2023 Composers Institute
Composers Institute sponsors five programs:
Junior Composers Institute for musicians age 14-20+ from midday Sunday, July 9 to midday Sunday, July 16
Film & Game Music Studio for all composers from midday Sunday July 16 to midday Saturday July 22
Crazy Ideas Institute for girls/non-binary/trans age 9-13 in August (dates to be announced)
The Composers Online Institute for composers of all ages will be take place in January 2024 (details to be announced)
Junior Composers Institute for musicians age 14-20+ from midday Sunday, July 9 to midday Sunday, July 16
Film & Game Music Studio for all composers from midday Sunday July 16 to midday Saturday July 22
Crazy Ideas Institute for girls/non-binary/trans age 9-13 in August (dates to be announced)
The Composers Online Institute for composers of all ages will be take place in January 2024 (details to be announced)
Composers Institute is honored to be named the three-time winner of NFMC
2021 American Music Award
for best summer music camp
2021 American Music Award
for best summer music camp
Mission
A Minnesota nonprofit with the mission to...
• inspires creative musicians in community...
• encourages musicians to be more articulate, constructive, and productive...
• fosters creativity in all music genres...
• employs composers' unique creative imaginations.
• inspires creative musicians in community...
• encourages musicians to be more articulate, constructive, and productive...
• fosters creativity in all music genres...
• employs composers' unique creative imaginations.
Values
Empower and serve inexperienced and experienced composers.
Practice & teach music literacy in notation, music theories, creativity & audio production.
Offer online and in-person programs in English.
Practice & teach music literacy in notation, music theories, creativity & audio production.
Offer online and in-person programs in English.
Inclusion & Empowerment
Composers Institute is intentionally forward-leaning and inclusive on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical/medical/mental ability, religious identity, familial status, economic status or musical training or genre. It is the intent of Composers Institute to support and celebrate the identities of every person involved in its programs. Any form of discrimination or harassment is antithetical to Composers Institute’s culture of inclusion and empowerment. Hiring, enrollment and personnel practices that fall short of the full embrace of this culture is not tolerated.
The administration and Board of Composers Institute continues to commit to immediate and long-term concrete action to make our community accessible, inclusive, respectful, and safe for marginalized composers, staff and stakeholders. For more information about our commitments to inclusion, contact us at composersinstitute@gmail.com.
The administration and Board of Composers Institute continues to commit to immediate and long-term concrete action to make our community accessible, inclusive, respectful, and safe for marginalized composers, staff and stakeholders. For more information about our commitments to inclusion, contact us at composersinstitute@gmail.com.
Acknowledgement of support
We want to thank, especially, the ASCAP Foundation & the BMI Foundation for scholarships to support talented musicians participating in all Junior Composers Summer Programs including the Composers Online Institute. Their support is focussed on composers who might otherwise face barriers to participation based on race, ethnicity, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical/medical/mental ability, religious identity, familial status, economic status, musical training or genre.
We are equally grateful for the support of the music clubs of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin that form the North Central Region of the National Federation of Music Clubs. Finally, we owe our sustained vitality to the many families, alumni, volunteers and music teachers whose generosity inspire and support young music-makers in their pursuit of musical expression.
History: Founded in 2001 as Junior Composers Institute, programs proliferated and in 2016 was renamed Junior Composers Summer Programs. Now in 2022, the institutes occur throughout the year and for all age groups. We have reformed once again as our own nonprofit with a new name and website: composersinstitute.org. Programs are sustained by the teacher-members of the North Central Region of the National Federation of Music Clubs.
History: Founded in 2001 as Junior Composers Institute, programs proliferated and in 2016 was renamed Junior Composers Summer Programs. Now in 2022, the institutes occur throughout the year and for all age groups. We have reformed once again as our own nonprofit with a new name and website: composersinstitute.org. Programs are sustained by the teacher-members of the North Central Region of the National Federation of Music Clubs.