Audition at the Conservatoire

Today at 17:00, Silke and Jerome have an audition at the Conservatoire Municipal Erik Satie.  It seems to be quite renowned.  We have been warned that it is difficult to get in.  We'll see.  Jerome is playing on his viola of course, and is not yet entirely fluent reading alto clef.  Also, sight-singing is part of the audition!  They've never done sight-singing.  Or much singing at all for that matter.  Oh well, they might make up for it on the other aspects of the audition.  We'll see.

Tomorrow morning at 8:00 they are writing French and Math exams at the Paris rectorate, which will determine how they are placed in the schools.  The most likely outcome I think, is that they will be able to do many normal classes in the collège, but also be in a "class d'accueil", which is a class of intensive French preparation for non-francophones.