Options in orchestra, composition, opera singing, orchestral conducting and electronic music are but a few examples of the possibilities offered. The IES Nantes Program provides students with the opportunity to register in specific departments at the Conservatoire National de Region. The Department of Culture Musicale offers courses in music history, analysis, writing and orchestral conducting. In turn, the Department of Pratiques Collectives offers students orchestral and chamber music coursework. Paris, France Qualified IES Paris students who are on the full year program can take courses at the ole Normale de Musique de Paris, one of France's most prestigious music conservatories.
Courses are available in music performance, theory, and history.
Vienna, Austria The IES Vienna Center in the Palais Corbelli offers courses in music history and appreciation, and features an excellent facility including a ballroom and practice rooms with pianos. Music performance majors and qualified musicians, both instrumentalists and vocalists, may attend master classes at the esteemed Vienna Conservatory of Music and may be selected for individual instruction on a competitive basis according to various levels of proficiency. The Conservatory offers concentrations in keyboard, strings, brass, woodwind, percussion and voice. Students may audition for the Conservatory's orchestra as well as choral and recital groups. IES also offers students the opportunity to enroll in conservatory master classes with internationally renowned musicians during the summer months.