The Course will be a workshop with daily sessions.

At the start of the Course, active students must present an original composition (already written, or sketched in outline) for a solo instrument or a chamber ensemble with a maximum of six instruments, including: string quartet, flute (flute in G), clarinet (or bass clarinet). 

As work during the Course proceeds, the piece will be rehearsed by musicians “in residence”: the Quartetto Prometeo, including flutist Matteo Cesari and clarinetist Paolo Ravaglia. If possible, the composition will be performed at the final concert.

The candidate must present the following materials:

1. The scores of one or two of their recent compositions
2. A transcription for string quartet of a “sonata” by Domenico Scarlatti, to be chosen from the following: K. 264 in E maj. (L. 466), K. 519 in F min. (L. 475).

Scores for these pieces must be received by the Secretary’s Office of the Accademia Chigiana, together with the application form, and payment of the entrance-examination fee by May 31st. The Accademia Chigiana will communicate to all candidates the result of selections made by the examining commission.