DISCIPLINES 

The French Conservatory accepts children and adults of all levels

 
 

BALLET

French classical ballet (one-on-one only)

Contemporary dance (one-on-one only)

 
 

MUSIC

 

INSTRUMENTS

Piano

Vocal Arts

Guitar

Violin

Viola

Cello*

Trumpet

Saxophone

Clarinet

THEORY

Solfège

Ear training

Harmony

Music Analysis

Music History

Orchestration

Counterpoint

Composition

PRODUCTION

MIDI & Audio production

Audio Engineering*

Synthesis & Sound design

Virtual Orchestration

Scoring to Picture

Songwriting*

 

Disciplines marked by * are temporarily unavailable.

CURRICULUM

 

1ST CYCLE:

INITIATION, BEGINNER AND PREPARATORY LEVELS

 
 

Initiation 1, 2 & 3

  • Development of intuitive rhythmic and tonal senses through voice and movement

  • Introduction to instrumental studies

  • Early ear training

  • General music skills development (listening, communication, synchronization…)

Beginner 1, 2 & 3

  • Ear training

  • Introduction to sight reading

  • Introduction to basic rhythms

  • Introduction to music writing

  • Introduction to music history

  • Early instrumental studies

Preparatory 1, 2 & 3

  • Sight reading in multiple clefs

  • Common rhythms and time signatures

  • Ear training, music dictation (rhythmic and tonal)

  • Study of tonality (identifying tonalities and alterations)

  • Music history

  • Interpretation / Music analysis

  • Introduction to orchestration

  • Instrumental studies

  • Introduction to chamber music

  • Introduction to improvisation

 
 
 

2ND CYCLE:

ELEMENTARY, ADVANCED & DIPLOMA OF MUSICAL STUDIES

 
 

Elementary 1, 2 & 3

  • Sight reading in multiple clefs

  • Introduction to complex rhythms and time signatures

  • Ear training, music dictation

  • Music history

  • Introduction to principles of harmony

  • Improvisation

  • Orchestration

  • Instrumental studies, chamber music

  • Interpretation / Music analysis

Advanced 1, 2 & 3

  • Sight reading in multiple clefs

  • Ear training, music dictation

  • Treaty of Harmony

  • Introduction to composition & counterpoint

  • Improvisation

  • Orchestration

  • Music history

  • Instrumental studies, chamber music

  • Interpretation / Music analysis

Diploma of Music Studies (DMS)

  • Sight reading in multiple clefs

  • Ear training, polyphonic music dictation

  • Completion of the treaty of Harmony

  • Composition, counterpoint, study of traditional writing styles

  • Tonal, Atonal & Modal music composition

  • Improvisation

  • Orchestration

  • Completion of the music history program (until 20th century)

  • Intensive instrumental studies, chamber music

  • Interpretation / Music analysis

 

3RD CYCLE:

SUPERIOR LEVELS

 
 

Medal of Conservatory (Bronze, Silver & Gold)

  • Composition, counterpoint, study of contemporary writing styles

  • Tonal, Atonal, Modal & Experimental music composition

  • Improvisation

  • Orchestration

  • Introduction to modern music technologies

  • Introduction to music production

  • Introduction to synthesis and sound design

  • Introduction to virtual orchestration

  • Introduction to physics of sound and psycho-acoustic

  • Contemporary music history (20th century to nowadays)

  • Intensive instrumental studies, chamber music

  • Preparation to international competitions

  • Preparation to the Medal of Conservatory

Prize of Conservatory

  • Composition, counterpoint, study of contemporary writing styles

  • Tonal, Atonal, Modal & Experimental music composition

  • Improvisation

  • Orchestration

  • Music production

  • Composition for multimedia (scoring to picture etc…)

  • Synthesis and sound design

  • Virtual orchestration

  • Physics of sound

  • Psycho-acoustic

  • Contemporary music history studies (20th century to nowadays)

  • Intensive instrumental studies, chamber music

  • Preparation to international competitions

  • Preparation to the Prize of Conservatory