Academy of Introduction to Composition
2025
42
Participants
in 2022
7
Nationalities
6
Works created in 2022
An innovative academy
L’Itinéraire will launch the second edition of OpusOne, an academy of introduction to composition, in 2025.
It is open to all musicians (instrumentalists, singers, electronic musicians) who wish to have their first experience in the field of musical composition. There is no requirement to have previously studied composition or writing.
Participants will engage in an open and unrestricted approach to musical creation through collective workshops open to all. Six active participants will then be guided in a composition project by the three mentors: Michelle Agnès Magalhaes, Suzanne Giraud, and Éric Maestri. The works composed by the participants will be performed by the musicians of L’Itinéraire.
The academy takes place primarily online. The classes will be conducted in English and French.
Outline
Collective workshops
Creative workshops, open to all enrolled participants.
Sound imagination. From the musical idea to the sketch. Score or improvisation? The question of styles and aesthetics.
Electroacoustic composition as a sketch for the instrumental. Developing your own material. The 'reservoirs' method – Shared musical creativity exercises.
Composition guidance
Among the enrolled, 6 active participants will be selected. They will receive personalized guidance in their composition project from the three mentors.
Showcase
The works created by the participants will be rehearsed, performed, and recorded by the musicians of L’Itinéraire in June 2025.
Schedule
Online collective creative workshops
- Saturday, January 25 (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
- Saturday, February 1 (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
- Saturday, February 15 (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
Composition guidance
- The selection of active participants will be announced on March 3, 2025.
- Individual online sessions from March to June 2025
Showcase
- Rehearsals with the musicians of L’Itinéraire
- Presentation of the works and recording (last week of June 2025)
Enrollment
Open to all participants under 35 years old who can demonstrate a minimum of 5 years of musical practice.
Enrollment deadline: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Enrollment fee for all participants: €20
A contribution fee of €50 will be required from the 6 selected active participants.
The Mentors
Michelle Agnès Magalhaes
Composer and pianist
Suzanne Giraud
Composer, professor at the CRR of Paris and the PSPBB
Éric Maestri
Composer, musicologist, and lecturer-researcher at Sorbonne University
English 
Français