SCREENWORKS’ Screen Composing Mentorship program provides the opportunity for two woman-identifying or non-binary regional composers to connect with an industry professional, who will support them to develop their skills and showcase their talents
Each of the selected participants will receive one-on-one mentoring from one of Australia’s most accomplished and respected screen composers, to help them build confidence and capacity composing music for screen content.
At the completion of the program, each participant will receive $3000 to aid them in advancing their screen composing careers.
Screenworks and APRA AMCOS acknowledge the need to address the gender imbalance within the Australian and New Zealand music industry.
To help address the significant under-representation of women working as screen composers, they will be awarding both of the mentee opportunities to participants who identify as woman or non-binary.
This program is supported by the Australian Guild Of Screen Composers.
This is an outcome-focused mentoring program for two early to mid career screen composers, identifying as female or non-binary and living in regional Australia.
Antony Partos and Caitlin Yeo (pictured) will assess the shortlist of applications and choose their mentee based on their application.
The parties will then meet to discuss the needs and expectations around the mentorship. Each of the two mentorship opportunities on offer will be tailored to the specific needs of each mentee.
This could be; a structured six-week ‘bootcamp’ program where the mentee is asked to submit a specific task for their mentors feedback on a weekly basis or; the mentee seeking feedback on existing project/s from their mentor to enable them to overcome challenges.
Both participants will be required to deliver a short report about the opportunities that the Screen Composing Mentorship has presented.
Finn Clarke, 2022 Screen Composing Mentorship Mentee, spoke positively of the program.
“I attended the 2022 High Score Game Music Conference, met several of my composing heroes and spent a week building crucial industry contacts outside of Tasmania,” Finn said.
“I’m so grateful for the financial support from Screenworks to be able to do this, as well as their help with industry connections.”
Applications are now open and close July 21.
For more information, visit screenworks.com.au/learn/2023-screen-composing-mentorship
