FINAL M.M. RECITAL GUIDELINES
Revised May, 2007
Performance and Conducting (Choral and Instrumental)
Degrees
The student should register for AM 709 (performance majors) or AM
710(conducting majors) in the semester that the final recital will
be presented.
Performance majors must first pass a recital hearing; a recital
hearing is not required for non-degree recitals. Recital hearings
are to be held at least 3 weeks in advance of the scheduled recital
date. Individual teachers and/or areas may require the hearing to
be scheduled further in advance. Recital hearings are to be heard
by a panel consisting of the applied teacher and at least one other
faculty member from the applied area. Individual teachers and/or
areas may require a larger panel. Students are to be prepared to
perform the entire recital repertoire. The faculty panel may elect
to hear the entire repertoire or selected compositions, movements,
or passages. The recital hearing must be performed with the
accompanist and/or other collaborating musicians who will be
performing on the recital. Recital hearings may be held in the
recital hall or in an appropriate classroom or studio. The student
and applied teacher should work together in scheduling recital
hearings and in arranging for a venue, accompanist, faculty panel,
etc. If the faculty panel determines that the student is not
adequately prepared to present the recital, the recital must be
postponed from its originally scheduled date and another hearing
date scheduled. Students should bear this in mind when originally
scheduling recitals. A copy of the Recital Hearing/Graded Recital
Form must be signed by the faculty at the conclusion of the
hearing. The same form is then used to record the grade for the
recital itself.
All degree-required recitals must be graded by a minimum of
three faculty members, who sign a Recital Hearing/Graded Recital
Form. It is the student¹s responsibility to make sure that the
Recital Hearing/Graded Recital Form (available on-line or in the
music department office, Lilly Hall, room 229) is signed and turned
into the music department office (Lilly Hall, room 229). In most
areas, at least two of the three faculty members must be from the
³area² (strings, woodwinds, etc.); check with your applied teacher
to be sure. If the required number of faculty cannot attend the
recital in person, listening to a recording of the recital by a
faculty member is permissible.
The recital program must be prepared in a standard format by the
music department; an electronic version of the program copy must be
e-mailed to the department secretary no later than three (3) weeks
prior to the performance.
A copy of the recital recording (for placement in Irwin Library)
must be given to the Director of Graduate Music Studies in order
for the recital grade to be received. For performance majors, the
recording format must be a CD; for conducting recitals, the format
must be VHS or DVD. In addition, two (2) copies of the recital
program must be included.
A. Graded Recital Form (PDF)
B. Student/Faculty Event Form (PDF)
C. Facility
Set-up and Recording Request Form (PDF)