OCTOBER 16–30, 2009

Attendees have the opportunity to win a Boss Micro-BR!

Music Academy Online is proud to present a composition workshop with award winning composer Amin Bhatia. The virtual world has arrived and it’s potential for art, education, and networking is being realized and growing every day. Spend three weekends developing your craft as a composer while at the same time developing proficiency in Second Life® with a composer whose recent release, “Virtuality: A Journey Inside Your Computer,” is a musical celebration of the virtual frontier.

Beginning in the last week of October, attendees will have the opportunity to set up a 1-on-1 tutorial with Music Academy Online’s staff to begin venturing into Second Life. We will help you create your account and provide you with tutorials that will have you exploring the virtual world in no time. And we will accommodate your schedule. By the opening day of the workshop, you will no longer feel like a ‘newbie’ and will be able to truly enjoy the workshop to the fullest.

The workshop includes discussions and presentations by Amin Bhatia and several guest presenters. The focus will be to help you develop as a composer. Each attendee will have the opportunity to score a 1 ½ minute video custom made for this seminar. Each video will be critiqued and final versions will be presented in a screening session. Each attendee will receive final versions of the video to post on their websites, YouTube, etc., with the intention that this project will help them to promote their career. Other activities are designed to help attendees become comfortable in the virtual world of Second Life.

The workshop is open to all composers age 18 and older. Attendees should have a computer that meets the operating requirements of Second Life and a microphone/headset.

The workshop fee is $300.

Space is limited, so we encourage you to register early.

Cancellation Policy: The workshop will be conducted only if a minimum of 10 people register. A full refund will be granted to everyone registered if the workshop is cancelled for any reason. A 50 percent refund of payment will be granted to anyone who has to cancel after signing up.

CALANDAR OF EVENTS-All times listed in Pacific Daylight Time

OCTOBER 11-15 Second Life Orientation/Tutorial by Appointment

OCTOBER 16 5pm Welcoming Reception

OCTOBER 17 11am Amin Bhatia, “How Much Do We See When We Hear?”

1pm Amin Bhatia, “Composing in Layers”

OCTOBER 18 1pm Composer Dave Schwartz, Ph.D. “Music Education and Second” Life”

4pm Composition Project Introduction/Discussion/Video Handouts

OCTOBER 19 4pm "Music Academy OnLIVE" with guest pianist David Phillips

OCTOBER 23 5pm Composers Anthony Lanman and Dave Schwartz, "Sharing Your Music in the Virtual World"

OCTOBER 24 11am “A Future of Music” with Dizzy Banjo (composer/artist Robert Thomas)

1pm Amin Bhatia, “Top Thirty Ways To Survive Composing for Media”

3pm

OCTOBER 25 11am Screening Session for Projects 5pm Reception

OCTOBER 26 4pm "Music Academy OnLIVE" with guest, composer Michael Schelle

OCTOBER 30 1pm Final Project Screening (Part of Music Academy Online’s Festival in Two Worlds “Integration”)

5pm After Party

About Amin Bhatia

Composer and sound designer Amin Bhatia's fascination with orchestral music and electronics won him international fame in his youth. It led to projects with David Foster, Steve Porcaro and a solo album titled The Interstellar Suite released on the Capitol Records Cinema label. The realism and expression of his sound won critical acclaim among those in both the electronic and classical music genres. Amin's approach has been likened to the harmonic inventiveness of Jerry Goldsmith and the technical prowess of Hans Zimmer.

Over the years Amin has moved into orchestral work with a sizable portfolio of film and television scores. These include the IMAX films Mysteries of the Great Lakes and Jane Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees, which feature members of the Toronto Symphony and Opera Orchestras with hit songs for the Jane Goodall documentary recorded in Africa with Johnny Clegg. Bhatia also scored the GFT epic war feature Going Back, which was recorded by the Munich Symphony Orchestra, and the animated adventure Rescue Heroes: The Movie (Nelvana), which features players from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Other films include John Woo’s Once A Thief and Iron Eagle II.

In 2005 Amin won two Gemini awards for his work in television and in 2006 Amin and co-writer Ari Posner received an Emmy nomination for the Disney animated series Get Ed. Amin and Ari are currently working on the TV series Flashpoint, which will air on CBS.

In between his film and TV music assignments, his long-awaited sequel to The Interstellar Suite (1986), entitled Virtuality, was released on May 23, 2008 - the anniversary of Bob Moog's birthday.

Visit aminbhatia.com!