The music history courses cover musical practices from the ^eighteenth century to the present day, covering both the scholarly and popular repertoires.

The openness of the class is reflected in meetings with musicologists as well as performers, composers, teachers and programmers, in extra-curricular sessions and in visits abroad.

The class teaches students how to write history, giving priority to contact with original documents (old scores, sound recordings, archives, etc.) and their critical analysis, as well as meetings with witnesses (creators, performers, teachers, institutional players, etc.).

Research dissertations are an important part of the course. Their subjects are chosen according to the students' areas of interest.

A different theme is chosen each year. For example: Musical life in London since the eighteenth century; The Paris Conservatoire (1795-1914); Opera in France, from score to stage (1870-1914); Piano technique (^{nineteenth-twentieth} centuries): an investigation into the instrumental gesture; 'Popular' music: Paris - London - New York (1864-1939); The sound experience (^{eighteenth-twenty-first} centuries).

This course is open to students studying the trombone and bass trombone, and provides an opportunity to discover or deepen their knowledge of the instrumental construction of the trombone, its historical development and the variety of repertoires associated with it.

Dating from the ^fifteenth century, the sources quickly show the massive use of the instrument throughout Europe in the ^sixteenth and ^seventeenth centuries, both within instrumental ensembles and in association with the voice (masses, motets, etc.), not forgetting its use in ceremonies and festive events, both in European courts and in popular usage, as attested by period representations.

The construction of the instrument changed little until the end of the ^eighteenth century, and especially during the ^nineteenth century (widening of the bore, flaring of the bell, etc.) to enable it to be adapted for use in orchestras.

This discipline is a way of recognising and valuing students' commitment and all their extra-curricular activities. It aims to promote student involvement in the life of the institution, or more broadly in society, in a spirit of openness, solidarity and responsibility.

This discipline concerns students who are

• have been elected to one of the institution's governing bodies ;
• who are already involved in community life or who wish to embark on a community adventure;
• supporting foreign students during their studies;
• supporting students with disabilities during their studies;
• carrying out a civic service mission that is not already validated as a work placement in their course.