Conservatory Curriculum — Specializations

Specialized tracks at the summit of the curriculum — Fugue & Chorale, Film Harmony, Advanced Jazz, Impressionism, Advanced Analysis, Stylistic Writing, Set Theory. Choose your specialization.

Parcours spécialisé · 33≈ Master 1

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Classical Writing: Fugue and Chorale

Strict counterpoint, four-voice chorale rules, fugue anatomy — Bach and the summit of baroque counterpoint.

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Parcours spécialisé · 34≈ Master 1

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Composing for the Screen: Film Harmony

Harmonic emotion map, leitmotif and transformation — Morricone, Williams, Zimmer.

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Parcours spécialisé · 35≈ Master 1

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Advanced Jazz: Reharmonization and Improvisation

Advanced substitutions, chord scales and professional voicings — Miles Davis and Kind of Blue.

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Parcours spécialisé · 36≈ Master 1

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Debussy and Ravel Harmony: Impressionism in Depth

Whole-tone scale, planing, polychords, neoclassical modality — Debussy, Ravel, Satie.

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Parcours spécialisé · 37≈ Master 1

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Advanced Analysis: Schenker and Motivic Analysis

Ursatz, Urlinie, motivic analysis, 4 reduction levels — Schenker and Beethoven's 5th.

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Parcours spécialisé · 41≈ Master 1

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Stylistic Writing

Pastiching the Classical, the Romantic and the early 20th century — the DEM’s stylistic-writing discipline.

StylePasticheDEM

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Parcours spécialisé · 44≈ Master 1

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Post-Tonal Analysis: Set Theory

Pitch classes, normal and prime form, interval-class vector, Forte numbers, Z-relation — analysing Schoenberg and Webern, up to the twelve-tone row.

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