Sabrina Peña Young
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Sabrina Peña Young is an American composer, percussionist, and author.
Young grew up in South Florida, the daughter of Dominican and Cuban parents. She spent her formative years performing in various orchestras, alternative bands, and avant-garde ensembles.[1] While at the University of South Florida in 2000, Young became involved with SYCOM (Systems Complex for the Recording and Performing Arts), an experimental enclave of composers and media artists.[2]
Her multimedia works have been performed at the Beijing Conservatory, the International Computer Music Conference, Project Greenlight, the Athena Festival, the New York International Independent Film Festival, Art Basel Miami, Turkey's Cinema for Peace, and Pulsefield International Exhibition of Sound Art.
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As a composer[]
Young's work Creation won the New Genre Prize from the 2011 International Alliance for Women in Music Search for New Music.[3]
A strong advocate for women composers, Young curated the 2011 and 2012 Athena 60x60 Mix with Vox Novus director Robert Voisey. The 60x60 Athena mix contains 60 one-minute works form 60 different female composers. She has also created a video for the 2011 60x60 Athena mix to create a multimedia performance.[3]
In 2013 Young released Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, a 55-minute machinima movie with original script, soundtrack and animated visuals all created by Young herself. The title "Virtual Opera" refers to the fact that there were no real-world rehearsals and the cast contributed their recordings from around the world via the internet. The movie can be viewed online and there is an accompanying soundtrack recording and novelisation available.
Young presented a TEDx Talk at TedxBuffalo in 2014 in Buffalo, New York on "Singing geneticists and EPIC cyberspace machinima operas."[4][5]
In 2018, Young was awarded Cintas Foundation Brandon Fradd Fellowship in Music Composition for "a distinguished award for composers of Cuban descent."[6]
In 2019, Young's animated short film Spiritus had its world premiere at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival.[7][8] That year the festival also presented Young with the Lois Weber Award which recognizes the accomplishments of women who have distinguished themselves in the art of filmmaking.[9]
Young's Libertaria Song Cycle was published as part of the Cintas Foundation Sonidos Cubanos 2 Cuban music anthology in 2021.[10]
As an author[]
In 2016 Young self-published Composer Boot Camp 101: 50 Exercises for Educators, Students and Music Professionals, a book of composition exercises from beginner to expert level covering 5 topics: "inspiration", "melody", "rhythm", "harmony" and "orchestration".[11] Speaking of the book Young says "I decided to 'demystify' writing music by putting together a helpful music workbook that any musician or teacher could pick up to practically learn how to write music."[12]
References[]
- ^ "Sabrina Peña Young Biography". Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "Peña Young, Sabrina". Cintas Foundation. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Voisey, Robert. "Sabrina Pena Young". Voxnovus.com. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "Introducing The Speakers For TEDxBuffalo 2014". TedxBuffalo. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "Singing geneticists and EPIC cyberspace machinima operas". YouTube.com. TEDx Talks.
- ^ "'La fundación CINTAS presentó premios a cuatro artistas cubanos en el Lowe Museum'". El Nuevo Herald. December 7, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "'Genre film fest Buffalo Dreams moves to August, premieres 'Widow's Point'". The Buffalo News. August 19, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "FREE MOVIE Spiritus : Science Fiction Animation". YouTube.com. Sabrina Peña Young.
- ^ "Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival to Present Lois Weber Award to Sabrina Peña Young". Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival. July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "sonidos cubanos 2" (PDF). Cintas Foundation. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ says, Official author website (May 24, 2016). "Composer Boot Camp 101: 50 Exercises for Educators, Students and Music Professionals Amazon.com: Books". Libertaria: The Virtual Opera. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- ^ "Interview with Sabrina Peña Young". EasyEarTraining.com. April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
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