National Orchestral Institute + Festival - Composition Academy

The NOI+F Composition Academy is dedicated to furthering the training and development of emerging composers, especially those historically excluded from the orchestral repertoire. Composition Academy participants receive individual mentorship from NOI+F composition faculty members and benefit from seminars, intensive score study, masterclasses, community engagements, new work readings and performance opportunities with NOI+F faculty and orchestral fellows.

Each fellow receives a $500 mini-commission to write a 10-minute work for sinfonietta. This will be rehearsed by two NOI+F conducting fellows under the guidance of NOI+F Music Director Marin Alsop. Each fellow’s work will be recorded and performed twice in a mainstage concert hosted by Maestra Alsop.

Fellows will take part in several one-on-one masterclasses, work-sharing sessions and informal coffee table discussions with visiting composition faculty. Faculty this year are Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis, Anna Clyne, and Jasmine Barn