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2025 PSPBB/Music entrance exam

National Higher Professional Diploma in Music (Diplôme national supérieur professionnel de musicien – DNSPM) and State Diploma for Music Teachers (Diplôme d’État de professeur de musique – DE)

Published on Monday 7 October 2024

, updated on Wednesday 30 October 2024

A single DNSPM/DE entrance exam and a single application for the following courses (from Friday 22 November 2024 until Thursday 16 January 2025 – 1 p.m.):

  • Instrumentalist-vocalist/music teacher (DNSPM/DE) 
    - Classical to Contemporary Music 
    - Classical to Contemporary Music - option: Piano accompaniment
    - Early Music
    - Jazz and Improvised Music  
    - Amplified Contemporary Music (MAA)   
  • Conductors of instrumental ensembles (DNSPM/DE) 
  • Conductors of instrumental ensembles (DNSPM/DE)*
    *subject to accreditation being obtained in spring 2025

A single DNSPM entrance exam for the following courses (from Friday 22 November 2024 until Thursday 16 January 2025 – 1 p.m.): 
Conductors of vocal ensembles (DNSPM only) 
- Electroacoustic composition
- Instrumental and vocal composition 
- Arrangement   

A specific entrance exam for the State diploma (DE) in music training 

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