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Professor Elisabetta Brusa is the only teacher specialized in Traditional Orchestration/Instrumentation at the Conservatorio of Milan. Composition students of different levels of knowledge pass through her class which is divided into two yearly courses. Both the first and the second years consist of 10 two hour lessons and 10 one hour lessons once a week for a total of 30 hours in 20 weeks. For students enrolled in the Superior Course of Composition (please see the Conservatorio website: I Nuovi Piani di Studio + Corsi di Diploma Area 1, 2, 3, + Corsi Extracurriculari) the first course is obbligatory and the second is optional. Foreigners must be accepted as provisional students at the Conservatorio so as to follow any of the two Orchestration courses as auditors with the permission of the teacher. However, only officially enrolled Composition students at the Superior Course for a particular Degree or Diploma can take the yearly Orchestration exams.

Should one be interested in studying Composition at the Conservatorio of Milan, one should first contact the Italian Cultural Centre of one's city or country for details regarding bursaries etc. No bursaries are given by the Conservatorio of Milan and the admission deadline of April 30th, for the presentation of relative papers and taxes, is very strict. There are no fees for lessons at the Conservatorio and taxes are very low. For further information write to the addresses below. Successively, one will have to present one's diplomas, degrees etc. to the Director of the Conservatorio and an appropriate Committee will decide whether to accept and at what level to place the student.

Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi"

Via Conservatorio, 12

20122 Milano, Italy

Tel. +39-02-7621101 Fax. +39-02-76014814

http://www.conservatorio-milano.com