Sorbonne Paris / Department of Music and Musicology

Sorbonne Paris / Department of Music and Musicology
Professional Master’s Degree Programme:
‘The Performance Practice of Medieval Music’
2013-14
A professional master’s degree programme in ‘The Performance Practice of Medieval Music’ was created in 2005 at
the University of Paris-Sorbonne. It is designed to respond to the needs of advanced-level musicians (mainly singers)
who wish to complete their training with theoretical and practical instruction given within a university context. The
programme’s implantation at the Sorbonne is justified not only by the presence of a team of instructors recognized
for their professional excellence both as scholars and performers, but also by the possibility of collaboration with
other academic departments teaching related disciplines, specialized schools (École Nationale des Chartes, École
Pratique des Hautes Études, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, Schola Cantorum
Basiliensis, Conservatoire de Genève), Fondation Royaumont, Musée National du Moyen Age.
This Master’s degree programme is organised into four modules of instruction containing:
- performance classes; courses in musicology; courses in related disciplines (depending on the student’s research
project); seminars and masterclasses. The choice of courses will be decided during interviews with the candidate at
the time of inscription.
- the student must submit and successfully defend a professional research-project document centered on performance
practice, but which also must demonstrate a profound and scientific knowledge of written sources and of
bibliography.
Information and inscription:
Acceptance into this Master’s degree programme is based upon previous musical training, ongoing musical work
(including professional activities) and an entrance examination/audition. A maximum of 12 students will be
admitted.
The application materials for the entrance examination may be downloaded from the web site of the University of
Paris – Sorbonne : http://preinscription.paris-sorbonne.fr/esup-opiR1/stylesheets/welcome.faces. The application for
the entrance exam must be submitted to [email protected] : before 1 May, 2013 (before 5
September 2013 for the second admission session).
First audition/interview date: 27 May 2013 at 3 pm at the Sorbonne (room J326, staircase G, Musicology
department).
Autumn session : 19 September 2013 et 10 am at the Sorbonne (room J326, staircase G, Musicology department).
An orientation meeting for all students admitted in May and September will be organized and confirmed in
September.
The language of instruction is French. First written contacts can be made in English.
Foreign students wishing to enroll can obtain more information by writing to the International Relations Service of
the University
([email protected], [email protected]).
Professional musicians interested in enrolling in individual modules should contact the Sorbonne’s service for
continuing education ([email protected]).
Requirements for enrollment:
- successful completion of the first year in a master’s degree programme in music and/or musicology, or
- acceptance by the entrance examination committee, based on the applicant’s previous professional experience.
For questions relating to the course, please contact :
[email protected] and/or [email protected]
For administrative questions (transfers of credit, equivalency) please contact :
[email protected]
Responsible for the programme:
Frédéric Billiet, Professor (Paris -Sorbonne); Katarina Livljanic, Maitre de Conférences (Paris -Sorbonne) and director of the
ensemble Dialogos; Benjamin Bagby, PAST (Paris Sorbonne) and director of the ensemble Sequentia, Isabelle Ragnard, Maitre
de Conférences (Paris -Sorbonne)
Academic committee:
Benjamin Bagby (Paris Sorbonne /Sequentia), Frédéric Billiet (Paris Sorbonne), Jean-Baptiste Lebigue (IRHT), Thomas
F. Kelly (Harvard University), Katarina Livljanic (Paris Sorbonne/Dialogos), Nicolas Meeùs (Paris Sorbonne), François Picard (Paris Sorbonne),
Raphaël Picazos (CNSMDP), Isabelle Ragnard (Paris Sorbonne), Alice Tacaille (Paris Sorbonne), Leo Treitler (CUNY), Michel Zink (Collège de
France).