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How to Write an Opera Libretto in 5 Steps - Composer Secrets “WAGNER 2.0” – The Palm Beach Arts Paper Young is the foremost expert on virtual opera production and online collaboration with the debut of her machinima opera Libertaria: The Virtual Opera. Libertaria includes a live international cast and film crew, virtual choirs, sound synthesis, machinima animation, and contemporary choral writing, produced entirely online using crowdsourcing, social networking, and the Internet. Libertaria premiered October 5th, 2013 in Lake Worth, Florida, with additional screenings at the Buffalo Women and Arts Festival, the UK-site Moviestorm, the Holland Animation Film Festival, and other venues. Young is a sought-after lecturer and writer on music technology, social media, online collaboration, marketing, and contemporary music. More great tips with Composer Boot Camp: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DMUO4G0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 DOWNLOAD THE OPERA LOVER'S...

How to Write an Opera in 5 Steps - Sabrina Pena Young Find a Great Dramatic Story - You need a strong story to write a compelling opera. Fortunately you can easily borrow from thousands of public domain works and modernize them. Think of West Side Story (just a contemporary version of Shakespear's Romeo and Juliet). Many great operas use Shakespeare, the Brothers Grimm, and Biblical stories, all of which include interesting characters, strong themes, and action. It's all about the Libretto: Before you start your opera, you need a libretto. The libretto is the storyline, lyrics, and dramatic direction of your opera. Think of it as a screenplay or script, but for music. If you are not a writer, like I happen to be, then I highly recommend that you pair up with a poet or seasoned librettist. This partnership will ensure that your opera combines the best talents of both artists. The last thing you want to hear is that the music was great but that the story, well, st...

What's the secret to becoming a composer? http://musl.ink/pod148 Today we have the pleasure of speaking with someone we’ve wanted to have on the show since day one, a long-time collaborator at Musical U and at Easy Ear Training before that, Sabrina Peña Young. Sabrina is an award-winning composer who created the first ever original fully-animated opera , Libertaria. We’ve long been in awe of the range and scale of projects Sabrina manages to take on and bring to success, and for the first time we got to sit down with her and actually dig into the question of how she manages to do all that she does. Sabrina is certainly someone who people would be quick to call “talented” or “gifted”, yet we knew from working with her that she had as little belief in the importance of natural talent as we do – so we were utterly curious to know: if it’s not talent, how does she do it all? In this conversation we talk about: - Sabrina’s musical upbringing and how helpful attention to deta...

Composer Jennifer Higdon Awarded Opera America Award for First Chamber Opera "Ashes" OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce the latest recipients of Commissioning Grants from the Opera Grants for Female Composers program, made possible through the generosity of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. Opera Grants for Female Composers promote the development of works by women, and raise the visibility of women writing for the operatic medium. The program consists of two granting components: Discovery Grants of up to $15,000 that are awarded directly to female composers to advance new works; and Commissioning Grants of up to $50,000 that are awarded to opera companies for commissions by female composers. Since its inception, the program has awarded a total of $898,000 to opera companies and composers. Find out more about Opera America here:  https://www.operaamerica.or...

DEC 28th Big Words I Know By Heart - Special Guest Composer and Filmmaker Sabrina Pena Young Author, composer & TED talker Sabrina Pena Young (Libertaria: The Virtual Opera) joins us in the studio. Lovable scamp and compulsive commenter Terry Kimmel circles back to the Co Host Hot Seat for some fresh insults. DEC 28th 6L45-8:30pm EST Click on this Link to Find out More about Big Words I Know By Heart

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. How do you stage an opera without an opera company, or singers, or a stage, or anything, really, except your own ideas? Sabrina Peña Young and many enthusiastic opera fans put together their own full opera production using crowdsourced performances and machinima: computer-generated 3-D graphics. It's how most operas might be done in the near future. Produced by Justin Bondi Productions ( http://justinbondiproductions.com ) Sabrina Peña Young composes award-winning experimental works, which have been presented at the Beijing Conservatory, the International Computer Music Conference, Miramax’s Project Greenlight, the Athena Festival, the New York International Independent Film Festival, Art Basil Miami, Turkey’s Cinema for Peace, El Instituto Cubana de la Musica, Pulsefield International Exhibition of Sound Art and countless arts events. Young is currently curating the 60X60 Latin M...

