Jan Grenner
Operations Director

Operations Director of the Film Scoring Summer Program, Co-Founder of the European Academy of Fine Arts and the Film Scoring Academy of Europe. Film Composer, Music Educator and Music Technology Specialist.

Debbie Smith
Recording & Mix Engineer

Music Producer, Music Editor, Educator and Principal Recording Engineer for the Film Scoring Academy of Europe & the Film Scoring Summer Program.

Vasilis Milesis
Lecturing Staff

Greek Film Composer, Orchestrator and Mix Engineer with specialty in Music Technology

George Christopoulos
Guest Lecturer

Director of the Oticons European Film Composers Agency, Guest Lecturer in Career Development and Music Business

Dimiter Fournadgiev
Pianist

Pianist for various recording sessions on the Film Scoring Summer Program

Derek Gleeson
Executive Director

Executive Director and Founder of the European Academy of Fine Arts, Film Scoring Academy of Europe and the Film Scoring Summer Program. Internationally renowned classical conductor and film music educator.

Celebrity Composer
Guest Announced Soon!

We bring celebrity composers to the Film Scoring Summer Program each year, and our students get first-hand instruction via these industry contacts. 

Conor O'Boyle
Lecturing Staff

Film composer, orchestrator, and founder of MusTalk, a Podcast of discussions with film music industry professionals.

Andy Hill
Guest Lecturer

Former Vice President of Music Production at Disney, Author of "Scoring the Screen: The Secret Language of Film Music", and MFA Director at the Film Scoring Academy of Europe

Brendan Hayes
Video Production

Video Production. Brendan will film all aspects of the program, including the recording sessions, so students will take home HD footage of their recordings.

Jeremy Leidhecker
Creative Director

Creative Director, Admissions Director of the Film Scoring Summer Program, and Co-Founder of the European Academy of Fine Arts and the Film Scoring Academy of Europe. Orchestrator, Conductor, Music Technology and MIDI Mockups Specialist.

Christo Pavlov
Score Supervisor

Bulgaria's top-call orchestrator, conductor, and music supervisor. Lecturer in orchestration and Music Supervisor for all recording sessions.

Wilhelm von Dungen
Lecturing Staff

Assistant to Christopher Young. Orchestrator, conductor, and music producer.

Svetlana Smolina
Solo Pianist

Internationally renowned classical, solo and concert pianist from Russia, Svetlana Smolina will perform the 1st Solo Piano recording session 

Néstor Romero Clemente
Video Content Director

Video Content Director for the European Academy of Fine Arts, Film Composer and Director