Organ improvisation

Study and practice the most characteristic rhythmic, harmonic and melodic languages.

Study of forms. Accompaniment on screen. Group improvisation. Improvisation on given themes or elements. Free improvisation.

^1st YEAR HIGH SCHOOL

^1st year examination

Duration: 15 minutes maximum

• three parts, each lasting 5 minutes, preceded by 30 minutes' practice without an instrument, one of which is chosen from a compulsory form to be chosen from two on offer.

Year² exam

Duration: 25 minutes maximum

• three parts, each lasting 5 to 8 minutes, preceded by a 30-minute practice session without an instrument, one of which is in a compulsory form to be chosen from two on offer.

In the case of a test using an audiovisual support, this is communicated to the candidate three days before the test. In this case, the dressing room time is reduced to 20 minutes.

DNSPM final examination

Public recital

Duration: 25 minutes maximum

• three rounds, each lasting 5 to 8 minutes, preceded by a 30-minute performance without an instrument, one of which is in a compulsory form to be chosen from two on offer.

In the case of a test using an audiovisual support, this is communicated to the candidate three days before the test. In this case, the dressing room time is reduced to 20 minutes.

The^1st cycle Advanced Certificate in Organ Improvisation is awarded to students who have passed the final examination of the^1st cycle Advanced Certificate.

The grade of the certificate is that awarded by the jury at the end of the final examination of the^1st cycle.

^2nd advanced cycle

^1st year recital

Non-public recital

Duration: 30 minutes maximum

1. three rounds of 5 to 10 minutes each, preceded by a 30-minute performance without an instrument, one of these three rounds being in a compulsory form and/or language, with a choice of two;
2. an oral commentary by the jury after deliberation.

In the case of a test involving the use of an audiovisual medium, this will be communicated to the candidate three days before the test. In this case, the dressing room time is reduced to 20 minutes.

^2nd year recital

Public recital

Duration: 40 minutes maximum

• four rounds of 8 to 10 minutes each, preceded by a 40-minute performance without an instrument, one of these four rounds being in a compulsory form and/or language, the other being a free improvisation on two compulsory themes.

In the case of a test using an audiovisual medium, this will be communicated to the candidate three days before the test. In this case, the time in the dressing room is reduced to 30 minutes.

The Organ Improvisation Prize is awarded to the student who has won a prize in each of the two^2nd cycle recitals.

The mention for the Organ Improvisation Prize is the mention awarded by the jury for the recital in the^2nd year of the^2nd cycle.

For the duration of the curus.