The Music, Production, Performance (M2P) program in Musicology is offered by the University of Evry Paris-Saclay. It provides training that combines musical practice (performance, production, and creation), pedagogy (transmission and mediation), and an introduction to musicological research. The courses focus on contemporary music creation (popular music, jazz, contemporary music).
The Music, Production, Performance (M2P) program is based on strong partnerships with public institutions (BnF, CRD de Clamart, CRD d’Évry, Scène nationale de l’Essonne, SMAC Le Plan et L’Empreinte, Scène de recherche ENS Paris-Saclay) and private institution (Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood), promoting regional and metropolitan integration. The program is supported by the RASM (Research in Performing Arts and Music) team at the CHCSC (Center for Cultural History of Contemporary Societies) laboratory, covering a wide range of musicological and heritage fields. It also offers professional training, preparing students for a variety of careers related to music and the performing arts.
Information
Skills
Artistic and practical musical skills:
- Master advanced musical practice.
- Perform a repertoire in a professional setting.
- Understand and analyze a work from a formal, stylistic, and expressive perspective.
- Adapt musical practice to different performance contexts.
- Collaborate with other musicians in a structured artistic setting.
Analysis, research, and musicology skills:
- Identify, analyze, and comment on musical phenomena using different approaches: historical, analytical, aesthetic, ethnomusicological, sociological.
- Use research methods in the humanities applied to music.
- Independently conduct musicological research and report on it in a structured, problem-oriented Master thesis.
- Master bibliographic, documentary, and digital research tools (databases, catalogs, musical corpora).
- Synthesize complex knowledge and formulate clear arguments both orally and in writing.
Cross-disciplinary and language skills:
- Master one or more modern foreign languages for professional and/or scientific purposes.
- Communicate effectively in writing and orally, adapting your speech to the target audience (specialists, general public, students, cultural partners).
- Work in a team and collaborate in a variety of contexts.
- Use digital tools for office automation, data processing, music editing, and distribution.
- Adapt to a variety of professional environments (teaching, production, mediation, research).
Objectives
The Music, Production, Performance (M2P) program has several complementary objectives, aiming to develop students' artistic, scientific, and professional expertise in the field of music. First, it allows students to deepen their artistic and instrumental practice through close partnerships with conservatories (CRD d'Évry, Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood). Students can thus evolve in demanding environments that nurture their musical progress, while benefiting from a stimulating academic setting.
The program also aims to develop a solid musicological culture and a well-founded critical capacity. It encourages intellectual curiosity and offers rigorous teaching in a variety of fields: music history, analysis, aesthetics, ethnomusicology, and systematic musicology. This theoretical foundation prepares students to conduct independent research at the master's level. All programs include the writing of a master thesis focused on a novel and scientifically relevant topic. This work allows students to learn about academic research while establishing a musical specialization.
Professionalization is at the heart of the educational project. It is based on the involvement of teachers from the professional world (musicians, creators, mediators, teacher-researchers) and on a network of partnerships with dissemination, training, and research organizations. There are many career opportunities: musical performance, cultural mediation, project production, academia, and music education. As such, the program is designed to allow each student to develop a coherent and personal project in line with their artistic, academic, or professional aspirations.
Career Opportunities
Career prospects
enseignant.e (après le concours du CAPES ou de l'agrégation)
enseignant.e-chercheur.se (après un doctorat)
Enseignant.es dans le secondaire
Métiers de la médiation culturelle
Métiers du journalisme et de la critique musicale
Musicien professionnel
Développeur·se de projets éducatifs
Further Study Opportunities
Doctorat
Fees and scholarships
The amounts may vary depending on the programme and your personal circumstances.
Admission Route
Capacity
Available Places
Target Audience and Entry Requirements
Students pursuing a bachelor's degree in music or musicology, or another bachelor's degree with a high level of musical practice.
Application Period(s)
From 25/02/2026 to 03/08/2026
Supporting documents
Compulsory supporting documents
Motivation letter.
Research project.
All transcripts of the years / semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application.
Curriculum Vitae.
Detailed description and hourly volume of courses taken since the beginning of the university program.
Additional supporting documents
Certificate of French (compulsory for non-French speakers).
VAP file (obligatory for all persons requesting a valuation of the assets to enter the diploma).
The application procedure, which depends on your nationality and your situation is explained here : https://urlz.fr/i3Lo.
Supporting documents :
- Residence permit stating the country of residence of the first country
- Or receipt of request stating the country of first asylum
- Or document from the UNHCR granting refugee status
- Or receipt of refugee status request delivered in France
- Or residence permit stating the refugee status delivered in France
- Or document stating subsidiary protection in France or abroad
- Or document stating temporary protection in France or abroad.