International joint Master's Degrees

This program is designed to allow students to benefit from the strengths and specialisations of both partner institutions, and offers many advantages in terms of content and employment potential.
It is open to all students holding a bachelor-level diploma in composition from a music-teaching institution belonging to the higher education sector.

Entrance requirements

Admission to the programme is by audition for candidates with a language level of B1 or above in German and French.

The full-time course takes two years to complete and is composed of two semesters in Lyon and two semesters in Hamburg, which are arranged to suit the needs of the student’s research project and its performance.

Admission

Responsibility for admission, teaching and assessment is assumed jointly by the teaching staff in Lyon and Hamburg.

Preliminary round (written application)

• Detailed curriculum vitæ*
• Letter of motivation*
• Copy of qualification(s) obtained
• Level B1 language certificate for each language (except for native speakers)
• The artistic project and the research project for master’s programme*
• A proposed semester calendar taking into account the artistic project and the associated performance constraints.
• Three earlier compositions (scores and/or recordings, etc.)
• Three earlier compositions (scores, recordings, etc.)

* Documents marked with an asterisk are to be provided in both languages

Entry audition

• Oral presentation of one of the three compositions sent for the preliminary round, as chosen by the jury at the time of the interview. Students should provide written summaries (max 600 signs per work) of their presentations in both languages
• Panel interview concerning his/her application and his/her research project

The examining panel will consist of representatives of each institution, including one teacher of composition from each institution.
The audition sessions will take place in one of the two institutions as determined by the director of the master’s programme.

Organisation of studies

The full-time course takes two years to complete and is composed of two semesters in Lyon and two semesters in Hamburg, which are arranged to suit the needs of the student’s research project and its performance.

Subjects are arranged in teaching units which are organised by semester. When a subject is validated the student earns ECTS credit points. The number of points and the conditions for obtained them are defined for each different subject. (notice and ECTS chart of the common master of composition are available online)

Tuition fees are payable each semester to the institution where the student is studying for that semester.
Rates of fees are the same as those normally applied by each institution.

Diploma

Students who complete the programme successfully are awarded a ‘Grade de Master’ diploma (officially recognised as being equivalent to a university master’s degree).

It is awarded to students who have obtained 120 ECTS credit points and satisfied all the conditions laid down in the academic regulations of the institution. It will be completed by a diploma supplement attesting the binational dimension of the programme.

For further information:

Isabelle Replumaz: [email protected]