Founded in 2016, the Alba Music Festival Composition Program takes place in the picturesque epicenter of truffles and wine, Alba, Italy, located within a UNESCO world heritage site in the foothills of the Alps in the Piemonte region. Taking place from May 24 to June 2, 2025, during the annual Alba Music Festival, participants will engage in daily workshops, masterclasses, and private lessons, and have their music performed and professionally recorded with the 2025 ensemble-in-residence counter(induction (https://www.counterinduction.com). Participants will also work with and be mentored by composers-in-residence Marti Epstein and Michael Schelle, and a resident composition faculty including composers Douglas Boyce and Anthony Joseph Lanman.
WORKSHOPS, MASTERCLASSES, LESSONS
The composition program features daily workshops and masterclasses hosted by the composers-in-residence and our resident faculty covering wide-ranging topics from compositional craft to career development. Participants will also receive one-on-one private lessons with the composers-in-residence, the resident faculty, and distinguished guest artists. Optional add-ons include an Electronic Music Production Mini-Camp and a Music Business and Entrepreneurship Workshop for composers and music creators, both run by composer, sound-artist, and entrepreneur J Anthony Allen (https://janthonyallen.com).
PERFORMANCES AND PROFESSIONAL RECORDINGS
Each participant of the composition program will be invited to compose a new work of up to five (5) minutes for counter(induction. Works will be premiered on afternoon festival concerts and subsequently recorded as part of a dedicated, professional recording session at the end of the week. Participants will receive an edited, 24-bit stereo master of their work on completion of the program (ProTools stems may be made available on request).
ELIGIBILITY
There is no fee to apply and the program is open to composers and music creators of any age, nationality, and who are at any stage of their career.
TUITION
Tuition for the 2025 composition program is €3,195.
The fee includes all program workshops and masterclasses, the performance and recording of your music, private lessons with each faculty member and composers-in-residence, and reserved seating at evening Alba Music Festival concerts. The fee also includes access to the Campus Center facilities, a private wine-tasting event and lunch at a local winery, and all travel to runout concerts. An all-inclusive housing and meal package is also available for the participants and their companions.
FINANCIAL AID
Limited financial aid is available, and all applicants will be considered for a Julia Perry award and are eligible for program assistantships. Those who are currently enrolled in a US-based college or university music program are eligible for additional aid (one for undergraduate students, and one for graduate students).
TO APPLY
To learn more about the program, and to apply, please visit our website: http://www.albacomposition.com/
The application asks for two work samples that the applicant feels best represent their music.
DEADLINE:
December 15, 2024
CONTACT
Dr. Elliott Miles McKinley, Program Director
albafestivalcomposition@gmail.com
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