Willems® Training Courses

Willems® Training Courses

2-year cycles / one-off courses

In 2021, the FIW has reorganized its various training cycles to respond to the many situations concerned by the Willems® pedagogy, from early childhood to instrumental teaching in all kinds of contexts.

All the training cycles end with examinations leading to diplomas, which remain optional, the main thing being the training itself.

In addition to these Cycles, there are courses of varying length, such as Sensitisation, Continuing Education and Advanced Training, and also courses on particular themes (choral conducting, vocal work, early childhood, etc.).

Global introduction to Edgar Willems’ proposal, either through lectures, days or half-days, 3-day courses…

A “Deepened Sensitization” is possible over a semester. Open to non-professional music lovers, it constitutes the first year of the Certificate training and ends with a simple evaluation, without a diploma.

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2-year course in Lyon
254 hours of lessons divided into
8 WE/year + 2 summer courses

In-depth pedagogical training allowing the student to gradually master the whole subject, from musical initiation to advanced and professional solfeggio. It is aimed at qualified music teachers or those in the process of training, working in Conservatories and Schools of Music, whether municipal or associative.

This course ends with the Diploma exams (optional).

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2-year course in Lyon
140 hours of lessons divided into
4 courses

This course is intended for professional musicians who are concert performers and teachers and who wish to learn in depth and in practice about Edgar Willems’ original contribution to their art.

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Advanced courses: sessions are regularly offered to Willems® graduates to deepen or revisit topics that meet demand.

Topics regularly covered: improvisation, choral conducting, music theory, instrumental practice, etc.

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This module brings together the various Thematic Workshops organised by the FIW.

They are independent of the training courses and open to the public.

Depending on the theme, specific musical training may be required.

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Training over 2 years in Lyon
70 hours of lessons divided into
6 then 8 days/year + 20 hours of summer training

Pedagogical training for people wishing to add a musical, artistic and human dimension to their professional experience – nursery nurses, school teachers, day-care centre workers, nurses, prison visitors, etc.

This training takes place over 2 years, with 6 to 8 days per year and 1 summer course, and ends with the Certificate exams (optional).

Open to non-professional music lovers.

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2-year course in Lyon
254 hours of lessons divided into
8 WE/year + 2 summer courses

This new course offers an original and original approach aimed at instrumentalists and teachers wishing to deepen their teaching practice by taking into account all the elements of musical training required to form complete musicians: performers, improvisers, … artists!

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This course is intended for qualified teachers who have been active for some time and wish to share their teaching experience by engaging in Willems® training at all the levels described above.

This training takes place over 2 years, coupled with the other training courses, plus 2 annual courses.

Applications are selected on the basis of a dossier.

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This module is intended for students in training who can attend weekly classes in an associated school under the supervision of a teacher trainer.

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The various Training Courses and Courses offered by the FIW are regularly evaluated quantitatively in terms of numbers, attendance and results of the Diplomas.

This allows the FIW to reorient its proposals if necessary, and the public to better understand the issues at stake.

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