ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION BOOTCAMP
The tutored 8-week online course taught by professional composers and orchestrators.
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BECOME THE COMPOSER YOU'VE ALWAYS DREAMT OF BEING
Live sessions and TUTORING from the pros
YOUR HOST: GUY MICHELMORE
Guy Michelmore is a multi award-winning film, games and television composer whose clients include Marvel, Disney, Dreamworks, Lionsgate and dozens of major TV networks around the world. He is best known for his work with Marvel on eight animated feature films including Ultimate Avengers and Thor, as well as hundreds of episodes of television including Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man: Armoured Adventures, Hulk and many more. His unique and accessible style has made him a popular YouTuber with over 300,000 subscribers.
Your tutors are the ones supporting you throughout the course with live webinars and written feedback. They're all professional composers and orchestrators in their own right and will be with you every step of the way.
CHARLES FERNANDEZ
Emmy-nominated Composer & Orchestrator
(The Little Mermaid, Robot Chicken)
EMILY HAWKINS
Composer for drama & documentary films, podcasts and libray music.
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ
Composer, Orchestrator & Educator
(EastWest, Spitfire Audio)
What you'll learn
Each week you will be studying a different topic. With over 20 hours of video content in the course, we will lead you through detailed tutorials one step at a time.
When the course starts, you will have access to all this content, however you should follow through in order as it will be supported by the live events and guest lectures throughout eight weeks.
What Bootcamp students Say
"It has been absolutely fantastic. One of the tasks was to write to picture and send it to Chuck – who's EMMY-nominated and writes for Disney – and he gave me really detailed feedback. It was astonishing. You WILL grow and develop in your ability to write for an orchestra – there's no question about it."
Nick Wheeler
“I’ve improved so much already – it’s crazy. The feedback I've received on my own compositions has been fantastic. And so has listening to feedback on all the other student's compositions in the webinars."
JENNY MECHAM
"Bootcamp has really made a big impact on me. I can now look at my projects in a way that I hadn't been able to do before. The sections on strings and brass made such a big difference – they are so practical."
Kenneth Gonzalez
“The live sessions have been absolutely amazing – just utilising the skills for not just my work for bootcamp, but for my own pieces too. The Discord group is absolutely phenomenal too. The community is fantastic."
ALEX SNARSKI
"It really nails the space between a beginners course and a graduate course, so it's perfect for those looking for something in between. I have learned so much, particularly about templates, instruments, keyswitching, and hybrid composing."
BRIAN YORK
"I've really enjoyed it. It's given me a structure around which to write music – and a bit of a push so I can make composing a bigger part of my life."
Everett Miller
How You'll Learn
This course gives you the flexibility of our on-demand, training courses but with personalised written feedback and live online events. You will attend a variety of live masterclasses with working professionals that focus on specific skills you need to know, as well as group feedback sessions with the common goal of increasing the quality of your work alongside your fellow students.
- 8 weeks of guided orchestral composition tutorials, with a mix a pre-recorded videos and live sessions.
- Regular, tutor-led feedback sessions, alongside your peers, to get the group's insight on your work.
- 2 rounds of written feedback on your work.
- Live masterclasses from guest lecturers, focusing on specific topics in great detail.
MinusONE ASSIGNMENTS
Learning how to write your own music can be overwhelming when starting from scratch. We now provide you with stems that build most of a track, but "minus one" important element. This allows you to focus on the one instrument group that module is focussing on, without thinking too much about the composition or its structure.
GROW YOUR NETWORK ON THE THINKSPACE DISCORD
We want to bring our students closer together, as we understand online learning can be isolating at times. With this course you will also get access to our exclusive ThinkSpace Community Discord channel. Anyone on this course, and other courses that use ThinkSpace Interactive, can join.
We hope you use this community as a relaxed environment to share your work with each other and ask questions amongst other people in similar situations as you. We've had plenty of experience running a Discord server for our Postgraduate Degree students, and we're very excited to bring this to our other courses too.
BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY
- 8-weeks of tuition, live webinars and personal feedback with pro composers
- Over 20 hours of orchestration and composition video tutorials
- Lifetime access to all course materials – revisit anytime
- Lifelong access to our worldwide Discord network of composers
Pay in interest-free installments with PayPal. Choose 'Pay Later' (available in US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, AU).
Places are strictly limited
7-day money-back policy from start date
Frequently Asked Questions
If you are thinking about taking the course, there are some requirements you may want to consider. Here are the most frequently asked student questions to help you to assess whether the courses is right for you.
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