The Program
THE PROGRAM
The program includes 10 Orchestral Courses per year (February, April, July, September). Each Course lasts approximately 5 to 7 days and welcomes 27 to 30 European musicians.
Each Course is one of the following types:
- Classical Music Orchestral Course: involving working on a Classical or Contemporary Classical Concert Program and Performance
- Film Music Orchestral Course: an introduction to making, performing, and recording music for films, video games and media
- Hybrid Music Orchestral Course: a crossover project merging orchestral music with jazz music, world music and various genres
- Recording Orchestral Course: an immersive guide through the orchestral recording process. Not only including mentorship in individual, chamber ensemble as well as full orchestra recording sessions, this program offers engagements of the students in real professional orchestral sessions as part of FAME’S projects
- Carte Blanche Orchestral Course: a project involving an international guest mentor or soloist with a custom-made program
Each Course features various lectures, music workshops, trainings, mindfulness and mental health workshops, additional concert programs, and fun extracurriculars.
The program is a fully-funded scholarship providing full board and accommodation. Travel arrangements to and from Skopje are not provided. However, we do offer assistance in finding convenient travel options.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Phase I: Pre-selection
Students can apply through our portal by submitting the application form on our website.
To apply successfully, you need to provide a video introduction and at least two video recordings.
For the video introduction, please provide a short presentation video (no longer than 2-3 minutes) where you tell us:
1) Introduction (Name, Country, Age, Instrument) and description of your musical background, studies, and any relevant projects you have worked on.
2) What are your motivations for applying to the FAME’S Institute? What is your artistic and professional development goal for attending?
3) How do you see your role as a classical musician in today’s musical landscape? What are your future goals or projects?
4) Feel free to share anything else about your interest in this specific program / mentor you applied for.
For the video recordings, please provide:
1) a movement of a classical concert;
2) a movement of a Suite or Sonata or a selection of a piece of the repertoire [up to the beginning of the 20th century].
Repertoire choices are also taken into account during the selection process.
Phase II: Interview
The pre-selected candidates will be invited for a 20-minute long interview with the Institute’s Artistic Director and Project Coordinator.
Phase III: Final selection
Once receiving the official invitation letter and student contract, students are required to confirm their presence by sending in the signed contract as well as proof of their booked travel arrangements.
Video file requirements:
- The video file can be pre-recorded but it must not be older than 6 months.
- Each piece must be recorded as one take, without any editing.
- Excerpts do not need to be recorded with accompaniment.
- Each selection or movement can be uploaded or sent as a separate video. Professional or studio recordings are not required, but the video must have quality sound.
- The Video Introduction has no requirements. You can send us a presentation filmed via phone, Loom, or any other applicable software.
