Viola - 1er Cycle

Information

  • Name

    Viola

  • 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 the DNSPM at the end of the current academic year may sit the DNSPM final exam at the end of the first or second year instead of the final exam; if they fail the exam and/or are unable to validate all the disciplines attached to the DNSPM, they must continue their studies in the next year of the1st cycle and sit the DNSPM final exam 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 DNSPM in viola 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

  • Number of complementary disciplines to validate

    1

Disciplines

  • Viola (Discipline principale - 114 ECTS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • Sight reading B strings (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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  • Music analysis A (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 8 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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  • Work experience - 1st cycle (Discipline complémentaire imposée - 4 ECTS)

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Entrance exam

Viola (1st cycle)

Opening date for registration :  10 October 2024

Closing date for registration :  15 November 2024

Exam dates : du 15 au 28 février 2025 (répétitions incluses)

Description :

Eligibility

  1. one work to be chosen from list A, posted on 10 December ;
  2. a compulsory study, posted on 10 January.

Admission

  1. one compulsory work, posted on 10 December
  2. a compulsory extract from a Sonata or Partita for violin or Suite for cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, posted on 10 December
  3. a sight reading

The CNSMDP provides the candidate with an accompanist.

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 : 24