THE LISTENING TO LADIES PATREON CAMPAIGN PATREON PAGE:  https://www.patreon.com/listeningtoladies On Monday, September 26th, 2016, Listening to Ladies will begin releasing the first season of the LtL podcast, one episode per week. What is the podcast about? Each episode focuses on  one composer who is a woman , weaving together  an  interview  with   ...

When a Classical Composer Gets Pregnant Many times we often think of classical composers as these dead European guys with fancy powdered white wigs and an impeccable taste for the royal ladies at court. Even our modern day perception of the classical composer may conjure up images of film composer John Williams or minimalist composer Philip Glass . But believe it or not, throughout the globe there is another gender that enjoys spending countless sleepless nights slaving over harmonies and melodies, symphonies and operas. Yes, I mean women. You might not hear about Pulitzer prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon or experimental legend Pauline Oliveros in every day conversation (or even the local news), but these women and thousands more contribute an incredible canon of classical music .  Younger women who compose classical music like myself have another added layer that can greatly affect their musical output, careers, and even choice in musical expression.  Some...

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS IN THE 2016 WNY WOMEN IN THE ARTS FESTIVAL ON DISPLAY THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH  Art Exhibit: “Rachel Ostrow: Runaway Sun,” featuring the works of East Amherst native Rachel  Zastrow. Kenan Center House Gallery, 433 Locust St., Lockport, NY 14094. Admission is free, but a $5  donation per person is encouraged. For information on gallery hours, visit www.kenancenter.org.  ON DISPLAY THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 27  Art Exhibit: “An Historical Survey of Women Artists,” Burchfield Penney Art Center , 1300  Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY . In response to the lack of representation of women in the arts, artist and  Buffalo native Coni Minneci created a series of paintings, 2003-2006, to honor the history of women  artists. From A to Z, twenty-six paintings are a tribute to some of those women. Disparity has long  been the unfair position of women in the arts and society. This reality defines the purpose of Coni  Minneci’s...