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Composers Institute

When your music ​comes together!
Junior Composers Institute
July 10-17, 2022 
HYBRID 
​in-person &.ONLINE
​$1280/$750
ALL AGES
hybrid program online or in-residence at UW-River Falls, WI; creative projects played/recorded by the end of the week; daily theory & lessons
Scholarships available.
​LIMIT 24 
​3 spots left
Film & Game Music Studio
July 17-23, 2022
HYBRID ​IN-PERSON & online
​$1250/$750
ALL AGES
hybrid program online or in-residence at UW-River Falls, WI; creative projects synchronizing visuals with music played/recorded by the end of the week, theory, lessons.
​Scholarships available.
LIMIT 26 
13 ​spots left
Crazy
​Ideas Institute  
August 29-Sept 2, 2022
​day camp
​$400
For girls, nonbinary, gender-fluid, and trans youth.
Age 9-13
3-hours/day at Hopewell Music North in Minneapolis; no experience necessary; play each other's creative music projects; explore sounds using acoustic & digital instruments; daily lessons; all female faculty.
Scholarships made possible by supporters of Composers Institute.
​LIMIT 8
Composers Online Institute
FALL 2022
​Online ONLY
$600
ALL AGES
Six 3-hour evening sessions; production instruction & practice using DAWs; create & record music projects with online acoustic & digital tracks; theory instruction; individual lessons. Scholarships available.
​LIMIT 12
Are you...?
• just starting
• not able to stop making music
​• looking to do better
• a songwriter • a composer
• not sure what to call the thing you're doing with music

Do you...?
• like to noodle with music • improvise
• make beats • experiment
• hear music in your head
​• love the feeling when you've put together a new piece
• find it hard to find others who make music
WHAT HAPPENS AT EVERY INSTITUTE?
Each creator finishes and records a new project during every institute: either using a DAW (digital audio workstation) or with acoustic sounds or a hybrid of the two. There are daily opportunities to...
• Explore & practice a variety of music literacies
• Analyze how music is put together & explore new music
• Generate, revise and polish a new piece of music
• Record & engineer your projects with professional composers and songwriters
• Work with guests taking deep dives into their lives as professional creative artists
• Collaborate and partner with other creators in end-of-the-day online lounges 
Eric
​Radloff
Krysta Rayford
Casey Palbicki
Jordyn Davis
Randall Davidson
Sarah
​Miller
Mary Kate Hines

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.