The Young Pop Academy (YPA) is a programme for pop musicians in secondary education (ages 12-18). At the YPA you can develop your creativity, musicality and technique in an inspiring environment and prepare for professional training in the field of pop music.

Core elements of the programme are creating your own music and playing together with other students. Every Saturday you will get band lessons or Production Lab, an individual lesson and a theory lesson taught by the regular YPA teachers. You can also take subsidiary lessons on a different instrument than your principal subject. In addition, about once every two months you will attend clinics or workshops taught by a variety of guest teachers from the professional field. In the final weeks of the academic year, the schedule is expanded to include some more specific electives, such as songwriting, production lessons or film music. This will introduce you to as many facets of the pop music scene as possible and give you a good idea of what the profession of pop musician entails.

Head of Young Pop Academy: Joachim Junghanss a.i.
Programme Coordinator: Tessa Raadman
Assistant Coordinator: Rosanne Sanders