NMR Artist Spotlight: Multi Instrumentalist Margot Monti This article is part of the New Music Resource Artist Spotlight Series. After a brief hiatus of this popular series that spotlights exciting emerging artists, filmmakers, and musicians, the New Music Resource is excited to present the Artist Spotlight Series for 2017-2018. We encourage you to check out the music and albums of these amazing artists.  About the artist Margot Monti is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in clarinets, flutes, and wind and percussion instruments from around the world. Her style is at once unique in its voices and deeply familiar in feeling. From the orchestra floor to the kitchen drawers, the voices of her compositions and the stories they tell speak to everyone. DOWNLOAD NEW PATH FROM CD BABY TODAY!  The title track "New Path" is a calm yet powerful reminder that when the road traveled takes an unwanted turn OR becomes too familiar, it's time to cha...

Screened at the IAWM International Congress, Zemo Video Library, SEAMUS , and other venues throughout the US. First created by composer Sabrina Pena Young at the Deep Listening Gallery in Kingston, New York , for the Women and Identity Festival.  The entire animation for this work was created in an older version of Final Cut, using a single image of the composer distorted slowly over time using filters in Final Cut to create flowing animation that many have described as a "moving painting".  First created around 2004, this piece has remained to be one of Pena Young's electroacoustic masterworks and a unique example of the marriage of electronica and the visual medium.  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 animation, and contemporary choral writing...

Graphic Notation The New Music Resource Composer Challenge This composer challenge is meant to expand your ideas about music and test your creativity. The time limit forces to you to simply create without thinking about editing or what you can or cannot logically do.  After you have completed your sketches, reevaluate them .  Think about how these ideas may work musically, how they can be improved upon, and how you would accomplish them. Think about how these ideas may change depending on scenario and location. How can you make your idea original?  Share your sketches and thoughts on the challenge in the comments below. NMR would love to hear about your ideas!  The NMR Composer Challenge You have 10 minutes to sketch 5 musical ideas for the following scenarios: 1. You have a trio (percussion, electronic keyboard, and poet) that will perform for 30 minutes live online. You have one rehearsal. 2. You are performing a solo work using your primary instrumen...