Complementary chamber music D

Chamber music practice that is as varied and open as possible in terms of :

• repertoire ;
• instrumental training ;
• diversity of teaching.

Chamber music sessions

The department organises two chamber music sessions a year, one in the autumn term and the other in the spring term, according to the following timetable:

No student may take more than two modules per semester.

No student may take part in more than two duets per module (except for percussion, double bass and harp: one duet).

This discipline is divided into four teaching modules, each lasting one semester:

• Module A: Compulsory Formation
• Module B: Contemporary writing programme
• Modules C and D: Free formation

Module D: Free formation

This module can be taken in any configuration, regardless of the type of programme.

During the examination, the programme must last 15 minutes.

This module may be waived if you have obtained a^1st or^2nd cycle chamber music or string quartet diploma.

Compulsory for all students enrolled on the^1st cycle in the department of classical and contemporary instrumental disciplines (except Organ-interpretation, Organ improvisation and Piano improvisation), from the ^1st year.

The situation of students in the^1st cycle of chamber music -^2nd main discipline is examined on a case-by-case basis.

On reasoned request to the Head of Department, the first-year assignment may be postponed for one year.

Assessment

Before each examination session, each teacher confirms to the Registrar the list of groups that he or she will be presenting at the session and gives an assessment of their attendance and work.

An internal jury validates or rejects the group's performance and awards an AB, B, TB, TB unanimously and TB unanimously with congratulations for the corresponding module.

Oral presentation

Students will give a short oral presentation (maximum duration three minutes), in one or more voices, focusing mainly on the reasons for their choice of repertoire for this round; for example, the formation, style, writing techniques, originality of the work, etc. They will base their presentation on a written report, which will be presented to the class. They will use a personal argument based on the score, choosing an angle or aspect of the work on which they wish to focus in particular.

Teachers of music analysis, introduction to music history, research methodology or French can help prepare this presentation.

Validation on video

Students in the final year of the^1st cycle have the opportunity to validate one and only one module from modules A, C and D by video during the spring semester.

They submit their videos according to the procedures and timetable set by the department (generally around March).

The video must be approximately 15 minutes long and the performance must have been recorded during the school year in a concert situation.

The department has the right to refuse videos whose format is not compatible with the department's tools and/or whose quality it deems insufficient for assessment purposes. The student must be visible and recognisable on the video. The group may include people from outside the Conservatoire.

An internal jury validates or rejects the group's performance and awards an AB, B, TB, TB unanimously and TB unanimously with congratulations for the corresponding module, according to the same criteria as the face-to-face validation.

Complementary chamber music certificate

To obtain the certificate, each student must pass all the modules corresponding to his or her course of study:

Between 2 and 6 semesters

Until the attestation is obtained in full, students must enrol for at least one semester per year.

Students who have not obtained the attestation by the start of their final year of study in the cycle must enrol for the autumn semester.