Licence Musicologie - Parcours Pôle supérieur musical et musicologique

The Pôle supérieur d'enseignement musical of the Musicology degree allows access for students simultaneously enrolled at the Institut d'érieures supériures musicales Europe – Méditerran;e;tudes supérieures musicales Europe – Méditerran&e;e (IESM) and à Aix-Marseille Université in one of the double diploma courses :

• Diplôme d'état de professeur de musique (DE) /Licence Musicologie ;
• or diplôme national supérieur professionnel de musicien (DNSPM)/Licence Musicologie.

The IESM, under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture, is a higher education establishment authorised by the State to deliver the DE and DNSPM for the disciplines, fields and options for which it has been authorised.

The IESM, under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture, is a higher education institution authorised by the State to deliver the DE and DNSPM for the disciplines, fields and options for which it has been authorised.

The IESM, under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture, is a higher education institution authorised by the State to deliver the DE and DNSPM for the disciplines, fields and options for which it has been authorised

The Pôle supérieur d'enseignement musical aims to give musicians practising their future profession in the spheres of performance and music teaching a real academic foundation.

This course provides a solid theoretical and practical training in a complete musical and musicological training curriculum.

This course is aimed at students who are simultaneously enrolled at the Institut d'enseignement supérieur de la musique, and therefore have a solid initial musical training, and who have met the conditions for admission to this partner institution.

Students wishing to follow the Pôle supérieur musical and musicological pathway must provide proof of the conditions required for admission to the two partner établissements. To find out more, visit:

·        the IESM website https://www.iesm.fr/

·        the UFR ALLSH enrolment service website https://allsh.univ-amu.fr/scolarite_admissions

Students wishing to follow the Pôle supérieur musical and musicological pathway must provide proof of the conditions required for admission to the two partner établissements. To find out more, visit:

·        the IESM website https://www.iesm.fr/

·        the UFR ALLSH enrolment service website https://allsh.univ-amu.fr/scolarite_admissions

     -   Recent motivation for music and musicological studies at university

-    Knowledge of musical language and in-depth practice of an instrument

-    Good workmanship 

Teaching on the Pole supéeur musical et musicologique type course is provided in partnership with the Institut d'enseignement supéeur de la musique Europe Méditeracute;e (IESM). These courses take place at the Aix-Marseille University and at the IESM. The timetable includes travel time between teaching venues.

The teaching team is made up of teaching staff from the Music and Music Sciences sector of Aix-Marseille Université and from IESM. The partners ensure that teaching practices and assessment are harmonised. They are all involved in building the skills needed to validate the diplomas awarded on the DE/licence or DNSPM/licence courses

The Musicology degree offers students from different musical backgrounds the opportunity to extend and deepen their knowledge of music through contemporary musicology, adapted to their profile and professional objectives. The link between music theory and practice is at the heart of the training: the specialised music courses offered by IESM are combined with courses in music history, analysis and literature, and in the humanities.

This pathway covers all the knowledge acquired in the Musicology bachelor's degree, as well as that required to obtain the music teacher's diploma or the national higher professional diploma for musicians. In addition to the academic and cross-disciplinary knowledge relating to the national bachelor's degree, there is also knowledge relating to the professional field covered by these degrees.

The aim is for students, depending on their initial profile, to acquire, extend and deepen musical, cross-disciplinary and pre-professional skills that will enable them to:

• To deal with the main problems of the musical and musicological field through the use of appropriate theoretical tools, methods and techniques;
• To refine their career plans and identify training pathways enabling them to access them;
• To develop autonomy in work and analysis, a capacity for involvement in collective projects, a capacity for critical distance and fluent communication, in French and in a foreign language.
• To fit successfully into the working environment targeted by the degrees taken at EMSI (DE or DNSPM).

Professional training is an important part of the programme. In addition to dedicated teaching, work placements in professional environments (conservatoires for students who have chosen the DE de professeur de musique, orchestras for students who have chosen the DNSPM) take place regularly.

