LAST DAY TO DOWNLOAD LIBERTARIA: GENESIS FOR FREE ON AMAZON KINDLE! LIBERTARIA: GENESIS AVAILABLE THIS FALL! “One of my favorite things about this story is its odd apocalyptic tone and strong sci-fi/fantasy foundation. The dark quality that comes with it is the cherry on top.” –FanboysAnonymous.com on Libertaria: The Virtual Opera  Libertaria is NOT your TYPICAL Fourteen-Year Old Girl. Raised in the GenTech Factory she's never celebrated a birthday, had a BFF, or even had a first crush.  BUT SHE CAN MELT YOUR BRAIN WITH A SINGLE GLANCE!  In a post-USSA dystopia Libertaria teams up with her megalomaniac addict father to DESTROY Evil Reverse-Aging geneticists with a ragtag army of CYBORG MISFITS.  In a DARK WORLD of secrets and MAD SCIENTISTS Libertaria learns that sometimes to save the world you must first LOSE YOUR SOUL!  DOWNLOAD FOR FREE NOW! EXCLUSIVE FAN EDITION!  Enjoy a FREE MUSIC ALBUM, SCREENPLAY, MOVIE POSTER and MORE a...

FREE KINDLE BOOK HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!!! Sci-Fi Novel Libertaria: Genesis FAN EDITION! “One of my favorite things about this story is its odd apocalyptic tone and strong sci-fi/fantasy foundation. The dark quality that comes with it is the cherry on top.” –FanboysAnonymous.com on Libertaria: The Virtual Opera  Libertaria is NOT your TYPICAL Fourteen-Year Old Girl. Raised in the GenTech Factory she's never celebrated a birthday, had a BFF, or even had a first crush.  BUT SHE CAN MELT YOUR BRAIN WITH A SINGLE GLANCE!  DOWNLOAD LIBERTARIA: GENESIS TODAY FOR FREE! In a post-USSA dystopia Libertaria teams up with her megalomaniac addict father to DESTROY Evil Reverse-Aging geneticists with a ragtag army of CYBORG MISFITS.  In a DARK WORLD of secrets and MAD SCIENTISTS Libertaria learns that sometimes to save the world you must first LOSE YOUR SOUL!  BASED ON THE "GROUNDBREAKING" AND "EPIC" ANIMATED MUSICAL LIBERTARIA  EXCLUSIVE FAN EDITION!  Enjoy a...

Indy Film Spotlight Tonight! POCAST TED Talk, Machinima, Film and Music with Composer Sabrina Pena Young Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Listen to Podcast:  http://www.spreaker.com/user/indyradio/sabrinapenayoungreturns I am so excited to be chatting again with the Indy Showcase! We talk about the latest with Libertaria: The Virtual Opera, the new novel Libertaia: Genesis, TED talks, Machinima animation, film, music, and chocolate...and a touch of Halloween and Walking Dead! Was a great show and so glad to be a part of it! :)  Host: Kinte @KinteF   https://twitter.com/KinteF   Co Hosts: Shai G. @Shai_7  https://twitter.com/Shai_7 Shantay Branco @kittykat851987  https://twitter.com/kittykat851987 Olaf Barbosa @OlafBarbosa  https://twitter.com/OlafBarbosa @thespotlightHE  https://twitter.com/thespotlightHE Guest: Sabrina Pena Young @dalatindiva  https://twitter.com/dalatindiva NEW SCIENCE FICTION F...

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 Direct...

FRESH MINDS FESTIVAL OCTOBER 6-10 VIDEO, ELECTRONICA, and MORE! The Fresh Minds Festival is a public performance of audiovisual artworks by professional artists, student -curated under the direction of a multi-disciplinary team of faculty. For professional artists worldwide, Fresh Minds Festival will be an internationally prominent juried venue for their work with a unique angle: knowing the selected works are ones that reach out to informed newcomers to new media art . The world of such artworks and festivals isvibrant. However, this call for works will be a unique presence between festivals “by specialists, for specialists” that tend to leave newcomers behind, and “people’s choice” festivals that tend to value light entertainment over artistically engaging, thought provoking works. TAMU students will have personal and thoughtful encounters with artworks being made now, in their own time, using modern tools. They will gain an understanding of how they may evaluate and communi...

About Composer Boot Camp 101 PROFESSIONAL COMPOSER COACHING PERSONALIZED FOR YOU! USE SPECIAL DISCOUNT CODE to get 40% OFF: COMPNERD Have you ever wanted affordable music coaching to help you with your writing and arranging skills that is customized  to your individual strengths and weaknesses? SIGN UP FOR COMPOSER BOOT CAMP 101 NOW! In this self-paced composer intensive for musicians, educators,   students,  and composers/songwriters , you will undergo a challenging course that will stretch your current musical talents by working on developing a musical theme , learning how to arrange in several different styles, prepare and perform a work, create a legible score and parts, develop musical form , and work on orchestration and experimentation, all under the personal mentorship and direction of award-winning Composer S. Peña Young. This course will be individualized based on your current skills, interests, and ideas. I WILL HELP YOU REGAR...

What is Atonal Music ? Music Theory in a Nutshell The atonal system was a large break from the traditions of before. Western music first began with simple intervals in the time of Pythagorus . This system marked intervals like a unison and an octave as the most tonal and pleasing to the ear. In the middle ages, musicians used church modes . Monks even attributed certain religious qualities to specific music intervals like the fourth. In the Baroque Era , composers began to use what is now considered major and minor scales which escalated into the mathematical perfection or Mozart . True Western harmony was born. The 20th century saw a break from traditional Western harmony. When Arnold Schoenberg experimented with atonality, he developed a complex musical and mathematical system. Essentially, a composer would arrange the twelve notes of a scale in a specific row, and then compose using those rows (in that order alone) to eliminate any sense of tonality. Eventually composers b...