2nd cycle singing - 2ème Cycle
Information
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Name
2nd cycle singing
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Cycle
2nd Cycle
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Course's number of years
2 years
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Maximum duration
2 years, two hours a week with the teacher and one with the assistant.
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ECTS
120
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Delivered diploma
Diplôme de 2e cycle supérieur de Chant conferring the grade of Master
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Course objectives and content
Development of artistic personality ;
Ability to design and perform a recital independently;
Ability to develop and express reflections on one's artistic practice;
Development of the ability to enter professional life;
Research and approach to a wider and more personalised repertoire;
Development of a considered and autonomous artistic practice. -
French language certificate
Candidates admitted to the competitive entrance examination for the 2nd cycle who are not nationals of French-speaking countries must present, before 30 June preceding their first enrolment at the Conservatoire, a certificate issued by a body approved by the French government attesting to a level of French at least equal to B1 on the Council of Europe's scale of common reference levels, before 10 December following their first enrolment at the Conservatoire, a certificate issued by a body recognised by the French government attesting to a level of French at least equal to B2 on the Council of Europe's scale of common reference levels.
Disciplines
Entrance exam
Male vocals (2nd cycle)
Opening date for registration : 10 October 2023
Closing date for registration : 15 November 2023
Age limit: for men, under 30 on 1 October 2024
(born after1/10/1994)
Pre-selection based on portfolio:
This cycle is open to candidates who hold a Diplôme national supérieur professionnel de musicien (DNSPM) in the same discipline in France, or an equivalent 1st cycle higher diploma from abroad.
Candidates are shortlisted by an internal jury on the basis of an examination of their application. The application must include :
- a copy of the required diploma ;
- a curriculum vitae.
Candidates who do not obtain the full higher diploma required until the end of the school year may take the competitive entrance examination by attaching a certificate of enrolment specifying their situation to their application. If they are successful in the competitive entrance examination, they will not be granted final admission until they have presented the full diploma required, no later than 30th September of their first school year. If they fail to do so, they lose the benefit of their admission.
Video pre-selection:
For the competition as a whole, candidates must provide the jury with a programme of between 30 and 40 minutes of music when they register. It must include :
- opera arias, at least one oratorio aria and at least one mélodie or lied
- at least one work written before 1800 and at least one work written after 1945
- works in French, German and Italian
Please note: this programme cannot be modified after 30 November 2024 at 23:59.
For the pre-selection, candidates must video-record 3 pieces from this programme on 3 separate files, the total length of which must not exceed 20 minutes. Candidates will upload the files to their candidate space on the dates indicated on the registration platform for the entrance competition. This platform is accessible from the Conservatoire website.
The 3 pieces must comply with the following conditions
- an opera aria
- an oratorio aria
- a melody or a lied
The 3 pieces must be in different languages, with at least one piece in French.
Please note: these videos must be recorded in your registration space by 11.59pm on 30 November 2024 at the latest.
Eligibility:
Candidates who have passed the video pre-selection will be selected for eligibility.
Procedure
Examination of musical training and sight-reading (singers), behind closed doors, at a level equivalent to the CNSMDP Certificate of Musical Training and Sight-reading (singers). This test includes (after a dressing room session) :
- spoken reading of difficult rhythms including equivalences
- reading of an excerpt from a lyric work in French or Italian
- reading a short atonal vocalise without the names of the notes
- reading a story and a classical aria in French or Italian
- analysing the tonalities, modulations and cadences of the recitative or classical aria
- reading a Lied (German Romantic)
- recognition of 4-tone chords with inversion and construction on a given sound of 4-tone chords in the fundamental state.
Holders of the Certificat de Formation musicale et lecture à vue (singers) awarded by the Paris and Lyon CNSMDs are exempt from this test.
Dates
Eligibility: Tuesday 13 February 2024
Invitation
Invitations will be sent to candidates.
Present
The musical training test will take place in person at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris.
Admission:
Candidates who have passed the admissibility test will be selected for admission.
Procedure
From the programme submitted by the candidates, the jury will select 30 minutes of music for the candidates to perform during the admission test.
At the end of the admission test, the jury will interview each candidate in French. The interview will focus on the candidates' motivations.
Support
The CNSMDP provides candidates with an accompanist.
Programme sheet
Candidates must indicate their programme on the form provided in the documents relating to this competition.
Dates
Admission: Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 February 2024.
Invitation
An invitation will be sent to candidates.
Present
The admission tests will be held in person at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris.
