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10 Classical Music Sheet Music for Quarantine, Virtual Recitals, Viral Videos During COVID19 With Covid 19, classical musicians worldwide are scrambling to find ways to share their craft, support new music, and engage with audiences. With this in mind, here are 10 exciting pieces that are ideal for this crazy Quarantine Lockdown world.  These 10 pieces were chosen with these criteria in mind:  Relatively easy to play For solo, duet, or small ensemble Available online  Easy to download Not only that, but if you download any of these compositions for your virtual recital, viral video, online concert, feel free to contact the composer Sabrina Peña Young directly at (spenayoung@gmail.com) with your questions or just to tell her about the exciting ways you are virtually sharing your classical music with your audience.  Join the conversation! The Space Force March for Piano  - NEW! Enjoy this fun patriotic Space Force March written for piano. Ideal for student pianis...

Heartland Marimba Quartet Interview Sabrina Pena Young READ THE FULL MUSIC INTERVIEW HERE:  http://www.heartlandmarimbafestival.com/blog-newsletter/2017/3/5/blog-sabrina-pena-young Here at HMF we are committed to building a large community that surrounds and supports the classical marimba arts. To extend our appreciation, we are doing a question and answer with the artists in a blog series. First on the list is Sabrina Pena Young, a member of New York Women Composers, Inc. (NYWC). NYWC recently awarded HMF the 2016 NYWC Seed Money Grant.  We thought that Sabrina would be a great person to do our first blog with because of her unique personality and expansive background in music.  Read below to get a glimpse into her world. Short Bio: As a young girl Sabrina became interested in performing in all sorts of groups ranging from orchestras to rock bands. As she continued her education at the University of South Florida , she decided to take another path. “She...

HEARTLAND MARIMBA QUARTET HMQ provides a dynamic public image for the HMF organization by focusing on high caliber performances of contemporary works by American composers . Additionally, the ensemble, with the diverse and broad experience of its performers, serves as the primary artist teachers/mentors to the students of the annual HMF Academy. MEMBERS OF HMQ: (Click name to visit artist's website.) MATTHEW COLEY MICHAEL J. JONES JOE MILLEA ANDREW VEIT ABBY FISHER (FIRST CALL SUBSTITUTE) HMQ is a year-round performing group made up of accomplished marimba specialists that are committed to refined and exciting performances of American music . Its regular engagements include: a 1-week(+) tour the fall semester, a 1-week(+) tour in the spring semester, and a residency during the HMF Academy.  Please help support HMF's mission and the launch of the new HMQ - North America 's premier marimba quartet! Your support goes a long, lo...

Free Sheet Music Download: Percussion Marimba Work Agape FREE DOWNLOAD NOW:  http://imslp.org/wiki/Agape_(Young,_Sabrina_Pena) This work was composed for the University of South Florida Marimba Quartet and premiered at the Tampa Contemporary Music Festival in 2000. Agape is a marimba quartet meant to sonically represent the Passion week , complete with crucifixion and resurrection. The work uses extended techniques for marimba, and optionally requires one five octave marimba. Related articles Friday Freebie: Old Rugged Cross The Landing - Science fiction Robot music - Sabrina Pena Young Music Marketing Secrets: How to Use Twitter, Youtube, Social Media - S P... Ministry of Culture of Guatemala: iMarimba Project Diabelli Project 120 - Solo Marimba "Sixes and Sevens" : ALIAS Fall Concert Meet the Artist......Jimmy Lee, composer Pianist, Composer Dana Reason to Perform in Santa Monica New Music Confab announces 2016 showcase lineup and panelists Poet...

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 ...

Between packing up my Miami apartment for a move to America's Heartland in Kentucky and tying up all the loose ends at my job, I have been completing my latest composition for Milllikin University in Illinois. The composition, the name of which has been oscillating between Rail Girl to Forgotten, and now is just untitled again, has been a fun break from the usual heavily sci-fi fair that I usually create. Millikin University enjoys the notoriety for being the nation's most haunted (yes, haunted as in GHOSTS! BOO!) university. The ghost of the Rail Girl haunts the concert hall. Musicians and theater students alike try to assuage the wrath of Rail Girl by leaving her an offering of candy. Those that do not have had various catastrophes plague their performances, with one girl even claiming the ghost attempted to throw her down the stairs! You can read more about the Rail Girl HERE. When composing this piece I decided to purchase some "inspirational" items from the local...