Master Acoustique et Musicologie, Parcours : Musicologie et création

The course « Musicology and creation » provides a high-level training concerned with responding to the évolutions of scientific and artistic research, and the needs of the professional world.

The student engages in an anthropological, historical and critical reflection in the field of learned and popular music. They can thus develop their research and produce an interpretation or a creation that integrates the challenges of technology. It combines fundamental teaching with courses in English, research methodology, pre-professionalization and a one-month internship in the last semester.

The course is designed to be a combination of both theoretical and practical work.

Part of its teaching is based on a common base of knowledge with the course « Engineering and sound design » in order to encourage the merging of interdisciplinary skills.

The student will find in this stimulating and collaborative training the tools to question the contemporary paradigm shift, to master technical tools, to develop field practice, and, depending on his or her choices, to pursue a doctorate or to prepare for agrarian training.

Many researchers and professionals from the cultural and artistic world, the CNRS, and industry, participate in the training.

A double degree is in preparation with the University of the West Indies: Students of the Musicology and Creation course who wish to do so (limited number), will enrol and complete their first year in the Acoustics and Musicology master's degree; Aix-Marseille Université, and their 2nd year in the master Civilisations cultures sociét&eem, course « Musicology and immaterial heritage » of the Pôle Guadeloupe.

Musicology; Performing Arts, Audiovisual, Humanities; History; History of Art and Archaeology; Sociology; Human Sciences, Anthropology, Ethnology

In Master:
Candidates with a validated Bachelor's degree are allowed to enrol in a Master's degree. Holders of another diploma: https://allsh.univ-amu.fr/scolarite_admissions

Strong academic standard across the whole of the undergraduate training. Particularly important, but not exclusively, are the results obtained in disciplines closely related to the envisaged selective Master's degree.

For applicants from a Member State of the European Union, the results obtained in the disciplines of the European Union are particularly important.

For candidates who are nationals of a country where French is not the official language, minimum level C1 in French attested by a recognised certification of less than 2 years, unless the candidate has validated a licence delivered by a French university.

The application shall present a coherent and motivated study and/or professional project, in line with the contents and aims of the requested selective training, and showing that the applicant has taken note of the training.

Good command of written and spoken French. Ability to react and adapt to different communication situations. Ability to argue in writing and speaking.

Solid musical training (real artistic practices) and musicological training (broadened to human and social sciences)

Advanced interest in interdisciplinarity (especially in Arts-Science-Technology), manifested by the choice of disciplines followed and validated and/or by the construction of the training pathway (for example: choice of option, double degree, D.U., etc.).

Intelligence for developments in the professional world, to which this high-level training is particularly attentive

Minimum level B2 in English for the specific training required.

Strong academic standard across the whole of the undergraduate training. Particularly important, but not exclusively, are the results obtained in disciplines closely related to the envisaged selective Master's degree.

For applicants from a Member State of the European Union, the results obtained in the disciplines of the European Union are particularly important.

For candidates who are nationals of a country where French is not the official language, minimum level C1 in French attested by a recognised certification of less than 2 years, unless the candidate has validated a licence delivered by a French university.

The application shall present a coherent and motivated study and/or professional project, in line with the contents and aims of the requested selective training, and showing that the applicant has taken note of the training.

Good command of written and spoken French. Ability to react and adapt to different communication situations. Ability to argue in writing and orally.

Solid musical training (related artistic practices) and musicological training (broadened to human and social sciences)

Advanced interest in interdisciplinarity (especially in Arts-Science-Technology), manifested by the choice of disciplines followed and validated and/or by the construction of the training pathway (for example: choice of option, double degree, D.U., etc.).

Intelligence for the developments in the professional world, to which this high-level training is particularly attentive.

Minimum level B2 in English for the specific training required.

The field of research is fundamental to the course. Students follow courses in research, creation and the professional environment. In semester 4 they produce a research paper. The internship links research and professional activity. A research internship involves professionals and researchers, including researchers from the PRISM laboratory. Students can choose to do their internship within the PRISM laboratory, as far as places are available.

The Master's degree in Acoustics

The Acoustics and Musicology master's degree is supported by the PRISM (Perception Representations Image Music) laboratory. This interdisciplinary laboratory is made up of a consortium of musicologists, philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, acousticians, physicists, computer scientists, mathematicians, and artists.

The master's degree in Acoustics and Musicology is supported by the PRISM laboratory (Perception Representations Image Music).

The training also benefits from the collaboration of the IMéRA. This Institute of Advanced Studies is a foundation of Aix-Marseille University, member of the European Network of Institutes of Advanced Studies (NETIAS), which welcomes researchers and artists in order to develop interactions between exact sciences, humanities and social sciences, music and arts.

Art and cultural world

• Art, cinema, audiovisual, digital creation (Aix-en-Provence Higher School of Art); master's degree Art, course « digital creation »Aix-en-Provence, Seconde Nature, Centre de création numérique d'Aix-en-Provence, course « musique à l », master Cinéma et audiovisuel, SATIS, Aubagne)
• Live performance (Festival international d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence, GMEM Marseille, Festival de musiques sacrées du Thoronet, Festival de Chaillol, SCENE44 . n + n Corsino)
• Recording (Studio d'enregistrement La Fabrique Saint-Rémy de Provence, Parnassie Cucuron)
• Music (MUCEM Marseille, Palais des Papes d'Avignon)

Education

• University (master Civilisations cultures sociés, course « Musicologie et patrimoine immatériel », Guadeloupe)
• Music teaching (IESM Europe-Méditerran&e, Institut d'enseignement supérieur de la musique, Aix-en-Provence, Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental de musique d'Aix-en-Provence)

