Thérence Guillerme

Professeur de musique

I grew up in Annecy, surrounded by mountains and cinema. From a very early age, music fascinated me as a language in its own right, capable of expressing what words cannot.

After earning a science-focused high school diploma and completing a jazz guitar program at the Annecy Conservatory, I earned a bachelor’s degree in musicology from the University of Grenoble, followed by a master’s degree in composition for the screen from the University of Lyon II. In 2024, I capped off this journey with a Master of Arts in Film Scoring from the Royal College of Music in London, which I completed with honors.

Since 2020, I have composed and handled the sound design for some fifty projects—short films, documentaries, animated films, and video games—work that has been recognized with several awards: the 2025 Alcimé Music and Cinema Prize in Marseille, third prize at the 2025 Radio France Instrumental Competition, and the Joseph Horovitz Prize from the Royal College of Music.

Today, teaching plays a role at least as central as composing. I teach at the Annecy Conservatory, the Collège Présentation de Marie in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, the SAE Institute in Lyon, and the École Brassart in Annecy. I’ve also had the opportunity to teach at the University of Burgundy Europe and to give lectures at the École De Vinci in Paris, and I will be joining the University of the French Riviera in September 2026.

What fascinates me about teaching is the same challenge I face in composition: finding the right language for the right audience. Whether I’m working with students at a conservatory, an art school, a university, or a middle school, their expectations and perspectives are very different. I always try to start with what inspires them—a movie, a video game, a trip, a sound that intrigues them—and build from there to develop a broader understanding of music and sound.

I remain convinced that teaching and practice feed into each other: what I learn on set, in the studio, or in front of an orchestra, I bring back to the classroom and share with my students.