The school year starts on Monday 2 October 2023 and ends on Saturday 29 June 2024.
School holidays 2023-2024
All Saints’ Day holidays
No classes* from Monday 30 October 2023 to Sunday 5 November 2023
Classes resume on Monday 6 November 2023 at 8.30 am.
Administration is open (except on Saturdays and Sundays)
Christmas holidays
No classes* from Monday 25 December 2023 to Sunday 7 January 2024
Classes will resume on Monday 8 January 2024 at 8.30 am.
Administration is open from 3 to 5 January 2024
Winter holidays
No classes* from Monday 19 February 2023 to Sunday 25 February 2024
Classes will resume on Monday 26 February 2024 at 8.30 am
Teachers who wish to do so will be able to give classes between 18 and 25 February.
Administration is open (except on Saturdays and Sundays)
Spring holidays
No classes* from Monday 8 April 2023 to Sunday 21 April 2024
Classes will resume on Monday 22 April 2024 at 8.30 am
Administration is open (except on Saturdays and Sundays)
* except for workshops
During the holidays, the practicing studios are open from 10am to 6pm (except during the Christmas holidays)
On Sundays, the practicing studios are open from 10.30am to 5.30pm (except on Sunday 24 and Sunday 31 December 2023)
Public holidays
- Tuesday 1 November 2023 (All Saints’ Day – school holidays) – School open
- Friday 11 November 2023 (Armistice 1918) – School open from 8.30am to 8.30pm
- Monday 1 April 2024 (Easter Monday) – School open from 8.30am to 8.30pm
- Wednesday 1 May 2024 (Labour Day – school holidays) – School closed
- Wednesday 8 May 2024 (Victory in 1945 – school holidays) – School open
- Thursday 9 May 2024 (Ascension Day) – School open from 8.30am to 8.30pm
School’s Competitions Calendar
Artist Diploma 2023
| Instrument | Date |
|---|---|
| Flute | Wednesday 10 May | 9am – 2pm Thursday 11 May | 2pm – 7.45pm |
| Harp | Saturday 13 May | 10:00 – 10:45am |
| Oboe | Tuesday 16 May | 11.00 – 11.45am |
| Viola | Tuesday 16 May | 5.00 – 5.45pm |
| Violin | Tuesday 16 May | 6pm – 7.30pm |
| Violoncello | Wednesday 17 May | 10am – 12.30pm |
| Singing | Wednesday 17 May | 5 – 8.15pm Thursday 18 May | 11am – 7pm |
| Piano – Cortot Prize | Friday 19 May | 1 – 7.45pm Saturday 20 May | 10am – 7pm Sunday 21 May | 10am – 4.30pm |
Laureates Concert > Monday 22 May 2023 at 8.30 pm
The Laureates Concert is an opportunity to hear the students who obtained their diploma with the mention “Très Bien” and the congratulations of the jury.
Others Public Competitions 2023
Undergraduate and Postgraduate diplomas / 1st year of the Artist Diploma
| Viola Undergraduate and Graduate diplomas | Tuesday 13 June, 11am-12.30pm |
| Singing Undergraduate diplomas | Friday 9 June, 10am-5pm |
| Singing Graduate diplomas | Thursday 15 and Friday 16 June, 1pm-8pm |
| Singing Postgraduate 1st year | Friday 30 June and Saturday 1 July, 3-8pm |
| Clarinet Undergraduate and Graduate diplomas | Tuesday 20 June, 10am-5pm |
| Composition Graduate diplomas | Sunday 18 June, 2-8pm |
| Film Scoring Graduate diplomas | Monday 3 July, 2-6pm Munch room |
| Horn Undergraduate and Graduate diplomas | Friday 16 June, 11am-12pm |
| Orchestral Conducting Graduate diplomas | Sunday 11 June, 9.30am-7pm |
| Flute Undergraduate diplomas | Wednesday 14 June, 1-4pm |
| Composition Graduate diplomas | Thursday 22 June, 9am-5pm and Friday 23 June, 9am-8pm |
| Harp Graduate + Postgraduate 1st year | Saturday 17 June, 10am-1pm |
| Oboe Graduate diplomas | Monday 12 June, 2-5pm |
| Chamber Music (Complementary E.U. and Graduate) | Thursday 1, Friday 2 and Saturday 3 June, 9am-7pm |
| Organ Graduate diplomas | Thursday 22 June (time to be confirmed) Saint Etienne-du-Mont Church |
| Piano Undergraduate diplomas | Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 June, 9am-6pm |
| Piano Graduate diplomas | Monday 26, Tuesday 27, Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 June, 9am-8pm |
| Piano Postgraduate 1st year | Friday 30 June and Saturday 1 July, 10am-3pm |
| Violin Undergraduate and Graduate diplomas | Tuesday 13 June, 12.30-8.30pm |
| Violoncello Undergraduate and Graduate diplomas | Thursday 8 June, 10am-3pm |
| Strings, Winds Postgraduate 1st year | Saturday 24 June, 10am-5pm |