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

Bed-In_for_Peace,_Amsterdam_1969 During the 1960s and 1970s, experimental musicians, poets, writers, and artists discovered a new art movement: The Fluxus Movement. Nude performances, television cellos, and silent compositions became the norm of an anything but normal movement.  The Fluxus movement of the 1960s and 1070s seemed to mirror America's societal insanity by the creation of experimental art pieces which stretched the limits of art and decency. The Fluxus crew was an unlikely mix of filmmakers, poets, writers, musicians, performance artists, and actors who joined together to create a neo-Dadaist movement intent on its own destruction through anti-art and severely anti-establishment art. I participated in a Fluxus Day Celebration with Allison Knowles and Larry Miller in Miami.  My poor boyfriend had to help push the piano. He thought we were nuts. Among the Fluxus artist was the controversial composer and philosopher John Cage , who had composed the w...

THE FEMININE MUSIQUE: MULTIMEDIA AND WOMEN TODAY Available in Paperback, Kindle, and PDF editions. Paperback  $22.48 Kindle  $0.99 PDF  $1.99  Kindle UK   £0.77 Paperback Amazon CA $42.52 "The Feminine Musique: Multimedia and Women Today" traces the intersection of experimental music and new media  through the works of composers and artists at the turn of twentieth century America.  Cover of Laurie Anderson An invaluable addition to any music, visual arts, or historical library collection, "The Feminine Musique: Multimedia and Women Today" gives a voice to the sights and sounds of innovative women such as Laurie Anderson , Alison Knowles , Brenda Hutchinson , Pauline Oliveros , Pamela Z , Yoko Ono , Meredith Monk , Maggie Payne, Sylvia Pengilly, Madonna , Lydia Lunch , and countless others, who embraced social change, technology, and the arts to create compelling and sometimes controversial works. Digital ...

The Kapralova Society recently published my article, "Intermedia: Redefining American Music at the Turn of the Third Millennium" in The Kapralova Society Journal, Volume VI, Issue 2 (Fall 2008). In the article, I trace the evolution of technology and music through the works of prominent women who work in the arts and composition. Artists such as Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk, Yoko Ono, and Brenda Hutchinson are discussed within the historical context of the convergence of visual and performing arts in intermedia. You can read the article HERE . The article is a condensed version of my thesis "The Feminine Musique': Multimedia and Women Today". The Kapralova Society continues to contribute to the musical dialogue through its research and promotion of women in music.