Baroque violin

^1st advanced cycle

Advanced training for the instrumentalist:

Knowledge of styles and technical mastery of the instrument in different playing situations: solo, accompaniment, chamber music.

Investigation of facsimile and original texts.

Awareness of the professional context

Study and research of the Baroque repertoire, approach to the Classical and Romantic repertoire for the violin on a historical instrument.

^2nd advanced cycle

Development of artistic personality ;

Ability to design and perform a recital independently;

Ability to develop and express reflections on one's artistic practice.

Development of the ability to enter professional life.

Research and approach to a broad and personalised repertoire;

Development of a considered and autonomous artistic practice.

^1st higher cycle

Examinations

At the end of the^1st year:

- a set of works or extracts from works chosen by the jury from a 30-minute programme drawn from the repertoire worked on by the student during the year and including at least one work of ensemble music. This programme must be submitted to the head of the department at least three weeks before the examination.

- an ornamentation test, after performance with the instrument (approximately 5 minutes). Duration: approximately 20 minutes.

At the end of the^2nd year:

- a set of works or excerpts from works chosen by the jury from a 40-minute programme drawn from the repertoire worked on by the student during the year and including at least one work of ensemble music. This programme must be submitted to the Head of Department at least three weeks before the examination;

- an ornamentation test, after performance with the instrument (approximately 5 minutes).

Duration of the test: approximately 25 minutes.

DNSPM final examination

Public examination - Duration: 30 minutes maximum

-a compulsory work; posted 6 weeks before the examination date;

-a set of works or excerpts from works chosen with the teacher, drawn from the repertoire worked on by the student during the year and including at least one work of ensemble music and one movement of a sonata from the classical repertoire.

This programme must be submitted to the Head of Department at least three weeks before the examination.

The^1st cycle Baroque Violin certificate is awarded to students who pass the DNSPM final examination.

The certificate grade is that awarded by the jury at the end of the DNSPM final examination.

^2nd higher cycle

^1st year recital (non-public) :

1) a compulsory concerto or concerto movement; posted 6 weeks before the^1st year recital (duration: approximately 10 minutes) ;

2) a work (or an excerpt from a work) for solo instrument (duration: approximately 10 minutes);

3) one or more works or excerpts from works in the repertoire, including one with basso continuo, one in chamber music and one comprising a movement from a sonata in the classical or romantic repertoire (see specific technical sheet).

The examination programme must be approved by the instrument teacher. It lasts approximately 40 minutes.

^2nd year recital (public) :

A free recital, lasting no more than 50 minutes.

Awards

^1st year recital: mention Très Bien, Bien, Assez Bien or radiation

^2nd year recital: with a distinction of Very Good, Good or Fair, taking into account both the conception and the performance of the recital.

The Baroque Violin Prize is awarded to the student who obtains an award in each of the 2^2nd year recitals.

The mention for the Baroque Violin Prize is the mention awarded by the jury for the free recital in the^2nd year of the^2nd cycle.

throughout the course:

one hour per week with the baroque violin teacher and ½ hour per week with the associate classical and romantic violin teacher.