The training takes place in the classroom, with an approach designed to encourage educational interaction: blended teaching, practical workshops, educational outings and tutored projects.

The online learning platform (digital workspace) is also used to provide students with additional training: course materials, additional exercises and self-assessment exercises; this learning method using digital media will also make it possible to strengthen educational interaction through the use of forums, blogs or wikis.

Continuing education trainees benefit from specific cross-disciplinary modules offered by the component, focusing in particular on links with the socio-economic world, professionalisation, documentary research, use of the resources available at the university, development of knowledge and skills, and project development.

• K2105 Enseignement artistique (fr)
• K2106 Enseignement des écoles (fr)
• K2107 Enseignement général du second degré (fr)
• K2108 Enseignement supérieur (fr)
• L1202 Musique et chant (fr)
• G1202 Animation d'activités culturelles ou ludiques (fr)
• K1202 Éducation de jeunes enfants (fr)

• 133F Musique application à une technologie (fr)
• 133G Connaissances artistiques appliquées à la documentation (fr)
• 333T Education et transfert de connaissances (fr)

The Pôle supéur musical et musicologique pathway finds its natural déacute;s in the fields of specialised music teaching (DE/licence option) and live performance and musical interpretation (DNSPM/licence option). These students will also be able to continue their studies at Master's level in order to gain access to professions related to music practice and live performance, musical entertainment, music publishing and the music press (with a specialization in music publishing);dition musicale et la presse musicale (critique), aux métiers de la diffusion (industrie du disque), aux métiers de l'administration et de la médiation culturelle, aux métiers de la recherche en musicologie, aux métiers de l'enseignement de la musique.

Some jobs and métiers held by former graduate students:

• Musician,
• Composer,
• Musicologist,
• Sound engineer,
• Journalist,
• Radio host,
• College and high school teacher,
• Territorial art education teacher,
• Interventional musician at school,
• Musical animator,
• Production or broadcast manager,
• Artistic director of cultural structures and/or events,
• Director or project manager for music in local authorities

Students have a regular teacher, the Director of Studies. They benefit from regular and individualised monitoring, supported by courses in university work methodology adapted to their discipline.

The back-to-school days provide an introduction to the course of study, the University's services, optional courses, a visit to the University Library and an introduction to the Service Commun de Documentation (SCD).

For students entering the course after authorisation from the Pédagogical Commission, a refresher course may be offered.

In the first year, the programme offers tutoring to bring students up to standard in technical subjects such as solfège, harmony and the theory of tonal music. The aim is to enable all students, including those with no prerequisites, to acquire the fundamentals of these subjects. Reaction techniques are also closely monitored.

In Licence 1ère annéeèe, the teaching is designed in such a way as to encourage regular integration into higher education, and to allow for ongoing reorientation. This first year of the bachelor's degree therefore places the emphasis on teaching the methodology of academic work in order to build students' initial level of academic skills that are disciplinary, but also cross-disciplinary and pre-professional.

The second year of the Musicology degree focuses on disciplinary teaching. The third year enables students to deepen their knowledge and skills in both subject and cross-disciplinary areas and to refine their professional or further study plans.

From the moment they are admitted to their first year, students follow a set of professionally-oriented courses. These compulsory courses each semester are accompanied by work placements in a professional environment.

The course develops 3 specific types of international partnership agreements:

1.        Erasmus agreement ; Numerous partner institutions among music higher education institutions.

2.       Accord bilatéral (2007 renouvelé en 2014) ; établissement partenaire : Université Laval, Québec (Canada) – (2 semesters – 3 étudiants)

3.       CREPUQ – Conseil des universités du Québec + université d'Ottawa (Canada) ; Partner institutions: université de Montréal, université de Sherbrooke, université d'Ottawa. Number of students varies according to demand (from 1 to 4 possible)

Other partnership projects are currently being studied.

Schooling:  https://allsh.univ-amu.fr/contacts-scolarite