This module was designed to help our students develop their creative and musical skills in a practical fashion. Our lectures from industry professionals cover a diverse range of topics including lyric writing, song arrangement, the use of harmony and melody, and the real-world side of writing and production sessions.

In these group classes, students are exposed to the ins and outs of the French and European music industry with lectures from some of the most important players in the field. This includes Label Execs, Publishers, Managers, Artists, Producers, Bookers, and more. This is a chance to learn from and connect with high-ranking people in the industry in a more direct way than what is offered at any other institution.

A unique feature of Wisseloord Academy is the wide variety of talents and experiences displayed by our students. Some have been at it for years and have highly developed skills in songwriting, performing, and playing instruments, while others are just beginning to dip their toe into the world of musical creativity. In these hands-on classes, students teach one another by partaking in production and songwriting sessions. These sessions are guided by mentors of the Academy and guest lecturers who deliver 1-on-1 feedback to help mold and develop creative visions.

We designed this module to demystify modern music production techniques. This means learning the fundamental principles behind various Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) and plug-ins. We cover sound design, synthesis, MIDI programming, signal processing, vocal production, and “in-the-box” recording and mixing.

This course is broken up into three levels of difficulty based on the student experience. Whether you’ve never opened GarageBand before or are an Ableton veteran looking to expand your knowledge, we have the course for you.

This module revolves around audio and understanding the principles of sound. We use the brand-new studios of Artistic Palace to teach a varied number of topics including acoustics, digital and analogue recording techniques, the fundamentals of mixing and mastering, advanced mixing and mastering, and full-band recording.

We aim to help students develop the skills necessary to confidently record, mix, and master full live bands at a professional level.

In this module, we will accompany you through the development process of solidifying your image and presence as an artist on stage. This entails stage coaching for live performances as well as designing the overall artists’ sound set from the ground up. Whether you want to work with live bands, a DJ, or a hybrid of live and pre-sequenced music, this course covers it all and ultimately aims to put our students at an advantage through contact with industry insiders and professionals in the field.

Full-year course of 30 weeks + 3 weeks of evaluations

Starts on September 18th, 2023

Module 1, Module 2, Module 3, Module 4, Module 5

Price for the full year: €7380 (There are several funding options for this course. For more info, please Contact Us).

Semester Course of 20 weeks  (Starting the 5th of December 2023)

Price semester: €4980

In the semester course, we select carefully a few students who can join the group who started in September, after we’ve checked their musical level and experience and made a clear pedagogic plan for the semester.

Certain students who are, for example, beginners in MAO or Audio recording, may need to follow a few private classes to be allowed to start the program.

SUMMER COURSE

(from the 10th till the 23rd of July 2023) in PARIS!

For 5 days per week for 2 weeks (10.00-18.00), you will have morning classes on songwriting, composition, production, business guidance, and practical assignments in groups. In the afternoon, you will have some writing/production creative sessions that will brief you on the industry. Then, on weekends, the studios are accessible to the participants who want to finish tracks. During the last Sunday, you will be a listening session of the work created with some guests from the industry.

Price: €1075

This course is built for people who like to focus more on the sonic and technical parts of the creative process in music making.

This program is split between the Artistic Palace Studios in Paris and the temple of the Wisseloord Studios in The Netherlands.

For more info on that Full Course, please Contact Us…

This 10-week course includes 4 hours per week in small writing groups + assignments and guidance + online sessions with international students.

In this course, you will learn all the ins and outs of how to write catchy pop songs, how to structure your story, and how to use all your senses. Most importantly, you’ll learn all this through some very practical assignments. The creative sessions will be based on real briefings from the industry. Much more than a school lesson, you’ll get the chance to have your songs pitched to artists, managers, labels, media music agencies, and many more…

Price : 1900€

During this 3-day course of 8 hours per day, you will work intensively on mastering your production skills.

Beginners : 800€

Confirmed : 800€

Pros : 950€

In the pro course, we’ll go beyond the basics and learn more in-depth about production techniques. In addition to standard classes, we will also organise international collaboration sessions between the participants that come to us from diverse countries and top-industry leaders.

In partnership with BMG Benelux.

You can join our exclusive writing sessions in The Wisseloord Studios in The Netherlands for 150€/session.

During those exclusive writing sessions, you will join creative sessions with a broad panel of more than 300 songwriters, composers, and producers.

From January 2024, we will offer some writing sessions in our campuses of Hilversum, Paris, Milano, Reykjavik and Tallinn.

“On demand,” 2-hour class : 200€ where you can work in-depth with a mentor and mix your own tracks.

Analogue Recording & Mixing: 4h, “on-demand” class: 415€. These private classes on how to record can take place at Artistic Palace studios or the Wisseloord Studios (Studio 1 or 2), depending on your wishes.

Career Development/Industry Network: Package of 4 seminars of 4hours: 500€

Full-Skills Audio Engineering : 4000€ 5 private lessons + ability to join 10 studio sessions. Planning during the year depends on studio projects in Artistic Palace studios and/or Wisseloord Studios in The Netherlands.