An international media artist and composer, S. Peña Young has premiered her works at Tampa's Hispanic Heritage Festival, the Australasian Computer Music Conference (Australia), the Cinema for Peace (Turkey), Electrolune (France), Voices on the Edge (China, Europe, USA), Art Basil Miami, the International Computer Music Conference, the SEAMUS National Conference, the IAWM International Congress, the Pulsefield International Exhibition of Sound Art, Primera en La Habana X (Cuba), and numerous festivals throughout the United States. The Florida Orchestra, USF Symphonic Band, KSU Percussion Ensemble, and FIU New Music Ensemble are among the talented ensembles that have premiered Peña Young's works. Her film music credits include "The War" (finalist in Miramax's Greenlight Competition) and "Voices of the Churen," screened at the NY Independent Film Festival. She holds an M.M. in Music Technology from Florida International University and a B.M. in Music Composition from the University of South Florida.
Young Girl Plays Cymbals The hand cymbals (or crash cymbals ) are extremely versatile percussion instruments . The hand cymbals are used in the military, drum and bugle corps , the orchestra, and wind ensembles. Proper percussion hand cymbal technique takes many years of practice and hard work, as well as stamina and upper body strength. The most common use of the hand cymbals is in the drum line, whether in a high school band or a professional drum and bugle corps. Two cymbals are held by straps to the cymbal player's hands. In marching band and drum and bugle corps, the cymbal player often will loop their own hand in the strap, then grab the strap. Protect Your Hands Tape, strap pads, and gloves are often used to protect the cymbal player's hands from blisters and the slow grinding away of skin during a lengthy band show. In the orchestra setting, where the crash cymbal is often reserved for music accents and shorter music passages, the percussion player does...
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