The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA), in co-operation with the Netherlands Film and Television Academy (NFTA), provides a high-level master's degree programme designed to accommodate the aspirations of composers wishing to specialize in music scoring for film and other audio-visual representations. The Conservatorium is the first conservatory in Europe to offer this specialization.
The two-year master's programme will provide a profound training based upon a multidisciplinary teaching framework aimed at fully equipping students for the scoring demands of contemporary film & audio-visual industries. By means of lessons, lectures, workshops, excursions and special guest teachers (composers, film directors), students will be given the opportunity to work with professionals on gaining knowledge in different aspects of the film scoring industry (artistic, creative, technical, business).

Students will gain experience in dealing with film scoring assignments and film projects by Film Academy students, developing not only creative but also interpersonal skills through the different levels of cooperation necessary to fulfill these projects. During their last semester students will work on scoring a complete film, mentored by their teachers and finally having the opportunity of recording part of it with live musicians at the CvA studios.

Please note: lessons at CvA will be in English, lessons at NFTA will be in Dutch. All students should have at least a basic knowledge of the Dutch language.

Artistic direction
Jurre Haanstra

Research and programme development
Lena Chatzigrigoriou