Organ improvisation - 1er Cycle

Information

  • Name

    Organ improvisation

  • Cycle

    1st Cycle

  • Course's number of years

    3 years

  • Maximum duration

    3 years

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

  • ECTS

    180

  • Delivered diploma

    Diplôme de1er cycle supérieur d'Improvisation au clavier (1st cycle advanced diploma in keyboard improvisation)

    The distinction (Très bien, Bien or Assez bien) qualifying the Diplôme de1er cycle supérieur is that awarded by the jury at the end of the final examination in the main discipline.

    The Diplôme de1er cycle supérieur d'Improvisation au clavier is also awarded to students who did not obtain a distinction in the final examination in their main discipline, 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

    Specific practice of improvisation in the context of the organist's profession.

    Study of languages and forms, learning improvisation structured by harmonic discourse.

  • French language certificate

    B1

  • Number of complementary disciplines to validate

    1

Disciplines

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

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

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  • Organ improvisation (Discipline principale - 142 ECTS)

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

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

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  • Introduction to writing B (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 8 ECTS)

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  • Keyboard harmonization A (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 8 ECTS)

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  • Modern language (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 3 ECTS)

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

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Entrance exam

Keyboard improvisation - Organ (1st cycle)

Opening date for registration :  10 October 2024

Closing date for registration :  15 November 2024

Exam dates : Du dimanche 16 au mardi 18 février 2025 (répétitions incluses)

Description :

Admission

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach: the first or last movement of one of a choice of six Trio Sonatas
  2. a work to be chosen from list A, posted on 10 January
  3. organ harmonisation of an imposed classical text or an imposed popular song, followed by a free improvisation on this theme, maximum duration 5 minutes
  4. free improvisation of three short pieces, lasting a total of approximately 5 minutes, on a single compulsory element.

Rounds 3 and 4 are preceded by a 20-minute practice session without an instrument.

Students studying organ at one of the Paris or Lyon CNSMDs are exempt from rounds 1 and 2.

Candidates who are successful in the competition for entry to 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 B1 on the Council of Europe's scale of common reference levels.

Maximum age : 26