This prestigious programme welcomes 17 students per year, aged 18 to 30, recruited through competitive examinations in France and internationally. Over two years (CPES – preparatory classes for higher education), it prepares young singers for a professional singing career, with intensive choir practice and a specialisation in the historically informed performance of 17^th- and 18^th-century French music. The programme combines theoretical and practical teaching with professional experience. Les Chantres regularly take part in professional productions and recordings, under the musical direction of Fabien Armengaud and numerous guest conductors, including Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (conductor in residence 2025-2026), Damien Guillon, Sébastien Daucé, Emmanuelle Haïm and Hervé Niquet.

The programme benefits from educational partnerships with the Versailles Grand Parc music conservatory, the Paris – Ida Rubinstein music conservatory, the Paris-Saclay music conservatory, and the two CNSM conservatories in Paris and Lyon, and boasts a high rate of professional integration. As part of its educational partnership with the CRR de Versailles Grand Parc, the Chantres benefit from a complementary curriculum at a campus in Versailles, allowing them to participate in joint educational productions and take additional classes with conservatory students.

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Recruitment procedures

• REGISTRATION FROM 2 MARCH TO 3 APRIL 2026
  Online registration with recording of three pieces from different periods, including one piece of French Baroque music.
  • First round: pre-selection based on application
• FRIDAY 8 AND SATURDAY 9 MAY 2026
  • Second round: audition and tests of musical training and sight-reading in front of a panel
  • Third round: role-play in the choir and in class with teachers, individual interview

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