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EPIC!!! Machinima Opera Highlights. Science Fiction. Watch Libertaria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB5SItVSliw&list=UUGTsHrpOHz3-qXLQhjUhdtw BUY SOUNDTRACK: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sabrinapenayoung4 In a post-USA dystopia teen Libertaria escapes from genetics factory & teams up with her addict father to lead a children's cyborg army against evil reverse-aging geneticists in this epic animated opera by award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young. World's first animated comic book opera. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://virtualopera.wordpress.com/ Contact the director: spenayoung@Gmail.com Directed by Sabrina Pena Young Cast (In Alphabetical Order) Joe Cameron Perry R. Cook Gracia Gillund Jennifer Hermansky Matthew Meadows Kate Sikora Gretchen Suarez-Pena Yvette Teel Narrator Johnny Video Additional Vocals Alan Manuel Pena Art Department Lead Animator Kera Hildebrandt Lead Modder/Animator Lucind...

Behind the Curtain: The Making of SHOT! Date:  5/11/2016 6:00 PM - 5/11/2016 7:30 PM Address:  One Museum Court - The Buffalo History Museum, Buffalo, NY Phone:  716-873-9644 Description: A discussion with Nickel City Opera on the original opera dramatizing the assassination of President McKinley .  Members free; museum admission. May 11th The Buffalo History Museum “Behind The Curtain Lecture” 6:00pm-6:10pm Suzanne Fatta- Moderator Overview and panel introductions 6:10pm-6:20pm Melissa Brown-Buffalo History Museum          The Pan Am Expo and what Buffalo was like in 1901 6:20pm-6:30pm Valerian Ruminski- How the idea of SHOT! came about and how it came into fruition. 6:30pm-6:40pm Persis Vehar-Composer. Her approach to the music and libretto. Talk about collaborations with other historical institution. 6:40pm -6:50pm Maryann Saccomando Freedman-President, Buffalo ...

Crowdsourced Opera? Machinima Musicals? Telematic Performances? The 21st Century composer explores new technology to create innovative works in this EXCITING short documentary by futurist filmmaker and award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young.  Related articles Symphomania Redux: 24 Hours with the 21st-Century Orchestra Fifth Tectonics Reykjavik Music Festival - Harpa Concert Hall Are Robot Composers The Future of Music? Nope, they're here now! Composer Boot Camp now only $2.99 at AMAZON KINDLE! News: London Oriana Choir announces the launch of 'five15' Q2 Music's Meet the Composer Wins Peabody Award John Luther Adams on the Echoes Podcast You're invited to Composer Bootcamp with Sabrina Peña Young (Interview) Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat will be held June 18-26, 2016 QA/SOP Release Validation Test Event Composer Libby Larsen to visit UW-La Crosse for three concerts

When I started working on Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, I didn't set out to be an opera composer . Had I written vocal music before? Well, yes, in fact I wrote a large scale multimedia Creation oratorio (complete with Afro-Cuban drumming ensemble, sci-fi animation, and synthesis). And like any college composer , I wrote several songs throughout my college career and more as I developed my music career. Libertaria: The Virtual Opera Highlights Reel Yet, becoming an opera composer was just something that happened. I found that I loved the format, where musical theater and voice worked together so well. However, I have become involved with opera that incorporates technology. So you won't find my opera at the Met, you will find it on Youtube or the Internet, like the collaboration with composer Lee Scott on his web opera The Village . I even wrote a nano-opera, a short sixty second electroacoustic work about a hapless space explorer named Robotika. Currently I am wo...