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

Have you ever worried that you’re “tone deaf” or can’t sing? Or do you have a friend or family member who just can’t seem to sing in tune or in key? In today’s podcast episode we’re joined by a true expert who’s had some phenomenal results helping those who “can’t sing” to start singing in tune. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/learn... George was someone we reached out to when doing research a few years back for our Tone Deaf Test and SingTrue projects at Musical U. Throughout his teacher career, George repeatedly found himself faced with students who just couldn’t seem to hold a tune and were reluctant to get involved in choir. He started “experimenting” with how to help them, and now with his “Music at Monkton” blog he regularly shares insights, techniques and triumphs as he goes about his work teaching music and leading choirs at a secondary school in the United Kingdom. In this episode George shares: - The most important lessons he learned from entering music contests as...

“Fake news” may be a term that’s only recently made its way into the zeitgeist, but the vocal world has been full of half-truths and straight-up myths for quite a while. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/5-myt... Founder of the nonprofit music school Molly’s Music, music blogger, and vocal teacher Molly Webb debunks five myths that have been propagated in the vocal world and shares why they’re false, giving you practice advice that is backed by vocal research and will help you achieve your singing goals. Because vocal instruction was going on long before researchers had the ability to look at what was going on anatomically, not everything passed down from teacher to teacher over the years has been accurate. As a result, vocalists have been particularly susceptible to misconceptions and fear mongering about vocal health.

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas Pops Concert a Welcome Joy This Holiday Season - Buffalo New York After a year of vitriol, this weekend's Buffalo Philharmonic Christmas Pops concerts, conducted by the lively Maestro John Morris Russell, are a wonderful occasion to remind each other of goodwill, brotherhood, and basic humanity.  With a program full of Christmas carol favorites (with a twist) and the sweeping cinematic score from the Polar Express, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, accompanied by the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and the Buffalo Girl Choir, performs brilliantly. For a moment the audience feels they have been transported to a big Hollywood stage. Local legend Mike Randall narrates the Polar Express with gusto , and you would be hardpressed not to find someone that is touched by this emotional tale of the Christmas spirit. The BPO Holiday Pops Concert continues this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday.  Find out more:  https://bpo.org/event/john-...

"Light" sacred classical music from prize-winning Creation Oratorio from Composer Sabrina Pena Young. Performed by the Millikin University Women's Choir and the Millikin Percussion Percussion ensembles, directors Michael Engelhardt and Brian Justison. Commissioned by Millikin. 

Yesterday I had an opportunity to speak with a representative from Opera America about the grant I recently applied for but did not receive. The grant was for a new opera I would like to put together called Alicia and the White Rabbit . Primarily a children's opera, the opera focuses on a young girl who must make a decision between moving in with a parent that she is never met, or going to the nefarious children's home full of gloom and sadness. The opera has a distinct Latin American music sound and is inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland stories. Although the story does not follow Alice's crazy exploration into a psychedelic dreamland, there are distinct aspects the parallel the original tale. While the opera grant proposal was not accepted, I did receive some encouraging words to help me if I choose to reapply to the Opera America grant. We discussed ways I could improve the grant application . Some of the the suggestions were fairly obvious ones th...

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...

English: Oil on canvas (size: 90 x 150 cm) was shown for the first time at the Salon Art Sacré - Sacred art in 1989. Français : Huile sur toile (format: 90 x 150 cm) exposée pour la première fois au Salon Art Sacré en 1989. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Download the prize-winning sacred Creation Oratorio by composer Sabrina Pena Young at the Petrucci Library. The Petrucci Library provides classical music enthusiasts with free online sheet music like string quartets, choral music , piano music, music for violin, and more. Most of the music is public domain or has Creative Commons licensing for performance. Enjoy an exhaustive list of classical sheet music at your fingertips at the Petrucci Library Classical music online. Perform the unique Creation Oratorio, a contemporary classical oratorio in three languages - Spanish, English, and Swahili .  DOWNLOAD THE CREATION ORATORIO NOW "Light" From the Creation Oratorio A complex multilingual intertwining of Afro-...

Music Secrets: How to Write an Opera, Part 2 After the incredibly positive feedback that I had from Music Secrets: How to Write an Opera, Part 1 , I thought I would talk a little bit about the composition angle of writing, at least how I do it in regards to vocal music . Here's a quick primer for anyone learning some of the basics of writing vocal music for opera, musicals, classical music , etc.  1. The Sketch I have had several great teachers in my life - Dr. Clare Shore , Hilton Jones, Dr. Kristine Burns, Paul Reller , Dr. Frederick Kaufman, Dr. Orlando Garcia, Chuck Owen, etc. My composition prof (and USF SYCOM guru) Paul Reller helped me develop the composition technique that I have had for years.  Download the Libertaria: The Virtual Opera Soundtrack at iTunes When I have the time to go through the entire composition process (because sometimes I have to skip a step or two for deadlines), I will start out with pencil, paper, and a piano (or keyboard, in my c...

My multimedia oratorio Creation won the New Genre Prize from the International Alliance for Women in Music . Creation, prem iered by the Millikin University Women's Choir and Millikin University Percussion Ensemble (directed by Brian Justison), conducted by the talented Micha el Engelhardt, had its first performance in Decatur, Illinois in 2011. Creation was commissioned by the Millikin University Women's Choir and partially funded by the Kentucky Foundation for Women 's Artist Enrichment Grant. I could never have completed the work without the amazing support of each of these ensembles and organizations! Read more about the IAWM Search for New Music Competition: http://iawm.org/oppsComp_snm_currentWinners.htm Recently the Komodo Dragon Show in Canada showcased Creation as part of a musical series on world music, and the a video version of Movement 1 "Formado en un Lugar Secreto" was played at the MSU New Music Concert. Currently the score for Cre...