Orchestral Conducting Academy

The call for applications for our 4th cohort is now open!

The Orchestre Métropolitain and its Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin are pleased to announce their call for new applicants to take part in the OM’s Orchestral Conducting Academy, a mentorship program for emerging orchestral conductors. The applicants chosen through the selection process will be invited to join this two-year program (from September 2025 to June 2027).

The Academy aims to provide substantial experience of the symphonic milieu and to promote the career development of young conductors.

Application deadline: April 16, 2025

Before completing the application form, we encourage you to carefully read the call for applications.

Preliminary calendar (subject to change)

To document the first edition of the Academy, the OM was pleased to work with La Fabrique culturelle on Télé-Québec to produce a video about the experience of members of the first cohort, and what it takes to become an orchestra conductor.

Watch the entire video

Members of the third cohort

Members of the second cohort

Members of the first cohort

Contact

For more information, please contact:

Zofia Szymsiak
Administrative Artistic Coordinator
514 598-0870, ext.48
zszymsiak@orchestremetropolitain.com

The OM warmly thanks the Beaulieu-Saucier Foundation for its support in making this initiative a reality.

The OM warmly thanks its partner