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

After completing the scores and tape parts for KSU's piece World Order #5 and the piece for Millikin University's percussion ensemble, entitled virelaan , it is time to create some serious video work for the two pieces. The piece will be performed November 8th at Kansas State University. Both works are composed for percussion ensemble, tape, and video, for a large multimedia experience. Although both videos are in their sketch stages, with only seconds of video composed for each one, the concepts are complete. World Order #5 will have a sleeker look, very futuristic, with throwbacks to radio noise which reflect the tape part. The bulk of the graphics will be created in Bryce, and animated with a combination of 3D and 2D work. virelaan , from the Elvish word for "ghost", was commissioned for a Halloween concert this upcoming October at Millikin University. The black and white images will be a combination of 2D images animated through both Bryce and Photoshop CS. The p...

Sabrina Pena Young was awarded the a Composer Assistance Grant from The American Music Center for the upcoming world premier of W orld Order #5 on November 8th by the Kansas State University Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Kurt Gartner. World Order #5 has been commissioned by the KSU Music Department and is the second piece composed specifically for this talented ensemble. The American Music Center awarded a Composer Assistance Grant for the upcoming premier of World Order #5, to be performed at the McCain Auditorium by the Kansas State University Percussion Ensemble (directed by Kurt Gartner). World Order #5 is written for percussion sextet, video, and tape and is fifth in a series of electroacoustic pieces about contemporary society. This has been a successful series of works, with premiers at Turkey's Cinema for Peace, Pulsefield International Exhibition of Sound Art, and at the New York International Independent Film Festival (filmscore). World Order #5 follows th...

The American Music Society has awarded Sabrina Pena Young a music grant for the premier performance of World Order #5 at Kansas State University this November, under the direction of Kurt Gartner. Progress on the commissioned work, World Order #5, has been a otherworldly audio experience. The electronic tape part, heavily inspired by the robotic truisms of Hal from 2001 Space Odyssey, creates a sound texture of an imminent apocalypse. World Order #5 is written for percussion sextet, video, and electronic tape. The instrumentation includes vibes, marimba I and II, and three percussionists. The score and tape will be available through the American Music Society after November's performance. The video for World Order #5 will be a combination of 3D and 2D animation techniques, and is the first time that Young will be using 3D animation for a live performance. Sabrina Young just released her debut electroacoustic album, Origins. Cinematic soundscapes, pulsating rhythms, and enigmatic vo...