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.
Welcome to the Family
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
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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Events
Educational events and lectures with current faculty and guest composers on MIDI mockups, mixing and production, sound design, and composer workflows
Alumni Spotlight
Master of Fine Arts in Music for Motion Pictures and Contemporary Media
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.
Online Graduate Diploma in Film and Game Scoring
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.
Film Scoring Summer Programme
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
Alumni Access Events
Festival in Varna
Join us in the festival of music in Varna this 2023
Orchestra recording lottery
Get ready.
Join FSAE for the next Cinema Roundtable:
MEMORIA (2021) dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul