MIKE LADOUCEUR

 orchestral composition accelerator

I’m excited to announce my Orchestral Composition Accelerator program for the second time! This program will run over 7 weeks as I guide you through the process of writing and recording for orchestra. All of the program details are below:

WHEN WILL IT TAKE PLACE?

• April 1st - May 13th 2026

WHERE & WHEN ARE THE RECORDING SESSIONS?

• Skopje, Macedonia with the FAME’S Orchestral Recording Project

• April 18th - 20 Strings

• May 9th - 50 Piece Orchestra

WHAT MATERIALS WILL I RECEIVE?

• Professionally mixed recordings of your music (up to 5 minutes of music!) from both recording sessions (Participants Only)

• Both of your ProTools Sessions with all audio files from your recordings (Participants Only)

• Behind The Scenes video footage and photos of your recording sessions (Participants Only)

• Templates for orchestration and session planning/organization

• Lifetime access to all archived group sessions

• 1 year membership to The Cue Tube

• Certificate of completion

WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS OF PARTICIPATION?

• Full Participant - As a full participant, you will have 2 group sessions a week; 1 lecture and 1 review session to go over your works in progress. These group sessions will be about 2 hours each. You will be writing your own music and working towards the recording sessions we have planned in the program. You’ll be able to record up to 5 minutes of music total and have 30 minutes with the orchestra in each recording session! You will also have an hour long 1-1 session with me ahead of each recording session so I can help you refine your work in detail. After the recording sessions, your music will be mixed by a professional mixing engineer.

• Partial Participant (NEW FOR 2ND EDITION!) - As a partial participant, you will have the same experience of a full particpant for the first half of the program. You will write a piece for the first recording session with the 20 piece string orchestra, recording up to 2.5 minutes with the ensemble. You will have an hour long 1-1 session with me ahead of this session. Your piece will also mixed by a professional engineer. You will then be an auditor for the remainder on the program.

• Auditor - As an auditor, you’ll be able to sit in on each of the group sessions, both lectures and review sessions. I won’t be able to review your music in the review sessions but you will be involved and can ask questions as the full participants. You will also receive the materials listed above.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

• Full Participants (12 Spaces) - $3600 (Early bird $3300 ends on March 16th)

• Partial Participants (6 Spaces) - $2800 (Early bird $2500 ends on March 16th)

• Auditor - $500 (Early bird $400 ends on March 16th)

WHAT DO I NEED TO PARTICIPATE?

• A Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) such as Logic Pro or Cubase

• A notation software

DO I HAVE ENOUGH SKILLS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS YET?

• This program is designed to help you learn how to orchestrate and record with an orchestra, so no previous experience in this is necessary. You don’t need to be an expert in music theory or have a music degree to participate, just a good understanding of how to write a theme and some basics of harmony. If you’ve been writing your own music for a while, whether its pop, classical, edm, film music, then this program is perfect for you.

DO I NEED TO FLY TO MACEDONIA FOR THE RECORDING SESSIONS?

• You more than welcome to join me in Macedonia for the recording sessions, but this is not required. All of the recording sessions will be streamed and you will be able to join the call directly with a high fidelity audio feed from wherever you are. You’ll be able to hear the same audio that we will hear in the recording studio!

HOW IS THE TUITION DELIVERED?

• The tuition will be delivered as a mix of group calls and 1-1 sessions. You can have a look at the schedule BELOW. All the group sessions will be recorded and archived so that you can catch up incase you have to miss a session. You’ll be able to access and reference the archive of lessons indefinitely, even after the program has finished. 1-1 sessions will be organized individually based on our mutual availability.

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