International partnerships

The master's programme is based on specific agreements developed since the bachelor's degree in the Music and Music Sciences sector of Aix-en-Provence:

The master's programme is based on specific agreements developed since the bachelor's degree

• 1) Erasmus agreement, the partner institutions being the universities of Hildesheim (Germany), Edinburgh (UK) ;
• 2) Bilateral agreement (2007 renewed in 2014), the partner institution being Laval University, Quebec (Canada)
• 3) CREPUQ, Conseil des universités du Québec and the University of Ottawa (Canada), the partner institutions being the Universities of Montréal, Sherbrooke, Ottawa (Canada)

The master établishes international networks with European and non-EU universities:

• Aalborg of Copenhagen (Denmark)
• Oslo, Department of Musicology (Norway)
• Barcelona, Master of Sound Art (Spain)
• Edinburgh, Digital Audio Group (Scotland)
• Queen Mary of London, Centre for Digital Music (England)
• McGill, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (Canada)
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Research Partnerships

The field of research is fundamental. Students follow courses in research, creation and the professional environment. In semester 4 they produce a research paper. A research seminar involves professionals and researchers, including researchers from the PRISM laboratory. In this context, the main partnerships with the Research are:

The Master in Acoustics

The Acoustics and Musicology master's degree is backed by the PRISM laboratory (Perception representations image music, CNRS / Aix-Marseille University).

The training also benefits from a collaboration with the IMRA (Institute of Advanced Studies, Aix-Marseille University).

• Préparation of his professional life
• Political issues (arts/sciences)
• Musicology and interdisciplinarity
• Philosophy
• Initiation in composition and sound design
• Exploration and creation of sound and music (sound synthesis, sound processing, acoustic waves, architectural acoustics, anatomy and physiology of hearing, introduction to cognition, auditory perception, computer science)
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• Sound and music production
• Production of a collective project
• Participation à a Field School

Course « Musicology and creation » :

• Time and space in music and musicology (early music, critical and philosophical approach, composing and experiencing time and space, real time and composition)
• Territory, history and society (music, history and power, musical museology, ethnomusicology and musical anthropology, sound music and cinema, new auditoriums)
• Music and Technology
• Music and sound (the musical body, the musical ear - sound design)

Engage in an anthropological, historical and critical reflection in the field of learned, improvised and oral music.
• Introduce different approaches to musicology.
• Introduce different philosophical approaches.
Maîtrise French and practice English.

INFORMATION :

MASTER 1

Semester 1

Thinking about sound and music1 (common core) - 9 ECTS

Exploring and creating sound and music 1 (common core) - 9 ECTS

Produce a collective project 1 (core curriculum) - 6 ECTS

Preparing one's professional life (common core) - 3 ECTS

Expressing oneself and communicating (common core) - 3 ECTS

Semester 2

Time and space in music and musicology - 12 ECTS

Music and sound - 6 ECTS

Research, creation and professional environment1 - 3 ECTS

Thinking about sound and music 2 (common core) - 3 ECTS

Produce a collective project 2 (common core) - 3 ECTS

Field study 1 (common core) - 3 ECTS

MASTER 2

Semester 3

Territories, history and society - 12 ECTS

Music and technology - 3 ECTS

Research, creation and professional environment2 - 3 ECTS

Methodology of research in preparation for the internship - 3 ECTS

Produce a collective project 3 (common core) - 6 ECTS

Field school 2 (common core) - 3 ECTS

Semester 4

Research and/or creation thesis, and seminar - 18 ECTS

Internship - 6 ECTS

Produce a collective project 4 : restitution (common core) - 6 ECTS

ECTS : European Credits transfer System

Total credits for each semester : 30 ECTS.

Total credits for each year of the master's degree: 60 ECTS

Total credits for the master : 120 ECTS

Project pedagogy.

Mandatory five-month internship.

The teaching takes place over 9 weeks, with the following 3 weeks devoted to fieldwork, workshops, seminars and other events.

Compulsory attendance: attendance is compulsory in all courses due to a learning style that values teamwork.

The courses are given in the Espace Yves Mathieu, on the Saint-Charles campus in Marseille. Some courses are held on the Robert Schuman campus in Aix-en-Provence, in the PRISM laboratory at the CNRS rue Joseph Aiguier in Marseille, and at the homes of artistic and scientific partners. The field trips will locate some of the lessons.

Some of the lessons will take place in the field.

• K2107 Enseignement général du second degré (fr)
• K2401 Recherche en sciences de l'homme et de la société (fr)
• L1202 Musique et chant (fr)
• L1302 Production et administration spectacle, cinéma et audiovisuel (fr)
• L1508 Prise de son et sonorisation (fr)

• 133F Musique application à une technologie (fr)
• 323N Techniques de l'image et du son, métiers connexes du spectacle (conception) (fr)
• 333V Enseignement formation (production à caractère artistique) (fr)

Key words: Musicology. Music. Creativity. Sound. Humanities and social sciences.

https://allsh.univ-amu.fr/contacts-scolarite

christine.esclapez@univ-amu.fr

Entry to the Master's programme is subject to selection, both in the 1st year (after the bachelor's degree or BAC +3) and in the 2nd year (after the bachelor's degree +4).

All applications must be made by internet https://www.monmaster.gouv.fr/

Procedural timetable:                    

March 1 to April 3, 2023: Application deadline
April to June 2023: Review of applications by institutions
June 19 to July 17, 2023: Admission phase (transmission of admission proposals to applicants and response from applicants to these proposals)
Until 20 July 2023: Administrative registration with the institutions, according to the timetable set by each institution.

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French level required for foreign students: C1

English level: B2.

ENROLLMENT REGIMES :

This course is available in

• Initial training (IF)
• Continuing Education (CE)