Master Electronic Music Performance
Currently, electronic musicians everywhere are searching for ways to include more live elements in their performance and Jazz musicians are exploring the possibilities of electronic music.
The EMP (Electronic Music Performance) programme prepares you for a successful career at the junction of those two directions.
The idea is to get the sound directly from your head into songs and, more importantly: on stage. Produce music at a professional level and then perform it, in new creative ways, with talented musicians. Making the most of all the possibilities music technology has to offer.
Meet our team
Meet your lecturers
STUDENT INTERVIEW - GEORGIEV ALEKSIEV
Electronic Music Performance
I am Georgi Aleksiev and I am the first student in the EMP course. I was born in Bulgaria but grew up in Belgium. I am an artist and producer, I studied jazz music, guitar, piano, vocals and drums in a music academy in Brussels. I produce pop, rock, reggae, house and many other genres and a lot of my work is already on streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. Since my first year in the conservatory, I have been experimenting more and more with the jazz material that I study in class and apply it to my tracks, and also collaborating with different musicians in my year that also influence the songs with their ideas.
Curriculum
Master Electronic Music Performance
Before you apply
Admission
requirements
Portfolio
Video Requirements
Share your un-edited video recording links in the portfolio. Videos should be uploaded to your YouTube channel ( if you don’t have one, make one). Set your videos to ‘unlisted’ so only you and we can see them. IMPORTANT: DO NOT send the actual video(s): ONLY LINKS to the video(s).
Videos should have good audio quality, where we can hear your playing very well. You can make separate short videos or one longer one.
Video content
- The candidate presents him/herself in English at the start of the video (maximum 10 minutes long).
- 3 own productions in a DAW (originals). Show the entire production and then talk us through which tools and techniques you’ve used in those productions.
- A video of you playing on your instrument. Do you play more instruments than one? Great, show it to us and send in a video per instrument, or a video in which you show you playing multiple instruments. It’s important to show your ‘jazz skills’ where you have them. Playing (jazz) piano and/or guitar is a plus!
Additional content
If you have any experience with live performing, please showcase that in a video as well. This helps us form a complete picture of your application. This performance can include electronic elements, but doesn’t have to.
If you have also written music in notation, either leadsheet or arranged in a score, this is also worth showing us. You can add a link to a cloud folder (Google Drive/OneDrive/Dropbox) with your pdf’s in it. Make sure it’s accessible to anyone who uses the link.
“Live” Audition
Depending on your level, you will be invited for an online meeting with the teachers for an online “live” audition.
During the “live” audition, we will discuss your portfolio and you present us your vision. You should be ready to show your playing skills on your preferred instrument and piano (preferred instrument can of course be piano already). The main subject teachers also may take time to test your ears, as this is an important tool of an emp-er! The most important focus, however, will be on the quality of your writing and your vision!
The “live” audition should take 20 – 45 minutes.
Master Interview
Finally, after passing the live audition, you will be invited for an interview with the jazz master coordinator to discuss your study and research plans.
The master interview should take approximately 20 minutes