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International composer and media artist Sabrina Peña Young has premiered her "marvelously abstract" works in music and new media festivals Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia at such venues as the Beijing Conservatory in China, Art Basil Miami, the Deep Listening Gallery, Turkey's Cinema for Peace, and the Australasian Computer Music Conference.

Young released her eerie debut electronica album Origins in 2008 (available through i-Tunes and Amazon).

Peña Young recently published The Feminine Musique': Multimedia and Women Today, an historical overview of the experimental arts through the works of notable artists and composers and available through Lulu.com and Amazon (2010).

Young is the author of the New Music Resource at , a site dedicated to experimental intermedia and new music. Her writings have been published in the SEAMUS Journal, the Kapralova Society Journal, Percussive Notes, Panpipes, and many arts websites.

Recent projects include the multimedia oratorio Creation, performed by the Millikin University Women's Choir and Millikin University Percussion Ensemble. The premier performance took place in Decatur, Illinois, and was conducted by the talented Michael Engelhardt. Creation is written for percussion ensemble, women's choir, keyboard accompanist, and tape. Young recently curated the Vox Novus Athena Mix with Robert Voisey, a historical one hour electronic concert featuring the music of talented women from around the globe. Among the composers who contributed to the Athena Mix were Pauline Oliveros, Maggie Payne, Laurie Speigel, Brenda Hutchinson, Eve Beglarian, Alex Shapiro, and many, many other talented women. Young's work "American Recall" was also selected by the jury for the Athena Mix, which has already had its premier at Murray State University's Athena Festival and has had its international premier in Romania. Young's work "Danse de la Muerta" was also selected by Vox Novus for the new Orchestra 60x60 Project. Young is currently working with director Sean Fleck on his incredible HD art film AMPM as well as working on her first opera, a video opera "Libertaria" for vocal synthesis, computer animation, voice, and electronic tape.

Peña Young holds an M.M. in Music Technology from Florida International University and a B.M. in Music Composition from the University of South Florida. She has taught music technology, synthesis, composition, music theory, and music history at the university level at Florida International University, the University of Phoenix, and Murray State University.


FTM10 at UNC in Greensboro Annual Feminist Theory and Music Conference held at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. The multimedia percussion work, "World Order #5" will be performed as part of the concert series. "World Order #5" is the fifth in a series of electroacoustic works dealing with global social issues within the context of sound.	5/27/2009 12:00 AM University of North Carolina, Greensboro Greensboro NC 27402 us	Phone: Email: Web:www.uncg.edu/mus/FTM10/
Murray State University New Music Concert Eclectic New Music Concert featuring both new compositions from emerging composers. Works will be acoustic, electronic, and even dance.	4/2/2009 12:00 AM Murray State University PAH Murray KY 42071 us	Phone: Email: Web:
Kansas State University Percussion Ensemble Concert The KSU Percussion Ensemble promises another exciting concert of premiers and the avant-garde. "World Order #5", for percussion, 3D animation, and tape, predicts the end of the human race in 2095 due to an uncontrolled viral mutation. World Order #5 is the fifth in a series of intermedia works that explore contemporary society through electronics. World Order #5 was commissioned by Kansas State University and a generous grant provided by the American Music Center. Score and sound recording will be available through AMC in November.	11/5/2008 07:30 PM McCain Auditorium Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66502 us	Phone: Email: Web:http://manhattancvb.org/CurrentEvents.asp?EID=700
Millikin University Percussion Ensemble Halloween Concert World premier of "Virelaan", an eerie work for percussion, waterphone, video, and tape, in memory of the Rail Girl, the young girl's spirit which regularly terrorizes the patrons of Albert Taylor Theater. The piece was commissioned by Millikin University and will be conducted by Brian Justison.	10/31/2008 07:30 PM Albert Taylor Theater Millikin University Decatur ILL 62522 us	Phone: Email: Web:http://www.millikin.edu/music/events.asp
60x60 (2007 / International Mix) Video collaboration with Zlatko Cosic	6/6/2008 12:00 AM Stimultania art galery Strasbourg fr	Phone: Email: Web:www.stimultania.org/
Sidaras Piano Studio Recital The Piano Studio of Christina Sidaras premiered the piece, "Turtle Songs," for beginning piano and video.	5/8/2008 12:00 AM Ohio OH us	Phone: Email: Web:
Millikin Univerisity Percussion Concert The Millikin University Percussion Ensemble performed US vs. Them, a work for large percussion ensemble, video, and tape.	4/22/2008 12:00 AM Illinois ILL us	Phone: Email: Web:
Beijing Conference on Women in Music The video work, REQUIEM, was premiered during the Electronic Music portion of the IAWM Beijing conference.	4/22/2008 12:00 AM China Conservatory of Music cn	Phone: Email: Web:
Vox Novus 60x60 International Mix CYBERNATION was accepted as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 International Mix, and is currently traveling nationally and internationally with the Vox Novus concert series.	1/1/2008 12:00 AM New York, Europe, Midwest us	Phone: Email: Web:

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
World Order #5	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:08:50	World Order #5 World Order #5
Turtle Songs for Children's Piano	Keyboard	2007	00:00:00
Origins, title track	Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources	2007	00:02:52	Origins, title track
A Glass of Water Lights the World	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2006	00:00:00
Song of the Forgotten Rose	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2006	00:07:00
Agape	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	05:00:00	Agape
Millieval Pg 1	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1998	00:00:00	Millieval Pg 1
Millieval Page 2	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1998	00:00:00	Millieval Page 2
Downward Spiral Pg 1	Orchestra	1998	00:00:00	Downward Spiral Pg 1
Downward Spiral Pg 2	Orchestra	1998	00:00:00	Downward Spiral Pg 2
Downward Spiral Pg 3	Orchestra	1998	00:00:00	Downward Spiral Pg 3

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The Feminine Musique': Multiemedia and Women Today (book) Label: Lulu.com Release year: 2009 Performers: The Feminine Musique': Multimedia and Women Today traces the intersection of experimental music and new media through the works of female composers and artists at the turn of the twentieth century America. An invaluable addition to a Further information: www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-feminine-musique-women-and-multimedia-today-and-on-composing-for-multimedia/7325518 Buy online: www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/the-feminine-musique-women-and-multimedia-today-and-on-composing-for-multimedia/7325518
Origins Label: Independent Release year: 2008 Performers: Sabrina Pena Young Cinematic soundscapes, pulsating rhythms, and enigmatic vocals envelop the listener in entangling science fiction textures and robotic mayhem. Be prepared for an otherworldly sound experience. Further information: cdbaby.com/cd/sabrinayoung Buy online: http://cdbaby.com/cd/sabrinayoung
Vox Novus 60x60 International Mix 2007 Label: Vox Novus Release year: 2007 Performers: Various 60x60 is an elctroacoustic project containing 60 electronic works each 60 seconds in length. Further information: www.voxnovus.com/60x60/2007_Concert_Program.htm Buy online: http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60music2

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