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.
New Music Artist Spotlight: Steampunk Musical & Interview With Gretchen Suarez-Peña New Music Resource was excited to interview exciting musical theater playwright and director Gretchen Suarez-Peña about her latest musical theater production: Melina A Steampunk Musical Tragedy. Gretchen Suarez-Peña is a long-time playwright and lover of the theatre. She has been acting, directing, and writing plays since her teenage years. Her most recent success was winning overall best full-length play at the 2018 Tampa Bay Theatre Festival for her show Conversations in the Car. Playwright and Director Gretchen Suarez-Peña NMR: How did you start in musical theatre? What inspired you to follow this path? I've been involved in musical theatre since I was a kid. I loved the theatre, acting, singing, and acting in middle school and high school. I participated in every thespian competition and community theatre production I could at that time and into college and early ...
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