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CERGY-PONTOISE-PARIS
CAREER CENTER
Music – Dance – Theatre

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At the heart of an international campus (30,000 students, 14 establishments
of higher education, among which a university) and within a stone’s throw from
Paris via RER A, the CRR Regional Conservatory of Cergy-Pontoise offers two
vocational guidance paths:
l Preparatory Classes for Higher Education (CPES)
l Preparatory Classes for Higher Education (CPES)
These educational pathways give students the opportunity to take part in public
projects, to be associated with the work of renowned artists and attend numerous
master-classes.
Partnerships:
Points Communs, the Val d’Oise New National Scene, Le Forum (future SMAC), CY
Cergy Paris University, the Alta school, the Royaumont Abbey, the “Jazz au fil de
l’Oise” festival, the Piano campus festival and the Pontoise Baroque festival.

PREPARATORY CLASSES
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
SPECIALISATION: MUSIC

The Preparatory Classes for Higher           A B1 proficiency qualification in French
Education (CPES), is a 2 to 4 year           will be required for foreign students at
program which does not deliver a             the end of their first year.
degree, but helps student confirm their      This program also requires considerable
choice of a “specialised” professional       availability, as there are around 10 and
path.                                        a half hours of weekly classes at the
It grants full-time student status and       CRR for two years, during which some
consists of 750 hours of classes in the      modules will take place in other various
span of 2 to 4 years.                        CRR of the Ile-de-France region as well.
This program prepares for entrance           Application to the CPES requires
exams to higher-education art schools        students to sit for admission tests which
(National Superior Conservatories,           take place in April-May, or possibly in
Centres of Higher Education and other        September during a special session.
European Superior Institutions).

DISCIPLINES / COURSES OFFERED:
ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENTS:                            AMPLIFIED CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
violin - viola - cello - double bass - recorder   - JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC -
- western concert flute - oboe - clarinet -       WORLD MUSIC
bassoon - saxophone - trumpet - French            This department is a formative part of
horn - trombone - tuba - drums - piano            the CRR; its projects involve multiple skills
                                                  that allow students to often get together
PERIOD INSTRUMENTS:
                                                  and create very natural interdisciplinary
Viola da gamba - baroque flute -                  bridges.
harpsichord
                                                  MAA = Amplified Contemporary Music
SINGING - CHOIR DIRECTION -
                                                  Singing or instruments (guitar, bass
ACCOMPANIMENT
                                                  guitar, drums, keyboard).
Master class (2018-2021):
                                                  Master-class (2018-2021) :
• Philippe Leroux, Bernard Cavanna,
  composers                                       Cabaret Contemporain, Electro Deluxe,
                                                  Brian Johnson, Lisa Spada, Yannick
• Claudia Chan, Jean-Marc Luisada,                Robert, Claude Philips, Dominique
  Jean-François Heisser, Marie-Josèphe
                                                  Grimaldi, Electro Deluxe, Brian Johnson.
  Jude, Hisako Kawamura, Roger Muraro,
  Anne-Lise Gastaldi, piano                       JAZZ and improvised music
• Emmanuelle Ophèle, Annabelle                    Instruments: oboe, piano, saxophone,
  Meunier, Pascal Proust, flute                   drums, guitar, double bass, strings,
• Stéphanie-Marie Degand, Claire                  electric bass, trumpet.
  Antonini, early music                           Master-class (2018-2021) :
• Atanas Ourkouzounov, guitar                     Tigran Hamasyan, Pierre de Bethmann,
• Anthony Millet, Lionel Suarez, accordion        Claude Égea, Jerry Bergonzi, Andy
• Nicolas Dumesne, drums                          Emler, Pierrick Pedron, Sébastien
                                                  Jarrousse, Édouard Ferlet.
• Lionel Surin, trumpet
• Stéphane Payen, Joël Batteau and                The faculty offers students the
  Pierric Leman, Nicolas Prost, saxophone         opportunity to perform for live audiences
                                                  in many different venues such as:
• François Le Roux, Henk Neven, opera
  singing                                         La Salle 33 Tour and Le Café de la plage
                                                  in Cergy, L’Orangerie in Eaubonne, La
Courses are organised into four sections          Mezzanine in Pierrelaye, l’Atla and le
of training:                                      Sunset in Paris, Jazz au Confluent in
l Academic major and sight-reading               Conflans Saint Honorine, Le Festival Jazz
   (main module)                                  au fil de l’Oise…
l Ensemble practice (associated module)
l Musical training and musical culture
   (additional modules)
l Personal project (required and elective
   units)

