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Books with author Sabrina Pena Young

  • Songwriting 101: 30 Exercises for Educators, Students, and Music Professionals

    Sabrina Peña Young

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, March 7, 2018)
    Songwriting 101 is a series of 30 exercises for educators and beginning, intermediate, and advanced musicians who want to develop their skills in composition. This music workbook is designed to help educators, students, and seasoned professionals to hone their compositional craft in melody, harmony, rhythm, arranging, and lyric writing. There are a series of exercises, helpful tips, resources, and more to help the musician prepare a solid foundation in music composition developed by award-winning composer and music educator Sabrina Pena Young. Exercises are ideal for all ages, in any sort of setting or for private study. Ideal for elementary/high school classrooms, universities, vocal/guitar/piano studios, choir, band/orchestra, and personal study. Besides the initial exercises, numerous variations and professional educator tips are provided to help you adapt these exercises to your specific situation.
  • Libertaria: Genesis

    Sabrina Pena Young

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Oct. 30, 2015)
    “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 If you like the Hunger Games, Divergent, Blade Runner, or 1984 you will love Libertaria: Genesis, Book 1 of the Libertaria Chronicles. 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! BASED ON THE "GROUNDBREAKING" AND "EPIC" ANIMATED MUSICAL LIBERTARIA Enjoy a FREE MUSIC DOWNLOAD of the epic Libertaria Soundtrack as a special THANK YOU for reading this novel! BONUS material includes movie poster, free sheet music, and more! LIBERTARIA SOUNDTRACK In a post-USA dystopia, a young teen rebel escapes a horrific world of genetic testing and loneliness, only to pair up with her megalomaniac father in a quest to destroy the Factory that made her. With a score composed by award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young, the Libertaria Instrumental Soundtrack combines electronica and film music in an exciting and riveting way that jars the imagination and explodes the soul. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Award-winning composer and obsessive sci-fi buff Sabrina Pena Young enjoys spending her free time playing the drums, devising plans for world domination, cooking Cuban food, and playing with her hyperactive dog sandy. Young has been a TED talk speaker, an opera composer, a filmmaker, a lousy comedian, and a dancing rat. Her work has been shown in Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas at the Holland Animation Film Festival, Tedxbuffalo, Art Basil Miami, the NY International Independent Film Festival, way too many computer music conferences, and random boom boxes in France. Critics call her art "daunting", "epic", "groundbreaking" and on more than one occasion her films have given audience members nightmares. LIBERTARIA: GENESIS is Young's debut sci-fi novel, the first in a series based on her animated film Libertaria: The Virtual Opera. #LIBERTARIA @dalatindiva sabrinapenayoung.wordpress.com virtualopera.wordpress.com
  • Spiritus: Science Fiction Alien Animated Film Space Screenplay

    Sabrina Peña Young

    language (Pena Young Publishing, July 26, 2017)
    An orphan escapes to the dying exoplanet Spiritus to escape the truth about her parents in this riveting and cerebral science fiction screenplay by award-winning composer and filmmaker Sabrina Pena Young. This science fiction screenplay is for the upcoming animated science fiction alien animated film "Spiritus', coming in Fall 2017.About the Author:Called "Wagner 2.0" by music critics, award-winning Cuban American composer Sabrina Peña Young experiments with science fiction, music and technology, creating "groundbreaking" works like the animated science fiction opera Libertaria, the prize-winning sci fi Creation Oratorio and the riveting alien universe World Order #5. Young is the author of the riveting science fiction series the Libertaria Chronicles."Libertaria: Genesis is dystopian, and good at it, and that needs further examination." - J. Roseman, escapepod.org"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"Between the book, virtual opera, soundtrack, and all the extras, Young has created a convincing world...a dark dystopian future for you to get lost in. The characters are complex, flawed, and human, and you are never sure what they will do next. Looking forward to the next book in the series!""This book is dystopia squared. It's not and shouldn't be a quick read. It's complex and jumps around a lot. which is what good dystopia is supposed to be. To me, Libertaria is like a code that has to be broken. Like taking on a second language."
  • Libertaria: Revelation

