Cursus Program on Composition and Computer Music

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<p>Serving the institute&rsquo;s missions of research and creation, the Cursus program for composition and computer music is the flagship program in the broad range of IRCAM&rsquo;s educational activities. Initiated in 1990 under Pierre Boulez, numerous composers (such as F. Baschet, F. Bedrossian, O. Bianchi, E. Campion, R. Cendo, F. Filidei, J. Fineberg, S. Gervasoni, C. Iannotta, M. Lanza, B. Mantovani, Y. Maresz, B. Pauset, H. Parra, Y. Robin, L. Ronchetti, G. Spiropoulos, C. Trapani, F. Verunelli) have enhanced their musical thought through the technological tools made available in the Cursus program where the philosophy is that the computer is a tool for musical creation.</p> <p>For 10 months (from September to June), a special program will be implemented so students can acquire genuine technical autonomy and fluency in a number of computer programs.</p> <p>Included in the activities at the heart of our institute, composers are trained in the use of IRCAM software for music composition (Max, OpenMusic, Modalys, AudioSculpt, Spat, etc.) in a wide-ranging and productive environment based on exchanges and encounters with researchers, programmers, sound engineers, computer-music designers, and composers working in our labs and studios. Training features hands-on work in the studios, improvisation workshops with electronics, and guest artist seminars.</p> <p>Students present mini projects at the end of each unit throughout the program. This validates their skills and prepares them for the production of their final project presented to the public during the ManiFeste festival.</p> <blockquote> <p>IRCAM focuses on a constant renewal and is open to changes. As a result, this final project can now be expressed using a multitude of forms: a piece of music, a sonic installation, an electronic or electroacoustic work including other media such as dance, images, text, poetry, etc. <span>&nbsp;</span>Forms and formats are very open.</p> </blockquote> <p>Performers who take part in the Cursus concert are young professionals chosen for their student projects.</p> <p>With the idea of encouraging transdisciplinary dialogue between music composition and other forms of creation, joint projects are offered in partnership with the Beaux-Arts de Paris &ndash; musique/arts plastiques &ndash; (Supersonic Chair: exposer, monter, habiter le son) and the dance department at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP).</p> <p><img src="/media/uploads/lignejaune-100x2.png" alt="" width="100" height="3" /></p> <h3>New! <a href="https://www.ircam.fr/transmission/formations-superieures/chaire-supersonique/">Chair&nbsp;with Beaux-Arts de Paris: "Supersonic Chair: Exhibiting, Mouting and Inhabiting Sound"</a><strong><br /></strong></h3> <p><span>Today's creative practices and digital tools combine visual and sound arts. The Supersonic Chair: exhibiting, mounting and inhabiting sound brings together students from Beaux-Arts de Paris with those from the IRCAM Cursus. It functions as a workshop for sharing methods and tools to compose sound, visual and sensorial space and imagine a group in situ work.</span></p> <p><span>At the crossroads of many practices or even the subject matter of many works, sound is omnipresent in art. It presupposes technical resources and a detailed knowledge of the place of sound in art, as well as contemporary sound issues. Of course, sound goes far beyond music. Here the aim is to give students the resources to work with sound as one works with wood or metal, with the appropriate tools.</span></p> <p class="wys-small-text"><span>A presentation of the students' work will take place in June at the Th&eacute;&acirc;tre des expositions des Beaux-Arts de Paris and during IRCAM&rsquo;s ManiFeste-2021 festival</span>.</p> <p><img src="/media/uploads/lignejaune-100x2.png" alt="" width="100" height="3" /></p> <p>Through a partnership with the Conservatoire de Paris, the Haute Ecole de musique de Gen&egrave;ve, the Academie sup&eacute;rieure de musique de Strasbourg-Hear, and the Conservatoire national sup&eacute;rieur de musique et de danse de Lyon students enrolled in a Master&rsquo;s degree in composition in one of these establishments can follow the first year of their degree in IRCAM&rsquo;s Cursus program.</p> <p>Applicants selected for the Cursus program have the possibility, upon request, to be housed at the Cit&eacute; internationale des arts de Paris. They will have a studio/room throughout the program. Monthly housing fees are paid by the students.</p> <p><img src="/media/uploads/lignejaune-100x2.png" alt="" width="100" height="3" /></p> <h3>Cursus Educational Team</h3> <p><strong>Simone Conforti, Jean Lochard, Gr&eacute;goire Lorieux, Mikhail Malt, S&eacute;bastien Naves<br /></strong><span>computer-music designers lecturers</span><br /><span><strong>Thierry De Mey </strong>composer&nbsp;associated with the&nbsp;Cursus (through&nbsp;June 2021)</span><br /><span><strong><a href="https://www.ircam.fr/article/detail/3-questions-a-pierre-jodlowski/" target="_blank">Pierre Jodlowski</a></strong><span>&nbsp;composer associated</span><span>&nbsp;with the</span><span>&nbsp;Cursus</span> (from&nbsp;September&nbsp;2021)</span><br /><span><strong>Philippe Langlois </strong><span>education department director</span></span><br /><span><strong>Murielle Ducas </strong><span>educational coordination manager</span></span></p> <p><span><span><strong>Public</strong> composers (under 35 years old)<strong><br /></strong><strong>Contact</strong> 01 44 78 48 17 | cursus (at) ircam.fr</span></span></p>

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