MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface and allows different synthesizers to "speak" to each other. Before MIDI musicians were limited significantly in performance because their equipment could not process signals from different manufacturers. Enjoy this short video about the history and future of MIDI technology. Sabrina Pena Young sabrinapenayoung.blogspot.com Award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young created the "groundbreaking" animated film Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, recently completed a commission for Malletkat and comic book panels, and gave a TED Talk on "Singing Geneticists and EPIC Machinima Opera" at this past TEDxBuffalo. In her spare time she enjoys reading everything sci-fi and futurist and plays the congas. Watch Libertaria: The Virtual Opera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB5SI... Related articles Meet our first class of TED Residents Warner Bros. just released the first trailer for its R-rated ani...

Composer Boot Camp 101: 50 Exercises for Educators, Students and Music Professionals WANT TO WRITE MUSIC?  Composer Boot Camp is a series of 50 exercises for educators and beginning, intermediate, and advanced musicians who want to develop their skills in composition.  Composer Boot Camp 101 workbook is designed to help educators, students, and seasoned professionals to hone their compositional craft. There are a series of exercises, helpful tips, resources, and more to help the musician prepare a solid foundation in music composition developed by award-winning composer and music educator Sabrina Pena Young.  BUY FOR KINDLE AT $2.99 Exercises are divided into four sections:  BEGINNER LEVEL EXERCISES  Appropriate for young students, adult learners , and those who do not yet read music.  INTERMEDIA LEVEL EXERCISES  Appropriate for high school students, music educators, college students , and musicians who want to learn how to write music....

Call for Scores - Ensemble Ad libitum English: James Gardner, Keyboard player and composer in The Umbrella (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Posted: 05 Feb 2016 07:23 AM PST Expiration of Opportunity:  Thu, 2016-04-21 Entry Fee:  15.00 Currency:  U.S. Dollar (USD) Association of composers "Ad libitum" is calling for pieces for the "Ensemble Ad libitum" to be performed at the "Contemporary concert series 2016", which will take place early in May, 2016, in Banja Luka city, Bosnia and Herzegovina - at the Jewish Cultural Centre "Arie Livne" Banja Luka. The Call is open to composers of any nationality and age. P ieces should be written for conducted "Ensemble Ad Libitum" which is composed of 7 musicians: Flute (also piccolo) (1 player) Clarinet (In Bb and A) (1 player) Piano (1 player) Violin (1 player) Viola (1 player) Violoncello (1 player) Published date:  5 Feb 2016 MORE FROM THE COMPOSERSITE...

NACUSA  Spring Serenade May 9, 2016 -  8 pm The National Association of Composers USA  East Coast Chapter presents Spring Serenade  Chamber Music by Living American Composers. Including the music of  Max Lifchitz , Dinos Constantinides, Allen Brings, Edward Dulaney, Debra Kaye, Patricia Morehead,  and  Betty Whishhart . Performers include Eriko Sato and Deborah Wong, violins; Lois Martic, viola; Marisol Espada, cello; Orlando Cela, flute; Jery-Mae Astolfi, Allen Brings and Max Lifchitz, pianists.  On  Monday, May 9 at 8 pm  at the Christ and St Stephen’s Church at 120 West 69th St New York, NY 10023.  FREE ADMISSION.