Over the course of this six month Composing Studio journey, OAcademy Fellows participate in bi-weekly seminars and workshops with master composers, arrangers, orchestrators, performers, publishers, and a wide variety of industry professionals.
Using the benefits of blended learning, OAcademy Fellows get the opportunity to learn weekly from a pool of +200 faculty, connecting with an international network of composers and change-making artists. We are grateful to have welcomed a variety of guest composers who have offered masterclasses with us over the past few years.
Composing Studio Lead Artist
Gabriela Ortiz
Latin Grammy-nominated composer
Composing Studio Director
Erin Busch
Co-Founding Director of the Gabriela Ortiz Composing Studio by OAcademy
Masterclass
Andrew Norman
USC Thornton School of Music | Associate Professor
Masterclass
Angélica Negrón
Puerto Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist
Masterclass
Anna Clyne
Grammy-nominated Composer
Masterclass
Annika Socolofsky
University of Colorado Boulder | Associate Professor of Composition
Masterclass
Augusta Read Thomas
The University of Chicago | University Professor of Composition in Music
Masterclass
Clarice Assad
Grammy Award–nominated composer, pianist, vocalist, and educator
Masterclass
Donnacha Dennehy
Princeton University | Professor
Masterclass
Du Yun
Pulitzer Prize winner & 2018 Guggenheim Fellow
Masterclass
Eric Whitacre
Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor
Masterclass
Errollyn Wallen CBE
Belize-born British composer
Masterclass
Felipe Lara
The Peabody Institute | Associate Professor in Composition, and Pulitzer Prize finalist
Masterclass
Gonzalo Grau
Two-time Grammy-nominated composer
Masterclass
Igor Santos
2023 Guggenheim Fellow
Masterclass
Marcos Balter
Columbia University | Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition
Masterclass
Máximo Flügelman
Composer
Masterclass
Miguel del Águila
Composer
Masterclass
Missy Mazzoli
Mannes School of Music | Composition faculty
Masterclass
Nico Muhly
Composer
Masterclass
Osvaldo Golijov
Two-time Grammy winner
Masterclass
Rebecca Saunders
London-born composer
Masterclass
Sky Macklay
Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University | Assistant Professor & 2021-22 Guggenheim Fellow
Masterclass
Tansy Davies
Composer
Masterclass
Ted Hearne
University of Southern California | Composition faculty
Masterclass
Tonia Ko
2018 Guggenheim Fellow
Masterclass
Tyshawn Sorey
University of Pennsylvania & McArthur Genius Grant Awardee
Masterclass
William Dougherty
Harvard University | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellow
Writing for Dancers
Aiyana Braun
Composer
Orchestration
Christopher Theofanidis
Yale University | Professor
Preparing & conducting new music
Clark Rundell
Royal Northern College of Music | Head of Conducting and Director of Contemporary Music
Publishing
Daniel Dorff
Theodore Presser Company | Composer / Publisher
Publishing
Flannery Cunningham
G. Schirmer, Inc. | Composer and Promotion Manager
Collaboration with Performers
Jason Treuting
So Percussion | Composer / Performer
Contracts for composers
Jeremy Beck, esq.
Composer, Arts and Intellectual Property Attorney
Conducting new music
Matt Scott Rogers
Carlos Miguel Prieto Conducting Fellowship Director
Commissions & networking
Melissa Dunphy
Australian-born composer
CV & resume presentation
Reinaldo Moya
Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra | Composer-in-Residence
Composing for Film
Tomás Barreiro
Film composer
2026 Ensemble-in-residence
Bergamot Quartet
String Quartet
2025 artist-in-residence
Clara Warnaar
International Contemporary Ensemble | Vibraphone
2025 artist-in-residence
Juliette Kang
Philadelphia Orchestra | First Associate Concertmaster
2025 artist-in-residence
Zachary Feingold
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia | Bassoon
2024 Artist-in-residence
Chelsea Meynig
Flute
2024 Artist-in-residence
Sean Bailey
Clarinet
2024 Artist-in-residence
Tom Kraines
Cello
2023 Ensemble-in-residence
ATLYS
String Quartet
