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Music Academy Summer Courses in France
Zodiac Summer Music Academy & Festival:
The Zodiac Music Academy & Festival is an intense summer musical training and performing academy in the heart of the French Alps. We invite teenaged music students and young professionals to spend two weeks of intense musical training and performing in one of the most stunningly beautiful corners of the world: the South of France, Côte d'Azur region (French Riviera). As part of this 2-week intensive summer music immersion camp, students can also take French language classes.
Summer Musical Immersion Camp in the French Alps:
- Personalized Music Course
This personalized course offers young musicians the opportunity to explore the French school of music-making via masterclasses with renowned French guest artists, perform for European audiences and be inspired by an international faculty, all in an informal setting.
- Internationally-Renowned Faculty
Tucked away in the heights of the French Alps, the Festival makes its home in a historic mountain town of Valdeblore, and boasts an internationally-renowned faculty, acclaimed guest artists and ample performing opportunities throughout the region.
- Specialized Chamber Music Coaching
Students will be assigned to a chamber music ensemble, which will meet and rehearse daily. Each ensemble, will receive four, one-hour coachings from the Zodiac Trio and the attending faculty.
2-Week Intensive Summer Music Camp for Music Students & Professionals:
The Zodiac Music Academy & Festival is designed to provide intense musical training and performance opportunity, while exposing young musicians to French culture and its way of music-making. Course features include:
- Private Instruction (four 1-hour, individual lessons with the professor of their choice)
- Chamber Music Coaching
- Masterclasses
- Specialized Classes / Clinics / Seminars
- Solo Performance
- Activities & Excursions
- Accommodation & Boarding
- French Language Instruction
All this in an in-formal and highly personal setting, where students and professors share meals, perform together and become inspired by one another. We hope you will join us for this musical and deeply human experience.
Beautiful Location in Southern France:
The Academy makes its home in a small medieval town of Valdeblore. Nestled in the heights of the French Alps, Valdeblore provides an ideal setting for artistic reflection and in-depth training, while still being part of the culturally bustling region of Côte d'Azur.
This unique geographical location combines the beauty and tranquility of the alps with the culturaly-rich French Riviera and its legendary coastline.
With its feet in the Mediterranean and its head in the Alps, the region has an extensive palette of colorful landscapes.
Provence, the Midi, these are magical names in a luminous landscape that inspired Van Gogh and Cézanne, and changed the course of modern painting. The region offers a rich culture and one of a kind geographical setting, ideal for an inspirational musical retreat.
Address:
Valdeblore, Côte d'Azur, France
Some interested visitors submitting program inquiries to our school up to
2024-04-07 were from:
Moscow, Russia; Russia; Dumaguete City, Philippines; and more.
Moscow, Russia; Russia; Dumaguete City, Philippines; and more.
Nacel International, Paris
Courses / Programs
Nacel International's French school in Paris offers summer language courses for adults and teens of 16 years of age and up. Located in the heart of Paris in the 13th arrondissement, we offer small classes of 6 to 12 students. We also offer a French homestay program with a local family in their home, or students can choose to stay in a student hostel or 2 star hotel.Experience the ultimate cosmopolitan way of life or "savoir-vivre" in one of the most glamorous and romantic cities in the world. Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of exquisite cuisine, high fashion and expensive perfumes. Wander the streets of Paris and discover every hint of history, culture, literature and architectural greatness around every corner. Learn French in Paris with Nacel and enjoy a summer of a lifetime.
Summer French Courses for Adults and Teens of 16 years +:
- General French Course
- Intensive French Course
- Semi-Intensive French Course
- Homestay Program with a local French family
- General French Course
- Intensive French Course
- Semi-Intensive French Course
- Homestay Program with a local French family
Creative Writing Course at the French House Party, Carcassonne
Courses / Programs
• Recommended in the book “The 100 Best Worldwide Vacations to Enrich Your Life”, the French House Party in the Carcassonne area of south-west France offers residential, all-inclusive experience holidays, including 6-day summer Creative Writing courses for writers & creative writing hobbyists. • Located in the Languedoc-Roussillon region, Carcassonne is 50 miles from Toulouse which has an international airport. Ryanair also fly directly to Carcassonne from the UK, Ireland, Belgium, & Paris Beauvais international airport.
• Run by author and professional tutor Sarah Hymas, our summer creative writing course "Write Like No One's Watching", is designed for complete beginners or for people who have a little writing experience, while our "Pen & Think" - Tutored Creative Writing Retreat" is designed for more experienced writers.
• Our courses are suitable for those who have attended other writing classes, and for published and unpublished authors.
• You will not be expected to write in any particular style or genre, except for that chosen by yourself - fact or fiction, prose or poetry.
• Participants are encouraged to bring with them one or two of their poems or a short story for the one-to-one and another for group discussion.
• Based at a chic house in Carcassonne, the French House Party offers the ultimate in customer care and personal attention.
• Clients praise our great accommodation, fantastic food and wine, the excellence of our tutors and our exacting attention to detail.
