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Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye/Master’s degree

Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye/Master’s degree
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The Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye

The Abbaye aux Dames is the musical centre of Saintes. Our desire to pass on our love of music naturally led to the creation of the Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye (JOA – the abbey’s youth orchestra).
The JOA offers professional training that is unrivalled in Europe. It enables young musicians finishing their studies or just embarking on their careers to interpret classical and romantic pieces using period instruments. The JOA provides young musicians with both training and an entry into the world of work. It offers them an authentic experience of the stage, as well as the opportunity to forge artistic bonds.
The intrinsically cosmopolitan JOA has now existed for over twenty years. It has never faltered in its pursuit of excellence.

JOA News

Visuel JOA Heisser © Thomas Chapuzot Michel Alnet Le recrutement pour le stage d’orchestre de novembre est ouvert ! Find out more Visuel JOA @ Esteban Martin Le JOA recherche des musiciens pour son prochain stage de musique de chambre et médiation ! Find out more Résidence de Juillet 2023 – Direction Hervé Niquet Find out more Résidence de mai – Direction Leo Warynski Find out more
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JOA guest conductors

Herve Niquet © Eric Manas Hervé Niquet Find out more Leo_Warynski 4©Manuel Braun Léo Warynski Find out more Philippe Herreweghe Find out more Amandine Beyer bd ©Óscar Vázquez 15 Amandine Beyer Find out more Julien Chauvin ©Marco Borggreve Julien Chauvin Find out more David-Stern ©DR David Stern Find out more Raphaël Pichon Find out more Raphaël Pidoux © Gary Gunderson Raphaël Pidoux Find out more Christophe Coin ©Nemo Perier Stefanovitch Christophe Coin Find out more Alexis Kossenko crédit Aurélie Rémy Alexis Kossenko Find out more Stéphanie-Marie Degand Stéphanie-Marie Degand Find out more
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Trainers and musicians

Trainers 2018-2023 Find out more Musicians 2019-2023 Find out more
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If you would be interested in scheduling a production of the Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye please contact Pierre Selingant at selingant@abbayeauxdames.org. We will send you the details of our next productions and gladly discuss the feasibility of the project with you. The JOA is an international ensemble of young musicians specialising in the interpretation of classical and romantic repertoires on period instruments. The orchestra has regular residential courses at the Abbaye aux Dames in Saintes, under the direction of renowned conductors. The JOA performs both in France and internationally.

Businesses can select the Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye as a beneficiary of their Taxe d’Apprentissage. This is an essential resource for young musicians hoping to integrate the professional circuit.

More information

The Abbaye aux Dames, la cité musicale, can give you access to musicians’ CVs and contact on request.
Please contact Cécile Chemin at chemin@abbayeauxdames.org.

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The JOA in figures, year 2021:

  • 118 young musicians of 20 different nationalities
  • 223 participants in total number of courses in 2021
  • 30 French and foreign higher education institutions represented
  • 1 course with a “cultural mediation” option
  • 6 courses including 3 orchestra courses and 3 chamber music courses
  • 1 European programme supports training: European Social Fund 2014-2020
  • 19 students hosted in the framework of the Master M-RPE, distributed as follows
  • Geographical origin of the students :International: United Kingdom, Moldavia, Romania, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Ukraine, United States, Colombia, Japan, South Korea, Austria, IsraelNational: Paris, Lyon, Poitiers, Versailles, Boulogne, Strasbourg

Satisfaction rate of former students:

  • 87.5% consider that the JOA has enabled them to improve their professional network
  • 55% of musicians say they have found a job after the training
    Study carried out in April 2020

JOA students have found employment in the following orchestras: La grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Warsav Chamber Opera, Orchestre de Suisse Romande, Les Siècles, l’Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, l’Orchestre Philarmonique du Luxembourg, Musiciens du Louvre, Les Arts Florissants, Orchestre Philarmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestra Da Camera Fiorentina, Brandenburg Sinfonia, Hastings Philarmonic, Le Concert Spirituel, Capriccio Barockorchester Basel, Lublin Philarmony, Insula Orchestra…

These figures represent the activity of the JOA in the context of the health crisis.

The JOA in figures, year 2022:

  • 5 sessions including 3 orchestral and 2 chamber music courses
  • 107 young musicians of 19 different nationalities
  • 160 participants in cumulative number of placements
  • 30 French and foreign universities represented
  • 19 students received as part of the Master M-RPE
  • 87.5% consider that JOA has enabled them to improve their network
  • 55% of musicians say they have access to employment after training

Catherine Puig
Director of the Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye (JOA)

Catherine Puig began her musical studies of piano, viola and conducting in Nimes. The viola became her favourite instrument and she obtained her diploma in this discipline at the CNSM of Lyon. At this time she was a member of the European Community Youth Orchestra and had the opportunity to play under the direction of great conductors such as Claudio Abbado and Zubin Mehta. At the end of her studies, a meeting with Jean-Claude Malgoire allowed her to explore historically informed performance on period instruments. She then played with several groups including Mosaïques and Collegium Vocale before joining the Orchestre de Champs-Elysées at its creation. She participated in numerous recordings with the orchestra and with Philippe Herreweghe. Around this time she obtained her professor’s Vocational Certificate of viola. She also collaborated in the publishing of the Manuscript Rost with Fuzeau and Ricercare de Gabrielli with Billaudot. As conductor she has managed educational projects around Mozart’s  comic opera Bastien Bastienne (2008), Gounod’s  The Dove (2009), Grétry’s The  Speaking Picture (2010) and Mozart’s The goose of Cairo (2011). Her interest for teachning and her experience of historically informed performance come together at the Abbaye aux Dames in Saintes where she now heads the Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye training programme.

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