Clarinet - 1er Cycle

Information

  • Name

    Clarinet

  • Cycle

    1st Cycle

  • Course's number of years

    3 years

  • Maximum duration

    Students in the first and second years of the1st cycle who feel that they can complete the DNSPM at the end of the current school year may sit the DNSPM final examination at the end of the first or second year instead of the final examination; if they fail the examination and/or do not pass all the disciplines attached to the DNSPM, they must continue their studies in the next year of the1st cycle and sit the DNSPM final examination again.

  • ECTS

    180

  • Delivered diploma

    National Higher Professional Diploma for Musicians (DNSPM)

    The distinction (Très bien, Bien or Assez bien) qualifying the DNSPM is that awarded by the jury at the end of the DNSPM final examination.

    The Clarinet DNSPM is also awarded to students who did not obtain a distinction in the DNSPM final examination but whose results in the first and second year examinations so permit, in accordance with the procedures described in Title I - article 5 of the study regulations.

  • Course objectives and content

    Advanced training for instrumentalists :

    • development of artistic sensitivity and individual and collective technical mastery ;
    • broad cultural training in both practical and theoretical fields (complementary disciplines);
    • awareness of the professional context.

  • French language certificate

    B1

  • Bachelor's degree

    A partnership between the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris and Sorbonne-Université enables Conservatoire students who so wish, and who are admitted to the 1st cycle, to obtain, together with the Conservatoire's 1st cycle diploma, and subject to fulfilling the conditions for enrolment at the university, the Bachelor degree of Music and Musicology from Sorbonne-Université, including the Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de Musicien (DNSPM) from the CNSMDP, and validation at the university of four 26-hour courses, spread over four semesters, chosen from the "Domaines musicologiques" teaching units.                                
                                    
    Students are free to choose at which stage of their studies at the Conservatoire (1st or 2nd cycle) they wish to begin this university course.                                
                                    
    Registration and payment of university fees are required to follow the courses.   

  • Number of complementary disciplines to validate

    1

Disciplines

  • Clarinet (Discipline principale - 114 ECTS)

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  • Music analysis A (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 8 ECTS)

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  • Practical aspects of the business 2 (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 0 ECTS)

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  • Practical aspects of the job 1 (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 0 ECTS)

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  • Instrumental music training A - ear module (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Instrumental music training B - rhythm module (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 2 ECTS)

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  • Instrumental music training C - singing module (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 2 ECTS)

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  • Introduction to the history of music (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 2 ECTS)

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  • Modern language (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 3 ECTS)

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  • Sight-reading wood (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Lecture à vue bois B (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Work experience - 1st cycle (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Complementary chamber music A (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 3 ECTS)

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  • Complementary chamber music B (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 3 ECTS)

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  • Complementary chamber music C (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 3 ECTS)

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  • Complementary chamber music D (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 3 ECTS)

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  • Orchestra (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 16 ECTS)

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Entrance exam

Clarinet (1st cycle)

Opening date for registration :  10 October 2024

Closing date for registration :  15 November 2024

Exam dates : Du 24 au 28 février 2025 répétitions incluses

Description :

Eligibility

  1. a compulsory etude, posted on 10 December
  2. one compulsory work from the 20th century repertoire, posted on 10 December

Admission

  1. two compulsory works, posted on 10 December
  2. a sight reading

The CNSMDP provides the candidate with an accompanist.

Candidates who are successful in the competition for entry to the 1st cycle supérieur and 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.

Maximum age : 24