Education and training structures
Conservatories (CRR, CRD, CRC/CRI)
The classification of arts education establishments specialising in conservatories with communal, intercommunal, departmental or regional radiation aims to strengthen the national network of public education in music, dance and drama. It attests to a qualitative and professional foundation that is identical everywhere and for everyone, enabling a wide variety of profiles to be fostered by both amateurs and students integrating the higher education of artistic creation.
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Public higher education institutions
The higher education of the living performance is carried by 33 institutions offering diplomas in the fields of music, dance, theatre, puppetry and circus arts. They have about 3,500 graduate students.
You will find in the attached document a description of the related training provision for the national diplomas of the Ministry of Culture, as well as the diplomas of institutions conferring a university degree.
For more information on these courses, please refer to the brochure "Higher education artistic creation"
Curriculum : All of these institutions prepare for at least one national undergraduate diploma (Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de Musicien, and/or Diplôme d'Etat de professeur de Musique, three-year initial training courses. National institutions also prepare for the Certificate of Suitability for the functions of music teacher, and for degrees conferring Master’s degree.
Establishments Nationals
>> Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris
209 avenue Jean Jaurès - 75019 Paris
Tel. 01.40.40.45.45
www.cnsmdp.fr
>> Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon
3, quai Chauveau - 69266 Lyon cedex 09
Tel. 04.72.19.26.26
www.cnsmd-lyon.fr
Admission requirements Depending on the specialties, recruitment is carried out on a competitive basis for candidates aged 16 to 30. Derogations are provided for younger and particularly brilliant students.
Other stateinstitutions of higher education
>> Pôle d'enseignement supérieur Paris Boulogne-Billancourt (PSPBB)
14, rue de Madrid 75008 Paris
Tel. 01.44.90.78.08
www.pspbb.fr
>> Pôle d'enseignement supérieur de la musique Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France “Pôle Sup’93”
41 avenue Gabriel Péri 93120 La Courneuve
Tél. : Scolarité : 01.43.11.25.05 – Cursus DNSPM : 01.43.11.25.00 – Cursus DE musique : 01.43.11.25.06
www.polesup93.fr
>> Pôle d'enseignement supérieur spectacle vivant Bretagne/Pays de la Loire «Le Pont Supérieur»
(Music Department)
74E, rue de Paris 35000 Rennes
Tel. 02.30.96.20.10
www.thetop.eu
>> École supérieure musique et danse Hauts-de-France - Lille (ESMD)
Rue Alphonse Colas 59000 Lille
Tel. 03.28.36.67.90
www.esmd.fr
>> Aliénor Centre - Centre d'études supérieures de musique et de danse de Nouvelle-Aquitaine
10, rue de la Tête Noire 86000 Poitiers
Tel. 05.49.60.21.79
www.polealienor.eu/
>> EÉcole supérieure des arts de Lorraine (ESAL)
2, rue du Paradis 57000 Metz
Tel. 03.87.74.28.38
http://esalorraine.fr www.cefedem-lorraine.fr
>> Upper ESchool of Rhine Arts (HEAR) – Higher Academy of Music
1 Place Dauphine 67000 Strasbourg
Tel. 03.88.43.67.96
www.hear.fr
>> Institut supérieur d'Arts de Toulouse (ISDAT) (Department of Performing Arts)
37, rue de Metz 31000 Toulouse
Tel. 05.34.30.43.64
www.isdat.eu/
>> Pôle d'enseignement supérieur de la musique et de la danse (PESMD) Bordeaux-Aquitaine
19, rue Monthyon 33800 Bordeaux – 05.69.91.36.84
www.pesmd-bordeaux-aquitaine.com
>> École Supérieure de Musique Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (ESM Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
36 rue Chabot Charny 21000 Dijon
Tel. 03.80.58.98.90
www.esmbourgognefranchecomte.fr/
> CEFEDEM Normandy
ESPE de Rouen
2 rue du Tonquet
76130 MONT-SAINT-AIGNAN
02.35.14.70.90
cefedem-normandie.fr/
>> CEFEDEM Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
14, rue Palais Grillet 69002 Lyon
Tel. 04.78.38.40.03
http://www.cefedem-aura.org
>> IESM - Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur de la Musique Europe et Méditerranée
380, avenue Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 13100 Aix-en-Provence
Tel. 04.42.60.43.40
www.iesm.fr/
The technical teaching and professions of live entertainment
> European Technological Institute for Music Professions (ITEMM)
71 avenue Olivier Messiaen - 72000 Le Mans
Tel. 02.43.39.39.00
www.itemm.fr
Training in instrumental invoice, new techniques and commercial action. He prepares at the CAP of technical assistant in musical instruments, piano options, wind instrument, guitar and accordion, and at the CAP of piano tuner; he trains in techniques of sound and computer; it prepares for professional baccalaureates and BTS in commercial action.
> National training centre for apprentice organ builders
21, rue des Fusiliers marins - BP 26 - 67114 Eschau
Tel. 03.88.59.00.81
www.cnfafo-eschau.fr
Alternance training for apprentices of organ builders preparing for three diplomas awarded by the Ministry of Education. Two CAP: organ builder and organ pipefitter and a diploma in crafts, instrumental design, organ option.
> National School of Violin Making
5 avenue Graillet - 88500 Mirecourt
Tel. 03.29.37.06.33
www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/pres-etab/Vuillaume/serveur-nt2.htm
Prepares, at the Lycée Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume after the third, for the diploma of instrument-making technician in violin-making and the diploma of instrument-making crafts.
> Centre de formation professionnelle aux techniques du spectacle (CFPTS)
92 avenue Galliéni - 92170 Bagnolet
Tel. 01.48.97.25.16
www.cfpts.com
Continuing training in the various performing arts (stage managers, decorators, etc.). The CFPTS and the ISTS award professional degrees.
> Higher Institute for Performing Arts (ISTS)
rue Portail-Bocquier - 84000 Avignon
Tel. 04.90.14.14.17
www.ists-avignon.com
Provides training for managers and technical directors.