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for the Professional Certificate in Film Scoring are now being accepted.
Classes begin Tuesday, September 7, 2010.
Introduction
The Pacific NW Film Scoring Program is proud to announce the launch
of our new, full-time Professional Certificate in Film Scoring. Classes
begin Tuesday, September 7, 2010 in Seattle, WA. This program is a thorough
immersion into writing music for Film, TV, and other media that will
prepare students to enter those fields with the skill set, experience,
and professional portfolio necessary to launch a successful career.
 Students
will write for professional session musicians, work on state-of-the-art
workstations assigned to them for the duration of the Program, and receive
extensive guidance individually and in small classes from outstanding
instructors who are professionally active.
Over the past 12 years we have honed our curriculum through our evening
extension and two-week Summer Intensive programs and have designed this
Professional Certificate with a keen understanding of what training
is necessary to fully prepare our graduates to enter the field of composing
for media. This new Professional Certificate offers students more contact
hours with instructors than any other program of its type. The program
features over 450 hours of class instruction with student-to-teacher
ratios as low as 5:1 and 1:1. Also included are over 400 hours of supervised
MIDI-lab time with an instructor available to answer questions and give
assistance one-on-one as needed.
Throughout the program, students will be guided every step of the way
as they learn the art, craft, techniques and technology of writing music
for film and media. Our goal is to produce the most prepared graduates
of any film-scoring program currently offered. The Professional Certificate
is a 40-week program, running from September 7–July 1.
In addition to many assignments realized using MIDI stations, students
of the program will also compose the music for six portfolio-caliber
scoring projects. These projects will be written and produced to professional
standards and will cover a wide variety of styles and scoring techniques.
Students will write for ensembles of various sizes, up to and including
a full orchestra. Selected projects will combine electronic elements
with live performance, working in a professional studio-recording environment.
Additionally, the lab will be open outside of class time seven days
a week and will be supervised Monday-Friday by our faculty.
Program Location
The Pacific NW Film Scoring Program is based in Seattle, WA. Beautiful
Seattle has been voted the most livable city, the most secure city,
food city of the year, most literate city, most dog-friendly city, most
caffeinated (!) city and more many times over in a
wide variety of publications.
Seattle is a city of fun, interesting boroughs that vary in style from
residential and family-oriented to young, hip and urban. The city boasts
a vibrant waterfront and a system of ferries that can whisk you out
to the beautiful islands of Puget Sound. Travel the other direction
to Mount Rainier and other mountains for gorgeous hiking and camping
opportunities. In the winter excellent skiing is less than two hours
away!!
The Film Scoring Program is based in one of the fun urban parts of
Seattle and is walking distance from restaurants, clubs, stores, apartment
buildings and public transportation.
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While based on our pre-existing curriculum,
this new program is far more extensive and comprehensive
in scope. Each week students will spend 18 hours in class,
12 hours in the MIDI lab with faculty guidance, and up to
15 more hours in the lab unsupervised. Over the 40 weeks
students will compose music for dozens of assignments, will
write for top-caliber live musicians and will use state-of-the-art
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Please complete your application
form, including a Composition Portfolio, two Letters
of Recommendation, and a non-refundable $25.00 application
fee, and return by mail to:
PNW Film Scoring Program
ATTN: Admissions
P.O. Box 1062
Mercer Island, WA, 98040
USA
Download Application Form
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