Piano (Singers)

This teaching should enable singing students to decipher, learn a score, accompany themselves and accompany a singer. The teaching will be limited to the acquisition of basic piano technique. It will also enable students to familiarise themselves with the use of harmonic movements on the keyboard, with a view to developing their ear and accompanying vocalises. This teaching will also seek to make singers aware of the work of pianists (bridges with vocal accompaniment and voice direction classes).

compulsory subject for 1st cycle singers

PLACEMENT TEST
Students are tested on admission. Students whose level has been judged satisfactory will be exempted from this teaching (equivalence of the Certificate) or will be assigned to a piano class to prepare for the "Beginner" Certificate A or the "Advanced" Certificate B.
Examinations take place in the form of continuous assessment, at the rate of one per term during the two years of study.
They are organised as follows:
Certificate A "Beginner
Test 1, 1st year: Performance of 6 scales by heart (C, G, D Major and their relative keys).
Performance of 8 perfect cadences (C, G, D, A Major and their relative keys).
Sight-reading of 3-tone chords without preparation (2 clefs).
Level 2, 1st year: Performance of a Vaccaï or one of the Arie antiche (or other similar piece) given one month in advance, with singer.
Level 3, 1st year: Sight-reading of a Bach chorale given 24 hours in advance and prepared independently.
Sight-reading of a very easy piece for solo piano (20 minutes).
Performance of a piece of your choice.
Level 4, 2nd year: : Reading of a simple recitative (10-minute practice session).
Performance of a piece of your choice for solo piano.
Level 5, 2nd year: Accompaniment of a song or melody of your choice, with a singer, prepared in class.
Certificate B "Advanced
Level 1, 1st year: Sing a song or melody with piano accompaniment (preparation in class; text not compulsory).
Sight-reading of 4-tone chords.
Key 2, Year 1: Performance of cadenzas (perfect, imperfect, broken, plagal and half cadenzas in all keys) and harmonic steps.
Reading of a piece for solo piano (20-minute dressing room).
Level 3, 1st year: Performance of a melody of your choice with a singer.
Sight-reading of a Bach chorale (10-minute practice session).
Level 4, 2nd year: Sight-reading of a song or melody (20-minute practice session).
Performance of a piece for solo piano of your choice.
Level 5, 2nd year: Sight-reading of a recitative (without dressing room).
Performance of a melody of your choice with a singer.
FINAL EXAMINATION
The 6th examination is the final examination for the Certificate. The Certificate is obtained by adding together the points obtained in the tests and in the final examination, which is held before an external jury.
This final examination consists of :
for the "Beginner" Certificate A
- performance of a simple piece set 2 months in advance ;
- performance of a short, simple excerpt from an opera in the repertoire: the candidate will play in the piano
the candidate will play what seems to him harmonically, expressively and rhythmically the most essential
(given a week in advance and prepared independently).
for Certificate B "Advanced
- performance of a piece set 2 months in advance;
- sight-reading of a Bach chorale (10-minute practice session);
- performance of a short extract from an opera in the repertoire: the candidate will play what he or she considers to be the most essential harmonically, expressively and rhythmically in the piano reduction (given a week in advance and prepared independently).
In its deliberations, the jury will take into account the candidate's academic record.

2 years