Summer Creative Writing Courses:
"Write Like No One's Watching" (6 days - 5 nights)
• Includes daily 3-hour group sessions, one-to-one tutorials and an after-dinner feedback focus on at least one evening.
"Pen & Think" - Tutored Creative Writing Retreat (6 days - 5 nights)
• This course is a wonderful opportunity for experienced writers to enjoy time and space to devote themselves daily to a current writing project (novel, memoir, collection of poetry or short stories).
"Write Like No One's Watching" (6 days - 5 nights)
• Includes daily 3-hour group sessions, one-to-one tutorials and an after-dinner feedback focus on at least one evening.
"Pen & Think" - Tutored Creative Writing Retreat (6 days - 5 nights)
• This course is a wonderful opportunity for experienced writers to enjoy time and space to devote themselves daily to a current writing project (novel, memoir, collection of poetry or short stories).
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Pâtisserie
Courses / Programs
• Since 1984, ENSP has been recognized by the top pastry professionals worldwide as France’s leading school in pastry and baking arts. • Almost 30 years of solid experience in transmitting best practices and skills to both prestigious chefs and students from all over the world.
• The school in Yssingeaux, France is owned by Yves Thuries and Alain Ducasse - who are the most influential chefs in the culinary world today.
• Our programs are delivered by a team of highly skilled professional instructors in a top notch environment utilizing state of the art equipment and upscale ingredients.
• Our classes are limited to 12 participants maximum with one aim in mind: Total success of our students.
Year-Round & Summer Culinary Arts Programs:
Superior French Pastry Arts Diploma:
• 2 months practical training + 2 months of internship
French Chocolate & Confectionery Arts:
• 2 months practical experience + 1 month optional internship
French Bakery Arts:
• 2 months practical training + 1 month optional internship
French Pastry Campus Program:
• 2 months practical training + 1 month internship
Pastry Arts Master Class:
• Duration: 1 or 2 days
Superior French Pastry Arts Diploma:
• 2 months practical training + 2 months of internship
French Chocolate & Confectionery Arts:
• 2 months practical experience + 1 month optional internship
French Bakery Arts:
• 2 months practical training + 1 month optional internship
French Pastry Campus Program:
• 2 months practical training + 1 month internship
Pastry Arts Master Class:
• Duration: 1 or 2 days
Institut Europeen De Francais, Montpellier
Courses / Programs
In 2005, IMEF and the Odyssea French Language School (created in 1983 and 2001, respectively) came together in Montpellier, southern France to form the Institut Européen de Français, offering a wide variety of French courses.The Institut Européen de Français welcomes students, teachers, or professionals of all nationalities, all year-round with special summer school programs in a friendly and studious atmosphere, assuring that your study of French will take place under the best conditions.
Summer Immersion Program; General French Courses.
MJM Graphic Design - Summer School
Courses / Programs
MJM Graphic Design is a creative arts school that provides a 2-week art and design-based summer program in the French cities of Paris, Nantes, Strasbourg, and Rennes.Our Summer School is dedicated to people from all-over the world who want to reveal their artistic talent.
This experience will allow participants to develop their creative sense through arts and cultural activities guided by experienced teachers.
This program will give you a panorama of opportunities offered in design and image fields.
2-week Art & Design Summer Program:
- For students ages 16+
- From Monday to Friday 4 hours/day (9am-1pm)
Course topics include:
- Drawing Techniques
- Art & Design Workshops
- Arts Culture Development (Art History, Cultural
- Computer Graphics Workshop
- Photo Shooting Workshop
- For students ages 16+
- From Monday to Friday 4 hours/day (9am-1pm)
Course topics include:
- Drawing Techniques
- Art & Design Workshops
- Arts Culture Development (Art History, Cultural
- Computer Graphics Workshop
- Photo Shooting Workshop
Ostroverhy Workshops
Courses / Programs
Ostroverhy Workshops in Paris and Agay, Cote d'Azur, France offer all year seascape, landscape and portrait lessons to students of all levels of skill. Paint in the presence of a European master in the most inspiring scenery France has to offer. Our workshops are lead by Sergio Ostroverhy, finalist of both BP and PSOA competitions, and explore the secrets of à la prima landscape oil-painting, and classical portrait drawing. We provide a tailor-made service with exceptional tuition, exclusive accommodation and magical painting sites. In each of our courses Sergio imparts the techniques and experience he has built up over thirty years as a professional artist. By offering a one-to-one approach to tuition, Sergio is able to guide students through the process of creating land- and seascapes in oil, and classical portraits, unlocking their artistic potential.
When students sign up for one of our workshops, we provide all the necessary materials that they need to create works of art, including canvasses, easels paints and brushes; this way our students are able to focus on the process of creation.
All year Painting Workshops in France:
Seascape and Landscape Painting
Agay, Cote d'Azur, France
Portrait Drawing Masterclass
Paris, France
Seascape and Landscape Painting
Agay, Cote d'Azur, France
Portrait Drawing Masterclass
Paris, France