    Sabrina Pena Young

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 17, 2016)
    "Libertaria: Genesis is dystopian, and good at it, and that needs further examination." - J. Roseman, escapepod.org “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 WHAT FANS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LIBERTARIA CHRONICLES "Between the book, virtual opera, soundtrack, and all the extras, Young has created a convincing world...a dark dystopian future for you to get lost in. The characters are complex, flawed, and human, and you are never sure what they will do next. Looking forward to the next book in the series!" "This book is dystopia squared. It's not and shouldn't be a quick read. It's complex and jumps around a lot. which is what good dystopia is supposed to be. To me, Libertaria is like a code that has to be broken. Like taking on a second language." WHO IS LIBERTARIA? Libertaria is not your typical teenager. Raised in the GenTech Factory she's never celebrated a birthday, had a BFF, or had a first crush. BUT SHE CAN MELT YOUR BRAIN WITH A SINGLE GLANCE! The Underground militia is no match for the GenTech Factory. Genetics and cybernetics gone awry in a post-apocalyptic world, Libertaria must defeat an evil geneticist who took over her mind, a telekinetic two-headed Siren, mutant soldiers in Miami, and her own sordid past to save all of humanity. IN THE END WILL LIBERTARIA BE THE HERO? Based on the "groundbreaking" and "epic" animation sci-fi film Libertaria: The Virtual Opera by award-winning composer and artist Sabrina Pena Young. In the spirit of Hunger Games and Divergent. LIBERTARIA DIGITAL SCI FI SOUNDTRACK INCLUDED! With a score composed by award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young, the Libertaria Instrumental Soundtrack combines electronica and film music in an exciting and riveting way that jars the imagination and explodes the soul. TO ACCESS FREE SOUNDTRACK CONTACT THE AUTHOR THROUGH FB WITH THE SPECIAL CODE WORD FOUND A THE END OF THE BOOK. An exciting science fiction dystopian apocalypse that will make your head spin! Delve into the world of the Libertaria: Chronicles. Available at Amazon, Amazon Kindle, and Createspace. BOOK 1 Libertaria: Genesis BOOK 2 Libertaria: Revelation Libertaria Chronicles Books 1 and 2 Expanded Edition Award-winning composer and obsessive sci-fi buff Sabrina Peña Young enjoys spending her free time playing the drums, devising plans for world domination, cooking Cuban food, and playing with her hyperactive dog Sandy. Young Currently lives in snowy New York with her family, but she misses her sunny home in Miami. Young has been a TED Talk speaker, an opera composer, a filmmaker, a lousy comedian, and a dancing rat. Her work has been shown in Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas at the Holland Animation Film Festival, TedxBuffalo, Art Basil Miami, Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, the NY International Independent Film Festival, NYC’s Opera America, NPR’s Morning Edition, way too many computer music conferences, and random boom boxes in France. Critics call her art "daunting", "epic", "groundbreaking" and on more than one occasion she has given audience members nightmares. @dalatindiva sabrinapenayoung.wordpress.com virtualopera.wordpress.com
  • The Space Force March: For Easy Piano

    Sabrina Pena Young

    eBook (Pena Young Publishing, July 1, 2020)
    Enjoy this fun patriotic Space Force March written for piano. Ideal for student pianists, adult beginners, music educators, and professionals alike. Easy to play with a memorable tune. Ideal for any patriotic event, school functions, July 4th and more. Play the Space Force March at your next patriotic event. Space Force!Composed by award-winning film composer Sabrina Peña Young. The Space Force March was originally composed for the 2017 film "Welcome to Space Force", directed by Chris Thomas in Buffalo, New York. Now a classic march popularized worldwide, the Space Force March promises to be the new American standard for contemporary marches. Piano Solo, Easy Piano, Beginner piano, piano student - Early Intermediate - Digital DownloadComposed by Sabrina Peña Young. Arranged by Sabrina Peña Young. TV, Repertoire, Fourth of July, Children's Music, Patriotic. Score. 4 pages. Published by Pena Young Publishing Easy piano sheet music from Space Force Soundtrack on Prime now.