The school

Le Cercle Lémanique d'Etudes Musicales was founded in 1982 by Edith Fischer, Marie-José Chardonnens and Elisabeth Pasche in Lutry. Today, the school is organized as a non-profit association, managed by a committee of five members, an administrative and musical director and five deans.

The school is a member of AVCEM (Association Vaudoise des Conservatoires et Ecoles de Musique) and ASEM (Association Suisse des Ecoles de Musique).

The CLEM teaches some 300 students, who attend classes at the Lutry, Corsy-sur-Lutry, La Croix-sur-Lutry, Paudex and Grandvaux colleges.

The curriculum begins at age four with group classes in musical initiation using the Edgar Willems method. The student then chooses an instrument, which is studied in individual lessons. The school also offers violin, viola and cello lessons using the Suzuki method, suitable for very young children from the age of four.

All students sit an annual instrument and solfeggio exam, which enables us to monitor the program and progress of each student. Auditions are held regularly to give students the opportunity to perform in public one or more times a year. The study program culminates in a non-professional certificate, organized by AVCEM.

Instruments taught

• Initiation musical method Edgar Willems
• Piano
• Violin, viola, cello
• Violin, viola, cello Suzuki method
• Classical guitar
• Transverse flute, recorder, saxophone
• Percussion
• Solfège