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OPERA PRESS RELEASE - World Premier Screening of Libertaria: The Virtual Opera

 Who : Classical Concerts at Calvary   Wha t: World Premiere Screening of LIBERTARIA: THE VIRTUAL OPERA, by Sabrina Peña Young   Where : Calvary United Methodist Church, 301 1st Ave. South, Lake Worth (Federal Hwy & 1st Ave. South, 1 blk. south of Lake Ave. in downtown Lake Worth)   When : 3:00 P.M., Saturday, October 5th   Cost : $10 Donation. FREE admission for students (w/ID).   Contact : Call the church office at 561-585-1786 or email shoreclare@aol.com Classical Concerts at Calvary is pleased to present the World Premiere Screening of the very first totally animated opera created exclusively in cyberspace – Sabrina Peña Young’s LIBERTARIA: THE VIRTUAL OPERA, at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Calvary United Methodist Church in downtown Lake Worth. Prior to the screening (promptly at 3:00) Greg Stepanich, music critic, composer and founder of the Palm Beach ArtsPaper, will lead a discussion with Peña Young and select cast members...

MIDI, Logic, Film Music Sample Assignments

Logic Studio (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Try these Music Technology exercises to test your creativity or give them to your music technology students. I originally developed these projects as part of my Music Technology class at Murray State University. They helped developed both skills and creativity in the classroom. These are each worded exactly as given to the students. Feel free to borrow and improve on these assignments in your studio. MIDI EXERCISE Using a variety of musical and nonmusical sound samples and MIDI instruments, create two 2-5 minute compositions demonstrating: 1) Musicality  2) Originality 3) Variation 4) Use of 8 separate MIDI tracks (minimum) each song 5) Concept 6) Professional/Concert Quality 7) Use of at least 1 audio files (of any length) each song The two compositions must be of entirely different styles and should be concert quality material. Finished composition must be burned to a CD using a high-quality audio file and u...

New Music Concert in America's Heartland Saturday

Murray State University will be presenting an exciting night of acoustic and electronic works from emerging composers this Saturday at 6pm. Where Murray State University, Western Kentucky Performing Arts Hall (PAH) Time Saturday, 6pm Free Admission! Share and Bring a Friend Contemporary works by emerging classical composers Kyle Dixon and Alan Manning, new sound artists Daniel Apple and Corona Jiang, and additional student compositions from Cornelius Hocker, Ben Shelby, Barry S. Sharp, and Matt Grimsley. Works will cover everything from pop to piano, from techno to trios. You don't want to miss it! Bring a friend to the New Music Concert at Murray State!

Nov 9 Free Electronic Music Concert at Murray State University

Murray State University will be hosting the "Acousmatic Evening" as an informal lecture/recital in FAH Room 623 Tuesday November 9th. Admission is free. Concert starts at 3:30. Limited seating available. Sabrina Peña Young will be hosting the lecture/recital. This is an ideal event for classes interested in electronic music, music history, feminism, and women's studies. We invite you to come out. "An Acousmatic Evening" will provide the audience a selection of curated electronic music including fixed media sound diffusion and video projection. The International Alliance for Women in Music is a global network of women and men working to increase and enhance musical activities and opportunities and to promote all aspects of the music of women. The program of six electroacoustic compositions has been selected from 22 entries from seven countries for the IAWM 2010 Annual Concert. The official performance of these works takes place in the Musée des moulages de l...