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

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/

" Cuba is famous for its music. A lot of people have heard artists like the Buena Vista Social Club and Celia Cruz . But the country also has a long history of cultivating classical composers and performers. on a recent trip to Cuba, I met one group that stands out".  READ FULL ARTICLE ON NPR CLASSICAL HERE:  http://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2016/03/26/469944530/meet-cubas-all-female-orchestra Related articles Ry Cooder: 15 essential songs How Americans Can Travel To Cuba WOMAD 2016: Glam Chats With IBEYI (France) Self-calibrating Ossic X headphones envelop users with 3D audio With baseball and tango Obama offers Latin America a softer US This App Makes Composing Sheet Music As Easy As Finger Painting A Playlist of Women Composers for International Women's Day! Jazz Listings From The New York Times Meet the Artist......Sunwook Kim, pianist The Classical Music Study Playlist

What Everyone is Saying about the Strange Films of Sabrina Pena Young Recently Chrissie Caulfield from Radio Free Midwich decided to take on the daunting task of reviewing  my recent releases  The Futurist Music Anthology: The Electroacoustic Mind of Sabrina Pena Young  and  Science Fiction & Horror Movie Soundtrack Collection: Strange Films of Sabrina Pena Young  by the talented Chrissie Caulfield.  You will find her writing engaging and will find yourself wanting to find out more not only about the music but about the myriad of references that she uses to describe the decidedly "strange" world of electroacoustic music . Her writing is story-like and takes you on an otherworldly journey. Read the Complete Review here:  https:// radiofreemidwich.wordpress. com/2015/12/17/dreams-of-the- future-chrissie-caulfield-on- the-worlds-of-sabrina-pena- young/ " In some ways this feels a little like Blade Runner as done by Paul Auster .  ‘Lu...

Women and Music: 7 Mind-Blowing Women Artists You Will LOVE from Bjork to Laurie Anderson From rock to the meditative, from electronic to classical, these women have become music legends. Check out these albums for some truly mind-blowing sound experiences!  Women have been creating music for millennia. Modern technology and the rise in gender equality has leveled the playing field for many contemporary women artists. Check out some of these musicians for a mind-numbing sound experience. Pauline Oliveros (Genre: Experimental, meditative, New Age, electronic) Inspired by Buddhist meditative practices, the drone of the accordion, and emerging technologies, Pauline Oliveros creates improvisational music works that characteristically begin as a reflective drone with slight electronic variances in sound. Oliveros using the EIS, or expanded instrument system, to effect the accordion's output with delays, reverb, and other sound effects. Oliveros' music affects your entire ...

Astoria Big Band Raises funds for NEW YORK Concert with GoFundMe From Director Carol Sudhalter : "I'm a saxophonist and flautist and the founder of the 16-piece Astoria Big Band. I also have my own quartet. I was awarded a grant from the NEW YORK WOMEN COMPOSERS, INC to play works by their wonderful composers! The concert will take place November 22 at Steinway Reformed Church in Astoria, Queens . In addition to music by the New York Women Composers, Inc. I will play several of my own original tunes.  This grant is what is called ‘seed money’.  It’s not nearly enough to pay for everything that makes a great concert: the band (piano, bass, drums, 2 vocalists and myself), rehearsals, publicity,  promotion, donation to the church, a sound person, a printed program and  audio and video recording." CLICK HERE TO HELP THE ASTORIA BIG BAND Related articles Downtown Bonita Springs Riverside Park 2015 -16 Schedule of Events The Souljazz Orchestra: Resistance ...

Just thought I'd share a few thoughts about being a "girl drummer" I had the other day while jamming on the steering wheel in my car. Hope you enjoy, and add your own comments at the end! Would love to hear what you think!  You know you are a "girl drummer" if.... 1) You have to devise a special way of crashing hand cymbals together without pinching "the girls" 2) You had a nickel for every time a guy rolled his eyes when you sit behind a drumset you could buy a private jet 3) You love to see the looks on fan's faces when they see you tear up the drums 4) You have ever pictured your ex-boyfriend's face on a drumhead as you beat it to shreds 5) You can coordinate all four limbs to play along with the radio as you drive to your next gig 6) You have ever tried to not look awkward while you squeeze yourself into a marching  drum harness (ouch!) 7) You have ever wondered why they make all congas in "extra tall" 8) You...