Master of Music in Film Composition Application

Who Should Apply?

  •  Composers/musicians with an undergraduate degree and advanced training in music.
  •  Individuals seeking to launch a career in composing, orchestrating, and producing music for film, TV, video games, and other media (web and flash-based media, advertising, corporate materials, etc.)
  •  Active Film/Media Composers with some experience seeking the thorough, formal training needed to take their careers and work to a higher level.

Please complete the online form below to apply for the Master of Music in Film Composition at the Seattle Film Institute. (If you need to apply to The Master of Arts (MA) in Producing for Film  or the  Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Filmmaking please go to the other Graduate Programs Application page. For the application to the Total Immersion Certificate Program, click here.)

Apply by Mail?

If you'd prefer to apply by mail, download the Acrobat PDF file at the bottom of this page to print out. Or contact us by phone, (800) 882-4734 or email info@seattlefilminstitute.com to have a form mailed to you. 

 

Application Deadline

We offer rolling admissions, so applying early is the best strategy. Applications are accepted starting in late November. 

Once we receive your application and all the supporting documents and portfolio materials, we will process it and inform you of our decision within within 2 - 3 weeks. 

Once the class is filled, we start a waiting list. However, receipt of your tuition deposit is the only way to guarantee a space in the class once you have been accepted.

 

 

Master of Music Application Checklist:

  • To be considered for a graduate degree program, you must hold a four-year bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
    You must also have earned a 2.5 cumulative grade point average (GPA), based on a 4.0 scale earned during the last half  of the credits towards the undergraduate degree.
     
  • All applicants to the Master of Music in Film Composition  Program must submit the following materials:
  1. APPLICATION document (This online form, or print form and submit by mail).
  2. TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, including a recommendation form filled out by each recommendation writer,
    (form available for download and printing at the bottom of this page, below.)
    Whenever possible, your letters of recommendation should be sent directly to the Graduate Admissions Office by the letter writer. All letters of recommendation must arrive in a sealed envelope with the writer’s signature across the flap, whether sent directly or forwarded by the applicant.

  3. Please submit three scores of your recent compositions that you feel represent you well as a composer. These works must be in different styles/genres and for different instrumentations. Please mail directly to the Graduate Admissions office address below.

  4. Include audio recordings of at least two of the scores (MIDI or live performance).

  5. Application Processing Fee: US$50 check or money order made out to Seattle Film Institute.

  6. TRANSCRIPTS: An official transcript from any and all colleges/universities attended with evidence of the minimum of an earned four-year baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution or U.S. equivalent.
    This includes original transcripts from any institution where you might have taken credits that later transferred to another school. Whenever possible, your transcripts should come directly to the Graduate Admissions Office from the college/university of origin.

SEND ALL SUPPLEMENTARY APPLICATION MATERIAL INCLUDING TRANSCRIPTS AND LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION (also for the print application form if you are NOT applying online) TO:

Graduate Admissions
Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program

Seattle Film Institute
1709 23rd Ave. Seattle, WA 98122

Name Contact Info

Personal and Contact Information:

If you have another name than your legal that you prefer us to use, please enter it here.

Best number you can be reached at.

Alternate number where you can be reached.

U.S. Applicants please enter your Social Security number.

Seattle Film Institute is required to ask all U.S. citizens to identify their race or ethinic group. Your response is optional and will not affect admission to the school. Seattle Film Institute uses race/ethnicity data to remain in compliances with accreditation and Washington State educational requirements.

 

 (Non-U.S. Citizen or Resident Alien) Please contact me about applying for a student visa. I understand that I will be contacted by the Seattle Film Institute, the parent program of the Pacific NW Film Scoring Program.

Primary Language Spoken at home

Previous College Studies

Please list chronologically every college, university, professional school, or other post-secondary institution at which you have studied. List the most recent first. All institutions must be reported.

Undergraduate Institution 1

Also add country if outside the US or Canada

Enter the Month and Year, use 01 for day of month.

Enter the Month and Year, use 01 for day of month.

Enter the type of degree awarded (BA, BFA, BS, etc, the field or major, and the year it was awarded.

Enter the grade point average for this institution and degree.

Undergraduate Institution 2

Also add country if outside the US or Canada

Enter the Month and Year, use 01 for day of month.

Enter the type of degree awarded (BA, BFA, BS, etc, the field or major, and the year it was awarded.

Enter the grade point average for this institution and degree.

Undergraduate Institution 3

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Enter the Month and Year, use 01 for day of month.

Enter the type of degree awarded (BA, BFA, BS, etc, the field or major, and the year it was awarded.

Enter the grade point average for this institution and degree.

Undergraduate Institution 4

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Enter the Month and Year, use 01 for day of month.

Enter the type of degree awarded (BA, BFA, BS, etc, the field or major, and the year it was awarded.

Enter the grade point average for this institution and degree.

Graduate Institution 1

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Enter the Month and Year, use 01 for day of month.

Enter the field of study, and if completed, the type of degree awarded (MA, MFA, MS, etc, and the year awarded.

Enter the grade point average for this institution and degree path.

Graduate Institution 2

Also add country if outside the US or Canada

Enter the Month and Year, use 01 for day of month.

Enter the field of study, and if completed, the type of degree awarded (MA, MFA, MS, etc, and the year awarded.

Enter the grade point average for this institution and degree path.

Graduate Institution 3

Also add country if outside the US or Canada

Enter the Month and Year, use 01 for day of month.

Enter the field of study, and if completed, the type of degree awarded (MA, MFA, MS, etc, and the year awarded.

Enter the grade point average for this institution and degree path.

 

Use this space to describe any additional formal education you have received that you feel is pertinent to your application.

Musical Background

Please enter the number of years you have studied on this instrument.

Please list other instruments.

Please check your proficiency level for Music Reading

Please select your proficiency level for sight reading music

Please select your proficiency level on piano or keyboard

 

Describe your experiences and studies as a composer -- List works you have composed and include the instrumentation details and style of music:

Describe your study of Music Theory. What theories of muxic have you found most ueseful in your composing?

List three composers you have been influenced by. (These can be film composers, but do not have to be.)

What draws you to the study of music for film?

 

Describe the career in music you envision for yourself.

 

Describe your experience with and study of Music Technology and/or Audio Recording, if any; List all software you have worked with and note level: beginner / novice / advanced.

I certify by signing this application that the information I have provided is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. (Type in your name as you would normally sign it.)

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Recommendation Form.pdf (Required download)240.13 KB
Online Checklist.pdf (Download if applying online)190.62 KB
Mail In Application/Checklist.pdf (Download if mailing application)312.95 KB