WORLD MUSIC                   NEW
SPECIALISATION: TRADITIONAL                  FACULTY:
PERCUSSION                                   • Julien André : mandingo percussions,
Unique in Île-de-France, these                 personal project
Preparatory classes are aimed at             • Jérémie Cresta : percussions, initiation
drummers versed into traditional music,        to Indian rythms
who are looking to broaden their
knowledge, and design a personalised
                                             • Richard Nicolas : Latino music
                                               workshop
musical project. Exploring the traditional
west-African Mandingo repertoire is what     • Abraham Mansfaroll : Afro-Cuban
constitutes the basis of these courses, it     drumming additional module
will be completed with Afro-Cuban and        The coordination is overseen by Julien
Indian drumming modules and master           André, African drumming teacher at the
classes. The students will also get the      Cergy-Pontoise CRR, teacher-coordinator
chance to experiment with jazz and           of the improvisation and creation
contemporary music through various           Master, coordinator of the Creative
collaborations, in order to increase         course at the Pôle Supérieur Paris
their versatility and improve their future   Boulogne-Billancourt, instructor at the
professional skills. Partnerships with       Philharmonie de Paris.
venues and professional networks will
also help students showcase their artistic
projects on stage.

OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES
TRAINING PROGRAM
Degree in choreographic studies - Degree in theatre studies
- Degree in musical studies

The 2 to 4 year Professional Orientation     AVAILABLE DISCIPLINES / COURSES:
Cycle (COP) is designed to help students
                                             CLASSICAL BALLET - MODERN JAZZ
confirm their choice of a vocational path
                                             DANCE - CONTEMPORARY BALLET
which is not as “specialised” as the one
preparing for entrance exams to higher       This program offers courses for students
education institutions (see Preparatory      preparing for a DEC (a degree in
Classes for Higher Education): a             choreographic studies). Alongside their
career in cultural outreach or in school     chosen major, dancers are required to
programs for instance.                       take other choreographic disciplines,
                                             attend master classes, additional
Application requires sitting for admission   modules, workshops, and take part in
tests which take place every year in June    projects and shows organised by the
and in September/October.                    dance department.
                                             l 10hrs to 15hrs of classes per
                                                week: 7 and a half to 10 hours of
                                                dancing, musical formation dancing,
                                                composition and improvisation
                                                workshops, anatomy, choreographic
                                                culture and other projects.

THEATRE                                         CONTEMPORARY MUSIC - JAZZ -
This program offers courses for                 WORLD MUSIC
students preparing for a Degree in              ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENTS - PERIOD
Theatre Studies (DET) with a demanding          INSTRUMENTS - SINGING - CHOIR
and personalised schedule of 16 hours           DIRECTION - ACCOMPANIMENT -
of classes per week. The aim is:                MUSICAL ENSEMBLE - MUSICAL
l To broaden and reinforce acquired            CULTURE - ANALYSIS - WRITING -
   skills to achieve a high-level of            COMPOSITION
   training in theatre arts, as well as         This program offers courses for
   perfect vocal and choreographic              students preparing for a Degree in
   techniques                                   Musical Studies (DEM) and is divided

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l To offer modules in the form                 into four sections of training, which
   of regular workshops or                      amount to either 7 hours a week for
   apprenticeships (masque, faerie tale,        two years, or 500 hours in the span of
   clown, singing, marionette…)                 2 to 4 years:
l To provide guidance specifically             l Academic major and sight-reading
   for those COP students who wish                 (main module)
   to prepare for entrance exams to             l Ensemble practice (associated
   higher-education Drama Schools                  module)
   (overview of repertoires - scenes -
                                                l Musical training and musical culture
   and mock exams)
                                                   (additional module)
                                                l Personal project (one elective unit)

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                            COMMUNAUTÉ D’AGGLOMÉRATION
                                DE CERGY-PONTOISE
                                   Hôtel d’agglomération
                                   Parvis de la Préfecture
                           CS 80309 - 95027 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex
                                    Tél. : 01 34 41 42 43