Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de Musicien (DNSPM) in jazz and improvised music - 1er Cycle

Knowledge of the jazz idiom in the various phases of its evolution.

Practising the different ways of playing improvisation; working on the repertoire; deepening the techniques of writing, arranging and composing; developing the general knowledge essential to the improvising musician; helping personal creative skills to flourish.

^1st,^{2nd and}^{3rd year}workshops - The workshop is the central laboratory of each year's class, where students practise the different modes of expression of jazz and improvised music. Here they can study the main currents and the most influential musicians in the history of jazz; develop their listening and analytical skills; acquire rhythmic autonomy; and learn how to play a variety of instruments.analyse; acquire rhythmic and harmonic autonomy; work on phrasing, pulse and tempo; create their own compositions.

Compulsory curriculum subjects :

- Arrangement (^1st/2nd year)

- Composition (^3rd year)

- Experimental writing and improvisation (optional year)

- Repertoire and oral tradition (^1st/2nd/3rd year)

- History of jazz (^1st/2nd year)

- Complementary piano (for non-pianists, ^1st/2nd/3rd year)

- Big band - participation in the big orchestra (according to projects and by period)

- Work on rhythm (for non-drummers,^1st year)

- Modality/tonality (choice of year followed)

In the^3rd year of the^1st cycle, students must complete 2 writing projects in the Arrangement and Composition courses.

Instrument classes

- piano class

- drums

- double bass class

- Saxophone class

- trumpet and brass

- guitar class

- singing class

Students playing instruments not represented by the department's teachers must take part in classes on other instruments. Their distribution is established in agreement with the teaching staff.

Rhythm section classes (1st/2nd/3rd year)

Compulsory for accordion, drums, double bass, guitar, piano, vibraphone

Cross-curricular subjects :

Modern languages

Attestation of practical aspects of the profession 1 and 2

Practical work experience

Complementary optional subjects in the department (choice of year):

Modal improvisation / Music of India

Generative improvisation

Complementary drumming

Ear training

Jazz initiation (for students outside the Jazz and Improvised Music department)

Master classes and guest performances

With guest artists representing different stylistic and aesthetic worlds, students are confronted with a wide range of viewpoints and put into professional situations in workshops and/or public concerts.

Concerts / Diffusion / Exchanges

Students take part in a large number of regular concerts at the Conservatoire and elsewhere.

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Name
Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de Musicien (DNSPM) in jazz and improvised music
Cycle
1st Cycle
Course's number of years
3 years
ECTS
180
Delivered diploma
Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de Musicien (DNSPM) in jazz and improvised music
French language certificate
B1 level required
Number of complementary disciplines to validate
1

Disciplines

Cuivres Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 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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Clarinette Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Ear training (Discipline optionnelle - 0 ECTS)
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Aspects pratiques du métier 1 (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 0 ECTS)
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Aspects pratiques du métier 2 (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 0 ECTS)
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Jazz accordion (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Batterie Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Chant Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Contrebasse Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Flûte Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Guitare Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Piano Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Saxophone Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Trombone Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Trompette Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Vibraphone Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Violon Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 22 ECTS)
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Atelier 1er cycle (Discipline principale - 48 ECTS)
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Jazz arrangement (Discipline principale - 20 ECTS)
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Composition Jazz (Discipline principale - 8 ECTS)
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Ecriture et improvisation expérimentales (Discipline principale - 12 ECTS)
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Grand orchestre/Big band (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 6 ECTS)
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Histoire du Jazz (Discipline principale - 8 ECTS)
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Modalité/tonalité (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 2 ECTS)
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Piano complémentaire Jazz (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 6 ECTS)
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Répertoire et tradition orale (Discipline principale - 20 ECTS)
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Section rythmique (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 6 ECTS)
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Travail sur le rythme (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 8 ECTS)
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Langue vivante (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 3 ECTS)
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Mise en situation professionnelle - 1er cycle (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)
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Entrance exam

Jazz (1st cycle)

Opening date for registration : 10 October 2023

Closing date for registration : 15 November 2023

Exam dates : Présélections sur dossier : résultats en janvier 2024 / Admissibilités et Admissions : du 12 au 22 février 2024

Description :

Pre-selection:

The application must include:

A video lasting no more than 20 minutes in which the candidate personally plays 3 pieces, including :

- a standard (from the classical jazz or bebop repertoire )

- an original piece (preferably a personal composition )

- a free improvisation

A letter of motivation
C.V.

Eligibility:

For these tests, the candidate is accompanied by a Conservatoire rhythm section.

Audition (15 minutes maximum):

- a free piece of the candidate's choice (personal composition or not; this piece must enable the candidate to express him/herself in a stylistic aesthetic of his/her choice). The candidate must bring 8 copies of the score (3 for the accompanists and 5 for the jury).

- one piece chosen at random, and one piece chosen by the jury from a list of 10 pieces given to the pre-selected candidates, to be played from memory.

Situationaltest (10-minute preparation without an instrument - passage 5 minutes maximum)

- instrumental deciphering of an unpublished theme

- improvisation on the harmonic grid of the theme

Admission:

Written (4 hours) :

- listening test; transcription of a melodic and harmonic fragment,

- theory and history of jazz (multiple-choice test),

- harmony test (harmonisation of a given melody).

Interview with the jury (10 minutes)

N.B. : Candidates who are successful in the competitive entrance examination for the1st 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 the Common Reference Level Scale of the Council of Europe. from a body approved by the French government attesting to a level of French at least equal to B1 on the Council of Europe's Common Reference Level scale.

Maximum age : 25