Conductors learn about the requirements and contingencies of conducting projects with solo voices (from 2 to 8 voices). They will experience the technical, methodological and practical challenges involved. Backed by their symphonic experience, they will explore the stylistic variety of dramatic and liturgical fields from 1750 to the present day. The course is regularly supported by student singers.

All repertoires and ensembles are covered in this course. Seven orchestral sessions a year are organised at the Conservatoire, with the Orchestre des Lauréats du Conservatoire (OLC) and the Orchestre des étudiants du Conservatoire. Sessions also take place outside the Conservatoire, with theOrchestre de Picardie and the Orchestre National des Pays de Loire (ONPL) in particular. Each year, through a series with theEnsemble Intercontemporain (EIC), music from the ^20th and ^21st centuries is given special attention. These sessions under professional conditions involve working at a desk and with two pianos alongside Alexandre Piquion, as well as four or five days spent with the orchestra with Alain Altinoglu and several guest conductors, before performing in public concerts at the Conservatoire or in partner venues.

This course aims to provide an in-depth knowledge of sound and acoustic phenomena, with a view to mastering all the mathematical and physical tools required to think about room acoustics.

After a brief theoretical approach that presents the context in which today's filmed music projects are produced (resources, human and technical organisation, production constraints, etc.), in order to shed light on the difficulties and issues involved in working together to produce a successful music recording, the course is based on a series of exercises that are highly representative of the difficulties involved in producing a filmed music project. These exercises, taken from complex, real-life projects, explore all the stages involved in producing a project.