Orchestra Training for Wind Instruments (OTWI) is a joint project for the preparation of a joint MA programme in the field of music higher education. The consortium aims to create a programme that can attract and enroll students from all over the world while also providing a solution to a gap in the field of classical music training. During the grant the partner institutions design a joint MA programme to train wind instrument students in the area of symphony and other orchestral formations. Main features of the study programme will be the strong practical focus through intense workshop, traineeship periods and the diverse international background thanks to the member HEIs’ varied legacy, history. As a result the consortium will have prepared the following documents: - Purpose and justification for the establishment of the study programme (background research, labour market aspects) - Training and Qualification Requirements, including learning outcomes - Joint study programme and integrated teaching/training activities: curriculum and subject syllabuses - Monitoring and assessment methods and criteria, examination/performance evaluation rules and procedures - Joint student admission requirements, application and selection rules and procedures - Description of staffing and infrastructural conditions - Description of quality assurance methods and processes - Plan for common services offered to students - Joint degree policy - Joint administrative and financial management strategy - Draft joint partnership agreement between the participating HEIs - Draft joint Student Agreement - Joint promotion and awareness-raising strategy - Letters of intent from the external partner institutions (orchestras) - Full application material to be submitted to the Educational Authority for accreditation