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

Composer Searches for Creative Meaning after Completion of Opera After two years of opera production, collaborating with a talented cast and crew via the Internet, working with composer Patrick Rundbladh on making 1000 takes into one cohesive soundtrack and album, promoting and premiering the opera, and preparing a series of lectures and books on Libertaria: The Virtual Opera , I start 2014 wondering where I should spend my creative efforts. To be honest, once production finished I had an album project, classes to teach, and a Christmas flu to get over, so life has not slowed down, it's just diverged in its efforts.  My brain is scattered in its myriad of options. I do want to finish the novel Libertaria (sneak peak below) and perhaps start on the graphic novel series for the story, and I suppose that would be enough considering the usual teaching load plus "real" life with my family. Yet, after running on fumes for the last year, it fee...

Libertaria LIBERTARIA: THE VIRTUAL OPERA After two years, the final Libertaria Cast Album will be out this summer. Animation production has ended, and the summer will be busy with post production for the October premiere in South Florida, hosted by composer Dr. Clare Shore. The Libertaria Cast Album is being crowdfunded through Kickstarter, which is fitting since the entire opera production has been completed online.  If you are interested in a prerelease of the Libertaria Cast Album, please check out the Kickstarter link below: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/virtualopera/electronic-musical-of-the-future-libertaria-cast-a VOX NOVUS Vox Novus has been busy with the ten 60x60 mixes for its ten year anniversary. I coordinated Athena 60x60 Mix, an exciting one hour electronic music concert by talented women around the globe. As part of a collaboration for Vox Novus, I  created video for the 60x60 Presenter's Mix using machinima and Moviestorm, and the Presenter's...

Hello Everyone, As part of the  2013 LIbertaria Virtual Launch Party ,  100  institutions will receive a  free  press pack with a prelease  Libertaria  DVD for their own  Libertaria Virtual Launch Party . Who can be part of the VIRTUAL LAUNCH PARTY? Film Clubs University Departments (Film, music, art, theater, opera workshops, art, feminist theory , political science, etc.) Film Departments Art Galleries Student Groups Theaters Libraries Festivals Clubs Community Centers Select Individuals (Who can commit to a public screening of Libertaria ) If you are part of a university, gallery space, theater, etc. that can host a Libertaria Virtual Screeing Party, e-mail “Spenayoung@gmail.com” with the subject title “Liberaria Virtual Launch Party”. Include the name of your institution, a contact person, and URL. Private individuals that would like to host their own public viewing of Libertaria: The Virtual Opera  in 2013 and rece...