How to apply?
Apply here: calendly.com/composers/strategysession
Learn more about our philosophy and beliefs at our new blog:
composersforbeauty.medium.com/
Important dates:
- The Academy opened on January 8th, and we will soon start the weekly mentoring sessions for the first 12 composers who are accepted into the program.
- The contest to win one of the ten spots in our first musical gallery (Composers for Beauty Houses), and have your work part of an art movie, runs all through February. Submit 1 minute of your recorded music with visual arts.
More information will appear as soon as the website is launched. We recommend editing the video in an engaging way. You can also add a concept text, poem, or verse of a maximum of 200 words.
Stay tuned on our social media for the latest updates about that and more:
instagram.com/composersforbeauty
facebook.com/composersforbeauty
Mentorship Concept
MENTORSHIP METHOD
TEAM POLYVALENCE
A versatile and polyvalent team of five composers, enriched by temporary cooperation with top experts and references in their fields. United in the support of objective beauty, connected to the universal musical sense and diverse in abilities and styles.
HONEST BUT GENEROUS FEEDBACK
Direct honesty in feedback and critique, with empathy and consideration to take mentees out of abstract and isolated thinking into universal and down to earth understanding. No more complacency or lazy flattering of mediocrity or tolerance of ugliness, and restoring again into academic guidance values: generous, admirative and encouraging support or laudation when talent has met inspiration - and has resulted in blissful and powerful Beauty as immediately sensed by any listener.
OBJECTIVE MENTORING CONCEPT
To objectively guide the process of making the audience feel and think what the composer intends in the most effective possible way. Negative characteristics and obvious shortcomings are not anymore considered or called 'progressive innovations' - as they do not lead the Mentee to real elevation of skill and craft that could match the great Masters of our illustrious past.
EVALUATION OF WORK
Mentee shares a piece of music before the session.
CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK
The piece is listened to and instructions for improvement given during the session together.
FOLLOW-UP & STRATEGY TO SUCCESS
Mentee implements advice, and repeats sharing the piece and getting advice until the full potential of his inspiration and work is unleashed.
DEVELOPMENT COACHING
Advice to work with various resources to improve the craft is pointed to where need be.
PEER COMMUNITY
Complimentary encouragement and ideas facilitates the process in the exclusive chat group between sessions.
Why An Academy?
CONCEPT
Learn from feedback and instructions of your and your peers compositions by mentors on a weekly basis in an encouraging environment.
PURPOSE
Understand how your music is received by others to align their experience with your intentions
DURATION
Ongoing monthly membership until you reach your musical goals
BENEFITS
Priority invitations to contests, concerts, and a variety of promotion and production opportunities.
