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

On a dark and very stormy night, Ofelia D'Jesus finds that her drive home determines her destiny in this retro Buffalo New York horror film by award-winning composer Sabrina Peña Young. Created for the Buffalo Movie and VIdeo Makers Annual "Shorty" Short film contest, hosted every October at the Screening Room in Amherst, Buffalo, New York.

Women Composers Festival of Hartford - Composer-in-Residence The Women Composers Festival of Hartford is now accepting submissions from potential Composers-in-Residence for 2018 and future years. The Composer-in-Residence will have her music showcased on the Festival, will give talks and masterclasses to area schools, participate in other outreach and publicity activities, compose a new work to be premiered at the Festival, and more. Visit  http://womencomposersfestivalhartford.com/calls/  to access the online submission form. Applications will be accepted year-round but only those received by 5/15/17 will be considered for 2018. Web site:  http://womencomposersfestivalhartford.com/calls/

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...

Ellen Zwilich, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Composition, is featured as part of Chamber Music Northwest's celebration of women composers at our 2017 Summer Festival, June 26-July 30.  http://cmnw.org/

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...

Recorded live at Vox Feminae 3 Festival, Israel , November 29, 2016. "Lonely mother's cry" is a lullaby from the "groundbreaking" animated film Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, written by award-winning composer Sabrina Peña Young .  Related articles Loving Vincent (the world's first fully painted feature film bringing #VincentvanGogh paintings to life) @LovingVincent Beauty and the Beast: Emma Watson Sings as Belle in Official Clip Disney music legacy libraries Digital downloads of Pixar's best animated classics are on sale for $13-$15 from Google Play, iTunes & Amazon (Reg. $20 each) Lin-Manuel Talks Finding the Sounds of MOANA and Why He'll 'Never Beat Robert Lopez' in New Interview Musician of Indian origin Shri Sriram wins British Composer Award Violents & Monica Martin - "Equal Powers" Snow discovered in the Caribbean America's foremost Czech composer has died, aged 95 Laura Dale Says That Th...

Listening to Ladies and Vent Nouveau are excited to announce a call for scores. Submissions must be received by January 15th, 2017. Composers who identify as women and are of any age or nationality are invited to submit scores for previously unperformed music for a recital during Women’s History Month (March; venue TBA ). The pieces will be performed by an all-woman ensemble of musicians drawn from the Vent Nouveau collective, and will be included on a program alongside other contemporary works by women. Pieces should be no longer than 10 minutes long, with no minimum length. They may include all, or a subset, of the following instrumentation: 2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarinets 1 Bassoon 1 Saxophone (Alto or Soprano preferred) 1 Horn 1 Trombone 1 Piano 1 Soprano Electronics There is no fee to submit. You may submit up to two works. IMPORTANT:  Please ensure that no identifying information is on either the score or in the filenames. HOW TO SUBMIT: Please email the followi...

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   ...