Online mentorship in composition and career networking for advanced film music students and graduates entering the professional industry
MSCN Film Music Festivals Academy focusses on improving the professional qualifications of aspiring media music composers and get them ready to introduce themselves to the professional industry at major European film music festivals.
Through online group sessions, intensive 1-2-1 mentorship sessions and active projects in collaboration with the leading European film music festivals, the 6-month Festivals Mentorship Programme is a unique education initiative.
The aim is to create a faultless portfolio of media music skills tailored to your individual abilities, then to develop effective interpersonal skills, networking skills and apply these at a major festival to kick-start your career.
Through in-depth mentoring, you can work intensively on your technical and creative “blind-spots” while improving your general media music compositional skills.
Improve your professional qualifications.
The Festivals Mentorship Programme boosts your skills with sessions focussing on:
Development of interpersonal skills for networking
Creativity and identifying your own distinctive style
Assessment of your skillsets and other future-looking skillsets needed in the industry
Improving professional presentation and image
Introduction and in-person matchmaking at a major European film music festival
Be recognised by the industry.
MSCN creates projects In collaboration with Soundtrack_Cologne (Germany), Soundtrack_Zurich (Switzerland), Festival du Film d’Aubagne (France), Krakow Film Music Festival (Poland), and other important European films music festivals. These are developed into events, screenings, recording sessions and workshops that introduce mentees to important industry professionals, which can help mentees get contacts to start their careers.
Join a competitive and diverse group.
Selection to join MSCN Film Music Academy is made through a competitive application process. Applicants are invited to submit a portfolio of their best media music works of up to 10 minutes in total length. Only 12 participants per year are then selected to with an offer to join the programme. We aim to have 75% women composers and 25% men composers. Mentees from less fortunate financial backgrounds can apply for fee scholarships.
MSCN Film Music Academy is also the first media music education initiative to be approved by the International Media Music and Sound Arts Network in Education (IMMSANE.com), in which of directors and teachers from the most important International media music institutions provide guidance and consultation to this programme.
MSCN Film Music Festivals Academy also offers Summer Film Music Workshops and Project-based Mentoring.
Meet the Director of MSCN
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Dr. Yati Durant is one of the most experienced, sought-after and recognised mentor for media music composers in the world.
Yati is a US born composer, lecturer, trumpeter and conductor living in Edinburgh, UK. He holds a Meisterklasse Konzertexam from the Hochschule für Musik Köln and a Ph.D. in Composition from the University of Edinburgh. He is a multi-instrumentalist and active performer and composer of contemporary classical, jazz and improvisatory music, electronic music and music for film and media. His compositions and film scores have received many prizes from international festivals, and he has received commissions and premieres from many well-known artists and ensembles from around the world. He directed the MSc Composition for Screen at the University of Edinburgh (2010 – 2019) and he is General Director of the International Media Music and Sound Arts Network in Education (IMMSANE) since 2019.
As a mentor, teacher and media-music expert, Yati is frequently invited to hold lectures, symposia, masterclasses and workshops in composition, composition for screen, improvisation and performance at major Conservatories and Universities across Europe, India and China. He holds advisory and organisation roles at several International film festivals, and regularly contributes to their programmes and workshops.
Read more about Yati at his artist’s website: http://www.yatidurant.com
Testimonials:
“I heard about many festivals and events during this mentorship programme. It was undoubtedly the best experience of my life. Thanks to this program, I learned what to pay attention to when representing myself. When I researched programmes related to film music, I realised that this programme is extremely special. Because, you can get feedback both on musical topics and in social contexts, which helps you with networking as well. We even simulated a job interview who was acting like a director/producer. In other words, it creates an infrastructure that prepares you for the industry in every sense. There is not a single thing that I am not satisfied with.”
-Yağmur Üçkardeş, composer
“Yati's mentorship was informed with many years of experience as a composer and educator, and I benefitted greatly. I also admired Yati's dedication to the mentorship and felt like fostering young composers is truly important to him.”
-Zeina Azouqah, composer
“Thank you so much for Yati’s mentoring, I really appreciate it! I really appreciate his thoroughness and accuracy, concreteness and encouraging approach!”
-Marianna Liik, composer
"I met Yati as mentor when I was writing my composition for the concert „Summer Love“ with the WDR Funkhausorchester, and I enjoyed our creative exchange very much! I appreciate Yati's excellent musical expertise, his great enthusiasm for new ideas, and his kind nature. We share the love for film music in concert, and I highly recommend him as a mentor!”
-Hanna Sophie Lüke, composer
“Let your skills meet your expectations, and let your creativity flourish.”
— Dr. Yati Durant