Entry requirements

All types of Baccalaureate

3 years minimum of musical practice

Benefits of the program

The Music and Sound Professions Degree offers significant opening to the fields of music production, modern music, through the various teaching modules as well as through its establishment in the Ile-de-France area social-cultural network. It offers students a privileged working environment:

- 2 studios equipped with recording booths,

- 3 CAM/CAD workstations,

- 1 rehearsal room / collective practice,

- 1 fleet of audiovisual material for loan.

Self-training systems (in particular for eartraining) are available to students and form part of individual educational monitoring.

Acquired skills

Mastering music production challenges, techniques and technologies. Integrating the complex interactions of modern music in relation to the development of sciences and techniques. Developing critical thinking and ability to analyse different periods of music history. Being able to discuss by through technical knowledge and technologies as well as the aesthetic aspects and creative side involved in sound professions.

Registration details

Course venue

Schedule of studies

Classes and exams take place from September to July. Compulsory placements must take place outside class periods.

Your future career

Composer (electroacoustic), sound designer, film musician, stage and/or studio musician, sound engineer and sound recordist, sound editor, computer music programmer, music for image consultant, music teacher, documentalist specialized in audiovisual and sound research, press critic (cinema, audiovisual, multimedia, music).

Professional integration

The 18-month placement rate has been excellent since 2006: over 85%. Graduates find work in music and professions include:

Composer (electroacoustic), sound designer, film musician, stage and/or studio musician, sound engineer and sound recordist, sound editor, computer music programmer, music for image consultant, music teacher, documentalist specialized in audiovisual and sound research, press critic (cinema, audiovisual, multimedia, music).

Closest ROME (National Operational Directory of Professions and Jobs) datasheet codes:

Sound recordist and sound engineer L1508

Artistic director or composer or music and song performer L1202

Computer music development and studies M1805

Music production and administration, entertainment, cinema and audiovisual L1302 (music director, programme manager, post-production manager, etc.)

IT systems department (music speciality) M1803

Study objectives

The Music and Sound Professions Degree offers a balance between aesthetics, theory and practice. The skills targeted are grouped into four fields: Music Techniques (musical training, writing techniques), Musicology (history and theory of Western music, music analysis), Music Technologies (reasoned use of the audiodigital chain, scientific tools for music) and Complements (French as a foreign language, computer tools). The level attained at the end of the third year enables students to pursue studies in musicology or in audio engineering.

Major thematics of study

Studio music analysis and practice, Music training, Contemporary musicology, "Popular" music musicology, Music production, Audio engineering, Computer music, Music composition, Sound design.

Study organization

2 semestres de 10 semaines de cours allant de septembre à avril, 1 semaine de révision par semestre, 1 semaine d'examens par semestre et 1 session de rattrapage.

Stage obligatoire d'au moins 140h en Licence 2 et Licence 3.

Modalité d'admission en FC :

Les modalités d'admission et de dépôt de dossiers sont identiques quelle que soient le profil du candidat.

Pour les salarié(e)s ou demandeurs d'emploi relevant de la formation professionnelle, vous pouvez prendre contact avec le service formation continue : fc@u-pem.fr

Modalité d'admission en FI :

Licence 1 : dépôt du dossier de candidature sur l'application Parcoursup

Un minimum de 3 ans de pratique, même autodidacte, est nécessaire pour intégrer la formation.

Une année de Remédiation peut être proposée à tout étudiant témoignant d’une réelle motivation et d’un projet de formation cohérent mais dont l’examen du dossier semblerait insuffisant aux membres de la commission pour un accès en Licence 1. Dans ce cas, l’étudiant se voit obtenir une mention « Oui, si » sur la plateforme ParcourSup. S’il l’accepte, il s’engage à suivre une licence 1 en 2 ans avec un parcours individualisé de remise à niveau sur la première année. Un test de positionnement lui sera alors proposé en début d’année afin d’évaluer les matières à suivre dans le cadre de ce dispositif.

Licences 2 et 3 : en fonction de votre profil, le dépôt du dossier de candidature se fait sur l'application e-Candidat ou sur l'application Etudes en France

Relevés de notes, bref CV et lettre de motivation confirmant une pratique musicale effective (productions, compositions, concerts, projets, etc.). Un minimum de 3 ans de pratique, même autodidacte, est nécessaire pour intégrer la formation.

Modalité d'admission en Alternance :

Non proposé

Options

3 specialization pathways are included in the Music and Sound Professions Degree and are accessible as of the 2nd year:

- Audio engineering

- Research and composition

-Sound design

These pathways are imagined as specialization components structured around a core curriculum for all Degree students which groups together the subject fundamentals and interdisciplinary learning.

The Audio engineering pathway mainly focuses on music production techniques and technologies. It emphasizes in particular specialization teaching such as studio theories, microphony, sound recording and audiodigital.

The Research and composition pathway combines theory and practice and offers a balance between research and creation. It mainly leads students to the field of electroacoustic creation and/or computer music and deals in depth with tools and methods related to them.

The Sound design pathway is imagined as an interdisciplinary one. The various fields of sound design are presented, from its industrial application to links between image and sound in cinema and video games as well as urbanism (sound landscapes and sound ecology).

International

Erasmus, Micefa, BCI and other exchanges are greatly encouraged. Special agreements have been concluded with the Valencia Conservatory (Spain), Nova University in Lisbon, De Montfort University (GB), Chicoutimi University (Quebec), University of Laval (Quebec).

Major thematics of Research

The teaching team is highly-active in research, creation, music practice and scientific publication. Permanent teachers are members of the LISAA laboratory host team (EA) 4120.

Partenariats :

Plusieurs partenariats sont assurés avec des studios, écoles de musique, conservatoires (Bagnolet, Noisiel) et autres structures musicales et artistiques (SAE, File7, Les Cuizines, IRMA, CDMC, La Muse en Circuit, PinceOreille).

Partenariats :

Plusieurs partenariats sont assurés avec des studios, écoles de musique, conservatoires (Bagnolet, Noisiel) et autres structures musicales et artistiques (SAE, File7, Les Cuizines, IRMA, CDMC, La Muse en Circuit, PinceOreille).