Viola

Deepening of technical skills (etudes, scales, etc.).

Development of artistic sensitivity and knowledge of different styles through study of the repertoire (from Baroque to contemporary).

Automatic

^1st YEAR HIGH SCHOOL

^1st year examination

The jury chooses a part of the programme which must include :

• a compulsory etude, posted two months before the examination ;
• an excerpt from a compulsory solo work by Johann Sebastian Bach, to be posted two months before the examination;
• a work of your choice, in agreement with the teacher (duration limited to 10 minutes).

Year² exam

The jury chooses a part of the programme which must include :

• a compulsory contemporary work, posted two months before the examination ;
• a sonata movement with piano of the candidate's choice, in agreement with the teacher;
• three compulsory orchestral excerpts from the list of "viola orchestral excerpts", posted six weeks before the examination.

DNSPM final examination

Public recital

Duration: 30 minutes maximum

1. a compulsory contemporary work, posted two months before the examination ;
2. a programme of your choice, including works in different styles, in agreement with the teacher.

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

The certificate is awarded on the basis of the results of the DNSPM final examination.

^2nd higher cycle

^1st year recital

Non-public recital

Duration: 40 minutes maximum

1. a concerto of the student's choice, in agreement with the teacher, played in its entirety ;
2. a contemporary work to be chosen from a list provided two months before the examination;
3. an oral commentary by the jury after deliberation.

^2nd year recital

Public recital

Duration: 50 minutes maximum

Free programme

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

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

Throughout the course.