A Playlist of Women Composers for International Women's Day! Women Composers, Performers, Conductors in Classical Music , Electroacoustic Music , World Music , and more. The International Alliane for Women in Music - Playing a Vital Role in the 21st CenturyThe IAWM is proud of its historical contributions towards the progress for women in music and continues to press for equality for performers, composers, researchers, and educators.

 How to be a composer in five simple steps. Anyone can become a composer today! It just takes a genuine LOVE of Music! ---- 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, 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.  Related articles Last Florida DMV driver license office in Palm Beach County to close Friday Classes - Adult Acting 1 Woman attacked by man on Flakka dies Composer Secrets: Sabrina Pena Young on Machinima and Opera Com...

Composer Robert Voisey uses crowdsourcing to create innovative new works with the Vox Novus 60x60 Project. Vox Novus: http://www.60x60.com/ Sabrina Pena Young sabrinapenayoung.blogspot.com WATCH THE FULL VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JJ9b3CYsqs 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. Works of Pauline Oliveros, Alex Shapiro , Robert Voisey and 60x60, Lee Scott's The Village Opera, Opera by You, Eric Whitacre, and More. OFFICIAL COMPOSER WEBSITE: http://sabrinapenayoung.blogspot.com/ ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: https://www.scribd.com/doc/262447249/Music-Documentary-The-Opera-Heard-Round-the-World-Internet-Collaboration-and-the-21st-Century-Composer-Documentary-TRANSCRIPT WATCH LIBERTARIA: The Virtual Opera https://www.youtube....

Innovative Composer of today use social media, crowdsourcing, video chat, Second Life, and more to create new exciting works. Learn about the works of Pauline Oliveros, Eric Whitacre, Alex Shapiro, Matt Pittsinger, Lee Scott, and more. Sabrina Pena Young sabrinapenayoung.blogspot.com WATCH THE FULL VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JJ9b3CYsqs 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. Works of Pauline Oliveros, Alex Shapiro, Robert Voisey and 60x60, Lee Scott's The Village Opera, Opera by You, Eric Whitacre, and More. OFFICIAL COMPOSER WEBSITE: http://sabrinapenayoung.blogspot.com/ ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: https://www.scribd.com/doc/262447249/Music-Documentary-The-Opera-Heard-Round-the-World-Internet-Collaboration-and-the-21st-Century-Compo...

JOIN THE VILLAGE!  http://www.thevillageopera.com/about.html The Village reveals the comings and goings of a virtual world that exists in parallel to our own. Events are described from the perspective of 7 fantastical characters through music and animation in a series of five weekly episodes  You too can reside in the village. We invite you to create a 'villager' and be part of the opera 's digital chorus. Villagers react to story events and respond to character activity by posting short text comments. You may assign your villager a name and a personality (e.g. 'a trickster' or 'a samaritan') to help shape their identity. All contributions by the digital chorus will appear in the opera, serving to enrich the story and steer its evolution. Go to the How to Interact page for more details Like The Village  Facebook page  for updates on when new episodes are available, and visit Twitter @VillageResident  for a live feed from the main characters a...

Image via Wikipedia Music Technology : The Great Democratizer Lecture from the November 9th Lecture/Recital Murray State University IAWM Electronic Music Concert 2010 Today I had several different routes I could follow for this electronic music concert. 1) Number 1. I could hum, hah, and harangue about the injustices in the world. I could give you one example after another about how difficult it is being a composer who is also a woman, who is also young, who is also Latina. I could whine and weep and exhort you to understand the plight of young girls and talented women who face adversity each day when they attempt to convince professional orchestras and opera companies to play their music. But the truth is : who cares about the few hundred women who have difficulty having a symphony performed when there are billions of women being denied basic inalienable human rights, even the right to be born. Their only crime? XX not XY. 2) Option Number 2. I could give you a his...