Diplôme de 2ème cycle supérieur de Jazz et Musiques Improvisées conferring the grade of Master - 2ème Cycle

Information

  • Name

    Diplôme de 2ème cycle supérieur de Jazz et Musiques Improvisées conferring the grade of Master

  • Cycle

    2nd Cycle

  • Course's number of years

    2 years

  • ECTS

    120

  • Delivered diploma

    Diplôme de 2ème cycle supérieur de Jazz et Musiques Improvisées conferring the grade of Master

  • Number of complementary disciplines to validate

    1

Disciplines

  • Ear training (Discipline optionnelle - 0 ECTS)

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  • Clarinette Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Masterclass / Interventions / Répétitions Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 0 ECTS)

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  • Batterie complémentaire (Discipline optionnelle - 0 ECTS)

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  • Cuivres Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Jazz accordion (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Batterie Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Chant Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Contrebasse Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Flûte Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Guitare Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Piano Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Trompette Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Trombone Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Vibraphone Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Violon Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Saxophone Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Atelier 2e cycle (Discipline principale - 27 ECTS)

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  • Classical and contemporary analysis (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 2 ECTS)

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  • Ecriture et improvisation expérimentales (Discipline principale - 11 ECTS)

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  • Grand orchestre/Big band (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 12 ECTS)

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  • Histoire et analyse du Jazz (Discipline principale - 8 ECTS)

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  • Orchestration classique et contemporaine (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 2 ECTS)

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  • Projet symphonique (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 13 ECTS)

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  • Répertoire et tradition orale (Discipline principale - 10 ECTS)

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  • Aspects pratiques du métier 3 (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 2 ECTS)

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  • Aspects pratiques du métier 4 (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 1 ECTS)

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  • Langue vivante (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Initiation à la pédagogie (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Mise en situation professionnelle - 2e cycle (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 6 ECTS)

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  • Méthodologie de recherche (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 3 ECTS)

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  • Travail d'étude personnel (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 9 ECTS)

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Entrance exam

Jazz (2nd cycle)

Opening date for registration :  10 October 2023

Closing date for registration :  15 November 2023

Exam dates : Présélection sur dossier : résultats janvier 2024 - Admission du 19 au 22 février 2024

Description :

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 diploma from a higher cycle abroad.

Candidates who do not obtain a full 1st cycle diploma until the end of the academic year may take the entrance examination by submitting a certificate of schooling specifying their situation with 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 30 September of their first school year. If they fail to do so, they will lose the benefit of their admission.

 

Pre-selection:

 

The application must include:

  • A detailed presentation of an artistic project explaining the candidate's personal aesthetic approach;
  • A letter of motivation;
  • A CV;
  • A video of no more than 30 minutes in which the candidate performs and presents his or her writing and improvisation concept.

 

Admission:

 

1. Written tests: Open piano dressing room (4 hours )

  • Writing for a big band (1 page);
  • Develop a composition based on a theme or rhythmic cell on 2 staves;
  • History of jazz: Write a text on each of the 3 questions asked.

 

2. Audition: (30 minutes maximum)

  • Programme: A personal composition arranged for a group chosen from among our students (maximum one quintet); an arrangement of a piece from the standard repertoire for the same group. Rehearsals must be held in advance with students from the department. The personal composition should allow the candidate to express his/her own aesthetic direction.
  • Sight-reading of a piano standard with a 15-minute dressing room with piano (for non-pianists only).

3. Interview in French on the candidate's motivations (approximately 15 minutes).

 

N.B. : Candidates admitted to the competitive entrance examination for the2nd 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 an organisation approved by the French government attesting to their level of proficiency in French. N.B.: Candidates who are not nationals of French-speaking countries will be required to present a certificate from a body approved by the French government attesting to a level of French at least equal to B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.chelle des niveaux communs de référence du Conseil de l'Europe, then before 10 December following 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.é 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