Alumni Access & Spotlight

Celebrating the achievements of accomplished music composers who have honed their craft and excelled in the industry. Discover their inspiring journeys, from refining their unique styles to composing scores for films, games, and orchestras, and how they continue to shape the world of music.

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Get ready to join a consortium of over 360 composers from 60 different countries who have graduated from the Master of Fine Arts in Music for Motion Pictures and Contemporary Media, the Online Graduate Diploma in Film and Game Scoring, or the Film Scoring Summer Programme.

What is Alumni Access?

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Free benefits offered to alumni of all of our programmes, including educational composer seminars, guest lectures and professional portfolio opportunities

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Seminars

Exclusive guest composer seminars and lectures. Past guests include James Newton Howard, John Powell, Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, Mychael Danna and more

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More than just live events, all alumni can schedule free photography and videography sessions with our team for their websites and professional portfolios when they visit Sofia

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Educational events and lectures with current faculty and guest composers on MIDI mockups, mixing and production, sound design, and composer workflows

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Alumni Spotlight

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Master of Fine Arts in Music for Motion Pictures and Contemporary Media

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Esteban Barajas (Spain)

Born in Madrid, Spain in 1995, he started studying music at 7 years old playing oboe and later piano. He studied musicology for two years at UCM (Madrid) before doing a degree in Music Composition under David del Puerto's mentorship. After graduating he did a Bachelor's Degree in Music Production. He started developing video games in 2019 incorporating musical folklore into them, which led him to specialize by doing FSAE's Master’s in Music for Motion Pictures and Contemporary Media (2022-2023). Nowadays he works as a choir conductor and as a freelance composer/producer for films and video games in Spain.

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Online Graduate Diploma in Film and Game Scoring

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Caryn Pretorius (South Africa)

Caryn is a musician and educator based in South Africa, specialising in composition, arrangement, and French Horn. Currently, she is an educator at Alexander Road High School, instructing brass, orchestration and composition. She holds a BMus Hons degree from Nelson Mandela University and is an active orchestral musician, having played with ensembles across South Africa. A notable performance with the Africa United Youth Orchestra in Carnegie Hall. Her passion for film and game music led to establishing Soprato Music Studios at age 20. Through this venture, she creates original compositions and arrangements for educational institutions, helping to expand their libraries.

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Film Scoring Summer Programme

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Bobby Alarcón (United States)

Bobby Alarcón is a composer, pianist, and producer from San Francisco, California. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music and a Becker Foundation scholar of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, he is noted for his innate musicality and innovative approaches to scoring.  Bobby’s music has since been recorded globally from London to Nashville.  Bobby cherishes being a part of the complete cinematic process, even getting behind the camera himself at times. As a collaborator, Bobby served as part of the music team on several films such as The Secret Art of Human Flight, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Check out the music of some of our current and past students

Henrik Lindström (Sweden)
MFA Alumnus

Florence Sabeva (London)
Online Alumnus

Yakov Alexandrov (Russia)
Summer Programme Alumnus

Jon Dudagoitia (Spain)
MFA Alumnus

Pamela Cavero (Peru)
Online Alumnus

Hideki Tsutsumi (Japan)
Online Alumnus

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