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 400 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

Isak Lundberg

Isak Lundberg (Sweden)

Isak Lundberg is a Swedish composer and arranger working across pop, orchestral music, musical theatre and film. He has created arrangements for artists such as Veronica Maggio, Marcus & Martinus and Daniel Adams-Ray, and collaborated with some of Scandinavia’s leading orchestras on live performances and studio productions. Alongside his work as an arranger, Isak composes for film and musical theatre and is currently writing the music for the upcoming musical The Owl That Could Only Twit, premiering in 2027.
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Online Graduate Diploma in Film and Game Scoring

Christopher Keyes

Chris Keyes (United States)

Chris Keyes is an audio engineer, composer, and sound designer from Brooklyn, New York. Previously with Walker, the award-winning bicoastal music house, he now works freelance on projects for brands including Apple, Google, and Nike. His work spans original composition, sound design, and mixing, combining technical precision with a musical approach to storytelling across advertising and branded content. Alongside his professional projects, Chris continues to deepen his study of composition and orchestration, building on his production experience as he develops his voice in film and game music.
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Film Scoring Summer Programme

Tobias Lingen

Tobias Lingen (Germany)

Tobias Lingen is based in the Cologne/Bonn area in Germany. His time at the Film Scoring Academy of Europe in Varna, with its intensive practical experience of working with orchestra, became an important foundation for his further musical development and later MA studies in Orchestration at the University of Chichester. Alongside his musical work, Tobias is active in arts education as Managing Director of RSIAD, a higher-education provider for art and design, and Rhein-Sieg-Akademie Kunstkolleg, a secondary school specialising in arts education and additional vocational qualifications. He is currently particularly interested in classical composition and improvisation.

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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