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Composer Sabrina Young wants to SEE YOU in NYC for Sci fi Opera Film Double Feature @Opera America!

See you in NYC Nov 4th Opera America Double Feature Sci-Fi Opera Films: Frankenstein and Mad Scientists!

I will be in NYC on November 4th for the Opera America showing of my electronic animated sci-fi opera Libertaria! The concert starts at 7pm, with a composer Q and A afterwards. Would love to meet fellow musicians in person! :) So if you are available, please come check out the concert!

CONCERT INFO:
A Double Feature of Chamber Opera Films
Nov 4 2015 7:00PM
THE AVIVA PLAYERS Mira J Spektor - Artistic Director & Friends Celebrate our 40th Season with 3 Programs in 2015 at OPERA AMERICA - 330, 7th Ave NYC
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4 - 7pm Aviva Players & Bank Street Films present: A Double Feature of Chamber Opera Films Travel to the Romantic Past of 1816 in Mira J Spektor’s VILLA DIODATI & to the Future with Sci-Fi Virtual Reality in Sabrina Pena Young’s LIBERTARIA
The Aviva Players, an acclaimed chamber ensemble, was founded in 1975 by Artistic Director Mira J. Spektor to research, present and perform the rich repertoire of Chamber Music and Songs by Women Composers of the 12th to 21st Centuries. This year, they celebrate their 40th Season with 3 Programs at Opera America.

My new debut sci-fi novel Libertaria: Genesis is now available through Amazon! So if you enjoy sci-fi insanity and women conquering the world with cyborg armies (and who doesn't?) then please check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Libertaria-Genesis-Soundtrack-Screenplay-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B017A0BBXM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1446119854&sr=1-1

See you in NYC!
Sabrina

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