Children’s Choir




The Children Choir is open to children aged 8 to 15, enrolled in a Parisian establishment with a dual curriculum.

The Preparatory Choir represents the first two years of the Children Choir. It allows children from 3rd to 6th grade to acquire the basics of choral singing and music by following each week 9 to 12 hours of lessons during school time, with the the dual curriculum.

The Children Choir provides high-level comprehensive musical training through the practice of singing. The group, made up of 35 to 40 children, takes classes every week with 10 to 16 hours of lessons during school hours, with the dual curriculum.

During their studies at the Maîtrise, students undergo a complete training including courses in:

  • choir,
  • individual and collective vocal technique,
  • voice training,
  • vocal deciphering,
  • Gregorian chant,
  • musical training,
  • history of music.
  • Piano lessons are optional, at the families’ expense.

All repertoires are covered, from medieval music to contemporary music, both in secular music and in sacred music: solo singing, choir with equal voices, choir with mixed voices (with the Adult Choir) ).

Children present their work during auditions, cultural actions, by participating in numerous offices in Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois (while awaiting the reopening of the Cathedral) or during concerts in Paris, France and abroad.

LESSONS SETUP

In connection with the schools, the schedule is organized as follows:

PREPARATORY CHOIR

First-year students take lessons on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons from 1.45 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Second-year students take lessons on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays from 1:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Fridays from 1:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Second-year students join the Children’s Choir for Friday evening Vespers at Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois (pending the reopening of the Cathedral) at the second trimester (5:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.).

CHILDREN’S CHOIR

5th, 6th and 7th grades have lessons on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 1:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

8th and 9th grades have lessons on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 1:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

The Children’s Choir participates each week in Friday evening Vespers at Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois (pending the reopening of the Cathedral), outside school holidays (5:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.).

SCHOOLS

By agreement with the Rectorat de Paris, our students are schooled in the following establishments, where the hours are compatible with the Maîtrise hours.

École Cardinal-Lemoine

24, rue du Cardinal Lemoine 75005 PARIS

01 43 29 96 06

École primaire Sainte-Catherine

15, rue des Bernardins 75005 PARIS

01 43 25 57 89

Collège Rognoni

24, rue du Cardinal Lemoine 75005 PARIS

01 43 29 96 06

 

Collège Lamartine

121 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, 75009 Paris

01 48 78 94 74

Collège Octave Gréard

28 Rue du Général Foy, 75008 Paris

01 42 93 45 05

Collège La Fontaine

1 Place de la Porte Molitor, 75016 Paris

01 46 51 16 00

 

Collège Notre-Dame de Sion

61, rue Notre-Dame des Champs 75006 PARIS

01 44 32 06 70