Sabrina Peña Young, Author at Musical U

Sabrina Peña Young

An intermedia composer, percussionist, author, and obsessive sci-fi buff, Sabrina Peña Young creates mind-bending electroacoustic works that have been heard throughout Australia, Asia, North America, and Europe in media festivals, radio, film, dance clubs, random boom boxes in France - and as not-so-pleasant background music.

Critics have described her music as “daunting,” and “marvelously abstract,” and she has received a wide range of awards for her compositions, including New Genre Award from the International Alliance for Women in Music for her work "Creation" and the Cintas Foundation's Brandon Fradd Fellowship in Music Composition, as well as awards and nominations for her film-making work.

Sabrina has a passion for writing too, and recently published "The Feminine Musique: Multimedia and Women Today", available at Amazon.com. She has also written for the Kapralova Society Journal, Percussive Notes, Panpipes, the IAWM Music Journal, the SEAMUS Music Journal, and various fine arts websites.

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Posts by Sabrina Peña Young

Surviving Ear Training 101: The Reference Pitch

by Sabrina Peña Young | Feb 9, 2010 | Perfect Pitch | 3 comments

You sit slightly confused in your “Sight Singing and Ear Training” class. The music teacher insists that by the end of the class you will be able to transcribe Mozart after three listenings, sing complicated atonal melodies at sight, and figure out any...

Get Your Groove On: Beat Basics

by Sabrina Peña Young | Feb 3, 2010 | Tempo | 1 comment

Whether you want to pick up a new musical instrument, impress your date with some serious dance moves, or simply clap in time, learning about rhythm will give you the tools you need to get your groove on and make some serious music. To understand rhythm, you first...

Introducing: Sabrina Peña Young

by Sabrina Peña Young | Feb 2, 2010 | News, Children | 0 comments

An intermedia composer, percussionist, author, and obsessive sci-fi buff, I create mind-bending electroacoustic works that have been heard throughout Australia, Asia, North America, and Europe in media festivals, radio, film, dance clubs, random boom boxes in France,...