Create your own academic experience by selecting from the following program components.
You take 15–19 credits per semester. Language courses are taught in Italian, and all other courses are taught in English or Italian.
- English-taught IES Abroad Music courses at your proficiency level (optional, 3 credits)
- IES Abroad Italian language course (required, 4 or 6 credits)
- Individual music instruction (optional, credits vary)
- English-taught IES Abroad ensemble courses (optional, 3 credits)
- English- or Italian-taught electives or ensembles at local music institutions (optional, credits vary)
- English- or Italian-taught IES Abroad elective courses (optional, 3 credits each)
- Community-based learning placement and seminar (optional, 3 credits)
- Music-related Internship and seminar (optional, 3 credits)
To learn more about IES Abroad’s innovative theoretical and pedagogical approaches to teaching language abroad, refer to the IES Abroad MAP for Language & Intercultural Communication.
Private Instrument and Voice Instruction
Past students have studied with the following faculty/ensembles
- Bassoon - Valentino Zucchiatti, Professor, Accademia de La Scala
- Cello - Silvio Righini, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica
- Clarinet - Maurizio Longoni, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica; Luigi Magistrelli, Professor, Conservatorio “G. Verdi”, Milan; Fabrizio Meloni, First Clarinet, La Scala Philarmonic Orchestra
- Double Bass - Lutz Schumacher, La Scala and Lugano Radio Orchestras, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica; Paolo Rizzi, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica
- Flute - Paola Fre, Professor, Istituto Musicale “Vittadini”, Pavia
- French Horn - Hermes Pecchinini, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica, Conservatorio “V. Bellini”, Palermo
- Guitar - Simone Fontanelli, Professor, University of Mozarteum, Salzburg (Classical); Marco Pisoni, Professor and Director, Accademica Musicale di Brera, Milan (Classical); Riccardo Bianchi, Professor, Civici Corsi di Jazz (Jazz); Walter Muto, Student Services, IES Abroad Milano (Folk)
- Harp - Mara Galassi, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica (Baroque); Luisa Prandina, First Harp, La Scala Philarmonic Orchestra (Modern)
- Oboe - Guido Toschi, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica
- Percussion - Andrea Dulbecco, Professor, Conservatorio “G. Verdi”, Milan
- Piano - Mariagrazia Bellocchio, Professor, Istituto Superiore “G. Donizetti”, Bergamo; Silva Costanzo, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica; Angela Lazzaroni, Co-Director, Accademia Ambrosiana, Milan; Victoria Terekiev, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica; Lorenzo De Finti, Professor, Scuola Svizzera, Milan; Editor, Radio Svizzera Italiana (Jazz)
- Saxophone - Ausonio Calò, Professor, Conservatorio “N. Piccinni”, Bari; Mario Marzi, La Scala Philarmonic Orchestra, Professor, Conservatorio “G. Verdi”, Milan; Giulio Visibelli, Professor, Civici Corsi di Jazz (Jazz)
- Trombone - Fulvio Clementi, Professor, Conservatorio “G. Verdi”, Como
- Trumpet - Gabriele Cassone, Professor, Conservatorio “G. Cantelli”, Novara; Andrea Giuffredi, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica; Francesco Tamiati, First Trumpet, La Scala Philarmonic Orchestra
- Tuba - Fulvio Clementi, Professor, Conservatorio “G. Verdi”, Como
- Viola - Mauro Righini, Professor, Conservatorio “G. Verdi”, Turin
- Violin - Carlo Lazzaroni, First Part, “Il Giardino Armonico” Consory, Founder, Accademia Ambrosiana, Milan; Carlo Feige, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica; Francesco Parrino, Soloist and Private Instructor
- Vocal Coaching - Maurizio Carnelli, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica; Giovanni Fornasieri, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musical; Angela Lazzaroni, Co-Director, Accademia Ambrosiana, Milan
- Voice - Patrizia Zanardi, Professor, Conservatorio "G. Frescobaldi" Ferrara; Vincenzo Manno, La Scala Chorus, Milan; Janet Perry, Professor, Bern University of the Arts, Switzerland
- Acting for Singers - Antonello Madau-Diaz, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica
Composition, Music Theory and Technology
Past students have studied with the following faculty/ensembles
- Composition: Roberto Andreoni, Director, IES Abroad Milano; Professor, Conservatorio “N. Piccinni”, Bari; Filippo Del Corno, President, Fondazione Milan; Professor, Conservatorio, “G. Tartini”, Trieste; Simone Fontanelli, Professor, University of Mozarteum, Salzburg; Luca Francesconi, Professor, Musikhögskolan, Malmö, Sweden; Carlo Pessina, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica; Giovanni Verrando, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica, Conservatory of Lugano; Michele Tadini, Professor, Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique, Lyon
- Music Theory: Roberto Andreoni, Director, IES Abroad Milano; Professor, Conservatorio “N. Piccinni”, Bari; Andrea Melis, Professor and Director, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica; Yoichi Sugiyama, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica
- Conducting: Renato Rivolta, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica
- Computer Music, Music Technology: Michele Tadini, Professor, Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique, Lyon; AGON Ard Magnetica (Massimo Marchi, dir.); Kernel Studios (Massimo Avantaggiato, dir.)
- Ear Training: Yoichi Sugiyama, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica
- Musicianship: Marco Pisoni, Professor and Director, Accademica Musicale di Brera, Milan; Yoichi Sugiyama, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica
Music History
Past students have studied with the following faculty/ensembles
- Diego Fratelli, Professor, Milano Civica Scuola di Musica (Middle Ages, Renaissance)
- Gianluca Capuano, Conductor and Researcher (Renaissance, Baroque)
- Marco Pisoni, Professor and Director, Accademica Musicale di Brera, Milan (General)
- Francesco Maria Colombo, Conductor (Opera, 18th and 19th centuries)
- Enrico Girardi, Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (Opera, 20th century)
Ensembles and Choirs
Past students have studied with the following faculty/ensembles
- A Cappella Choir Coro CLU (Pippo Molino, cond.)
- Baroque String Consort Orchestra Milano Classica (Gianluca Capuano, cond.)
- Ensemble Workshop Simone Fontanelli
- Gospel Choir Civici Corsi di Jazz (Giorgio Ubaldi, cond.)
- Jazz Band, Jazz Theory Fabio Jegher
- Strings Assistantship Orchestra Milano Classica
- Symphonic Choir I Civici Cori (Mario Valsecchi, cond.), Nuova Polifonica Ambrosiana (Fabio Locatelli, cond.)
- Symphony Orchestra La Verdi per Tutti (Jader Bignamini, cond.)
- Wind Ensemble Silvano Scanziani
NOTE: This is a list of planned course offerings. After you are accepted, you will see a list of final course offerings in your MyIESabroad account. Additionally, IES Abroad reserves the right to cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment or circumstances beyond our control.