Training in and through research is an essential part of teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris. With a view to carrying out and formalising a research project, the research methodology course guides students through a rigorous and proactive approach that provides them with all the keys to undertaking, designing and expressing pedagogical research. Research methodology is a compulsory subject for all students on the DE pathway.

Training in and through research is an essential part of teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris. With a view to carrying out and formalising a research project, the research methodology course guides students through a rigorous, proactive approach that gives them all the keys they need to undertake, design and express artistic research. Research methodology is a compulsory subject for all students in singing, jazz, early music, classical and contemporary instrumental disciplines, writing, composition and conducting.

At the end of the course, the dissertation gives students the opportunity to carry out independent research into their areas of interest, as a synthesis of all the knowledge acquired throughout the course. The result of a rigorous approach to an original field of research, the work is regularly published in scientific journals or presented at international conferences, including the Audio Engineering Society congresses.

This course focuses on understanding and learning about all the mechanisms of auditory perception from the points of view of the physiology of the ear, psycho-acoustics and cognitive psychology. Emphasis is placed on specific fields of application, such as research into the spoken and sung voice, auditory illusions and listening tests.

The aim of the historical approach ("H.I.P.P.": Historycally Informed Performance Practice) is to respect the sometimes narrow limits within which the geniuses of the past found their remarkable freedom. There is always a balance between the instrument, its technical approach and the expression itself, which is the ultimate goal of all our efforts. Beyond the ancient physical postures, knowledge of harmony is brought to bear as a major tool of rhetoric. Abolishing all boundaries between violinists and violists, performers become multi-skilled, usually from their first year onwards, according to the methods of transmission best suited to the students and their different cultures.