Language certificate
Candidates admitted.es au concours d'entrée en 2e cycle supérieur qui ne sont pas ressortissants d'Etats francophones devront présenter avant le 30 juin précédant leur première inscription au Conservatoire, un certificat émanant d'un organisme agréé par le gouvernement français attestant d'un niveau en langue française au moins égal à B1 dans l'échelle des niveaux communs de référence du Conseil de l'Europe, before 10 December following their first enrolment at the Conservatoire, a certificate issued by a body recognised by the French government attesting to a level of French at least equal to B2 on the Council of Europe's scale of common reference levels.
Maximum age : 30
Women's singing (2nd cycle)
Opening date for registration : 10 October 2023
Closing date for registration : 15 November 2023
Age limit: women must be under 28 on1 October 2024
(born after1/10/1996)
Pre-selection on the basis of a portfolio:
This cycle is open to candidates who hold a Diplôme national supérieur professionnel de musicien (DNSPM) in the same discipline in France, or an equivalent 1st cycle higher diploma from abroad.
Candidates are shortlisted by an internal jury on the basis of an examination of their application. The application must include :
- a copy of the required diploma ;
- a curriculum vitae.
Candidates who do not obtain the full higher diploma required until the end of the school year may take the competitive entrance examination by attaching a certificate of enrolment specifying their situation to their application. If they are successful in the competitive entrance examination, they will not be granted final admission until they have presented the full diploma required, no later than 30th September of their first school year. If they fail to do so, they lose the benefit of their admission.
Video pre-selection:
For the competition as a whole, candidates must provide the jury with a programme of between 30 and 40 minutes of music when they register. It must include :
- opera arias, at least one oratorio aria and at least one mélodie or lied
- at least one work written before 1800 and at least one work written after 1945
- works in French, German and Italian
Please note: this programme cannot be modified after 30 November 2024 at 23:59.
For the pre-selection, candidates must video-record 3 pieces from this programme on 3 separate files, the total length of which must not exceed 20 minutes. Candidates will upload the files to their candidate space on the dates indicated on the registration platform for the entrance competition. This platform is accessible from the Conservatoire website.
The 3 pieces must comply with the following conditions
- an opera aria
- an oratorio aria
- a melody or a lied
The 3 pieces must be in different languages, with at least one piece in French.
Please note: these videos must be recorded in your registration space by 11.59pm on 30 November 2024 at the latest.
Eligibility:
Candidates who have passed the video pre-selection will be selected for eligibility.
Procedure
Examination of musical training and sight-reading (singers), behind closed doors, at a level equivalent to the CNSMDP Certificate of Musical Training and Sight-reading (singers). This test includes (after a dressing room session) :
- spoken reading of difficult rhythms including equivalences
- reading of an excerpt from a lyric work in French or Italian
- reading a short atonal vocalise without the names of the notes
- reading a story and a classical aria in French or Italian
- analysing the tonalities, modulations and cadences of the recitative or classical aria
- reading a Lied (German Romantic)
- recognition of 4-tone chords with inversion and construction on a given sound of 4-tone chords in the fundamental state.
Holders of the Certificat de Formation musicale et lecture à vue (singers) awarded by the Paris and Lyon CNSMDs are exempt from this test.
Dates
Eligibility: Tuesday 13 February 2024
Invitation
Invitations will be sent to candidates.
Present
The musical training test will take place in person at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris.
Admission:
Candidates who have passed the admissibility test will be selected for admission.
Procedure
From the programme submitted by the candidates, the jury will select 30 minutes of music for the candidates to perform during the admission test.
At the end of the admission test, the jury will interview each candidate in French. The interview will focus on the candidates' motivations.
Support
The CNSMDP provides candidates with an accompanist.
Programme sheet
Candidates must indicate their programme on the form provided in the documents relating to this competition.
Dates
Admission: Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 February 2024.
Invitation
An invitation will be sent to candidates.
Present
The admission tests will be held in person at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris.
Language certificate
Candidates admitted.es au concours d'entrée en 2e cycle supérieur qui ne sont pas ressortissants d'Etats francophones devront présenter avant le 30 juin précédant leur première inscription au Conservatoire, un certificat émanant d'un organisme agréé par le gouvernement français attestant d'un niveau en langue française au moins égal à B1 dans l'échelle des niveaux communs de référence du Conseil de l'Europe, before 10 December following their first enrolment at the Conservatoire, a certificate issued by a body recognised by the French government attesting to a level of French at least equal to B2 on the Council of Europe's scale of common reference levels.
Maximum age : 28