DAS in orchestral performance

In collaboration with the Haute école de musique de Genève, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande proposes a training programme leading to a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) in orchestral performance awarded by the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (HES-SO). The training will be given by both institutions with the objective of deepening and broadening professional skills in the field of orchestral performance (both symphonic and operatic) in order to maximize students’ chances of success for orchestra auditions.

The DAS is open to students of any nationality who have a Master’s degree in performance or equivalent.  The upper age limit is 29 (on 30 April 2023) in the following disciplines: violin, cello, french horn and percussion.

The programme, comprising 900 hours over 12 months (1 September 2023 – 31 August 2024), consists of two complementary and compulsory modules:

1) an internship at the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande: preparing parts and playing in concerts, performances, tours, and recordings (720 hours over 12 months from September to August).
Remuneration for the internship is CHF 30'000.- before tax.

2) an academic studies programme at the Haute école de musique de Genève with two teaching modules (180 hours over 10 months from September to June):
a) Orchestral excerpts, mental preparation, audition simulation
b) Chamber music, historical knowledge and a written essay (60 hours)

The tuition fee, to be paid by the successful candidate, is CHF 4'500.-