Other Workshops
New! French Lyricist PRO WORKSHOP
with Frédéric Kocourek
Workshop registered at AFDAS and SACEM
Dates :
November 10-14 2025
Formateur : Frédéric Kocourek is a French lyricist since
1997, He has written for roughly 30 French singers including Angélique Kidjo, Natasha St Pier, Isabelle Boulay, Rock Voisine, Sarah Brightman, Daguerre, Yannick Noah, Louis Bertignac ... He has taught among others, at Francis Cabrel's Rencontres d'Astaffort. He is very involved in continuous training with Sacem, l'Afdas et the Union Nationale des Auteurs et Compositeurs.
Contenu : Perfect your work as a song lyricist. Work on
inspiration, structure, style, rhythms, rimes, story telling ... Are the requirements for songwriting a source of constraint or liberation?
Public : French speaking authors, composers, singers, songwriters ...
Schedule : 35h, from Monday 10am to Friday 5pm
Costs :
Teaching cost 1855 € /week (+30 € for students living outside school)
Teaching + full board lodging cost
starting from 2110
€/week
SCOLARSHIPS:
AFDAS
Workshop registered at AFDAS, so 100% sponsoring possible
AFDAS for authors See requirements
L'AFDAS for "intermittents" See requirements
SACEM
If you are registered at SACEM and get any other scolarship, contact us!
contact@cnima.com
Composition workshop
with Patrick Brugalières
Dates : December 1-5 2025
Axes de formation:
Instrumental composition. Arrangements, instrumentation, orchestration. Create a sound board with synthetic and organic sound. Song writing, film scoring. The workshop is not based on classical theory as taught in Music conservatories.
Trainer:
Patrick Brugalières is a famous accordion player / accompanist of Famous French singers (Lio, Sardou, Gréco). He composes film scores for blockbuster films such as Astérix and is a Bordeaux University professor for computer assisted music.
Participants and et pre-requisite:
All instruments level. Average level in harmony.
Costs
Teaching fees 420 € /week (+30 € for day students)
Teaching + full board lodging fees starting at 645 €/week
Singing workshop
with Alexia Mornet MORNET
Dates :
du 16 au 20 février 2026
Content:
Improve your vocal skills, by developing your technique. Add more flexibility, nuances and sensibility in your singing. Work on your stage presence and the handling of a microphone. Sing in a group and learn how to listen to one another and harmonize.
Trainer:
Alexia Mornet was born in a family of musicians and has been singing since the age of 8. She got selected for the Voice in 2020 . Her voice is featured in a Ibis Hotel add campaign. She peforms extensively in Provence as a duo with guitar player Sam Tallet.
Participants : All ages, all levels
Schedule: 25 hours, from Monday 2:00pm to Friday evening (after the end of the workshop concert). Welcome meeting 1:30pm
Costs :
Teaching fee 340 € /week (+30 € for those living outside of the school)
Teaching fee + full-board lodging fee
starting at 605 €/week
Guitar workshop
with Sam TALLET
Dates: Feb 16-20 2026
Content : "The guitar in all its states". Master various musical styles: pop, rock, blues, chanson, flamenco .... Play covers. Develop your style and improvisation skills.
Trainer :
Sam Tallet is a self-taught guitarist and singer propelled by his talent, on the front stage. He gets noticed by great jazzmen such as Louis Winsberg, Paco Séry, Stéphane Huchard, Minino Garay ... In 2019, He is chosen to participate to "The Voice" with his group Octopus, performing for 7 million viewers.
Participants : All ages, all levels
Schedule : 25 h, du lundi 2pm au vendredi soir. Welcome meeting 1:30pm
The full training program will be provided upon request.
Costs :
Teaching fee 340 € /week (+30 € for those living outside of the school)
Teaching fee + full-board lodging fee
starting at 605 €/week
JAZZ workshop for
Piano, Accordion, Double Bass
with Christian MORNET
Feb 23-27 2026
Trainer : Christian Mornet is the recipient of a first prize from Avignon Music Conservatory. He is a pianist very much appreciated for his exceptional touch, his virtuosity and sensibility. He played with high rank musicians such as Marcia Maria, Michel Gaudry, Marcel Zanini ...
Content : Study themes in various styles : ternary or binary, swing, bossa. Develop your harmony skills. Practice improvisation starting with the Blues in F
Training Focus Areas
• Approach improvisation through the acquisition of a repertoire
• Master the fundamentals in order to develop a well-structured vocabulary
• Be able to accompany using enriched chords and know how to harmonize
• Understand jazz playing through rhythmic precision
Participants : all ages, all levels
Pre-requisite :
None
Schedule : 25 hours, from Monday 2pm til Friday 12:30 pm
Welcome meeting 1:30pm
The full training program will be provided upon request.
Fees B
Teaching fees 420 € /week (+30 € pour externes)
Teaching fees + full board lodging
starting at 645 €/semaine
Jazz Horns and Woods workshop
with Jean-Jacques Taib
Feb
23-27 2026
Contenu :
Learn the language of jazz by studying jazz standards, blues and chord sequences. Practice improvisation alone or with a band.
Formateur : Jean-Jacques TAIB is a clarinet / flute / sax player member of the Jazz Academy. Passionate about swing and blues, he has played with Pepper Adam, Sony Stitt, Ttommy Flanagan ... and participated in the major Jazz festivals of Montreux, Marciac, Tel Aviv ...
Participants: All ages, all levels
Prerequisite:
Some notions and practice of basic harmony
Schedule: 35 hours, from Monday 2pm till Friday 12:30pm
Welcome meeting 1:30pm
The full training program will be provided upon request.
Fees B
Teaching fees 420 € /week (+30 € pour externes)
Teaching fees + full board lodging
starting at 645 €/semaine
Singing workshop
with Mylène Mornet
from July 13th to 18th 2026
Trainer:
Student at the CNSM in Paris, Mylène Mornet obtained a first prize in singing, and then won numerous national (Alès, Béziers) and international (Voix d'Or, Marmande, Rennes) competitions. Her discography includes "La Périchole" and "Les Diamants de la Couronne" for Harmonia Mundi.
Content:
Perfecting vocal skills through technical work: vocal agility, nuances, sensitivity... Interpretation of an individual song on soundtrack. Stage work with professional training: posture, microphone management, ease... Group singing to develop the practice of polyphony, harmonization, listening to others and sharing... International variety and French song.
Public: All levels, all ages
Schedule:
25 h, from Monday 2pm till Friday evening (after end of workshop concert). Welcome meeting 1:30pm
Fees A:
Teaching fee 340 € /week
(+30 € for those living outside of the school)
Teaching fee + full-board lodging fee
starting at 605 €/week
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cnima.com
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