Student Recital Booking Information

Request forms must be turned in by the last day of the priority booking period to gain priority over other grade levels. Seniors and juniors will still be able to book their recital after their priority periods are over, but you may receive a less desirable time slot.

Fall 2025 Recitals

If you are planning to book a recital in Fall 2025, please see the booking periods below. The deadline to book your fall recital is Friday, September 26.

• April 22-24: Priority booking for seniors with a degree requirement (registered in MUSO 4970)
• April 25-27: Priority booking for seniors with an elective recital
• April 28-30: Priority booking for juniors with a degree requirement (registered in MUSO 3970)
• May 1: Schedule opens to all student solo and chamber ensemble recitals. Required recitals get priority over eletive recitals.
• Deadline for booking a Fall 2025 recital: Friday, September 26

Spring 2026 Recitals

If you are planning to book a recital in Spring 2026, please see the booking periods below. The deadline to book your fall recital is Friday, January 30.

• Oct. 28-Nov. 3: Priority booking for seniors with a degree requirement (registered in MUSO 4970)
• Nov. 4-5: Priority booking for seniors with an elective recital
• Nov. 6-7: Priority booking for juniors with a degree requirement (registered in MUSO 3970)
• Nov. 8: Schedule opens to all student solo and chamber ensemble recitals. Required recitals get priority over elective recitals.
• Deadline for booking a Spring 2026 recital: Friday, January 30

NEW! Freshman, Sophomores, and non-degree requirement juniors must complete their Spring recitals by March 6, 2026. No recitals for this student group will be approved to occur after March 6, 2026.

To avoid conflicts, recitals must fit into specific time slots. Exceptions will only be made if a previously scheduled event conflicts with the time slot.

Please check the most current schedules for Turner Hall and Choral Hall before booking a recital time. These are updated frequently, so please check back.

Recital Time Slots for Turner Hall.

Saturday and Sunday Recitals

• 12:00-2:00 p.m., with recital starting at 12:30 p.m.
• 2:00-4:00 p.m., with recital starting at 2:30 p.m.
• 5:00-7:00 p.m., with recital starting at 5:30 p.m.
• 7:00-9:00 p.m., with recital starting at 7:30 p.m.

Weekday Recitals

• 7:00-9:00 p.m., with recital starting at 7:30 p.m.

Recital Time Slots for Choral Hall.

Saturday and Sunday Recitals

• 1:00-3:00 p.m., with recital starting at 1:30 p.m.
• 3:00-5:00 p.m., with recital starting at 3:30 p.m.
• 6:00-8:00 p.m., with recital starting at 6:30 p.m.

Weekday Recitals

• 6:00-8:00 p.m., with recital starting at 6:30 p.m.

Students may book a two-hour block of time to complete their recital; this includes set-up, actual performance time, and tear-down.

• Students must limit their program time to 70 minutes, including set changes, speeches, and intermission. Please plan your program accordingly.
• Students must use the “Recital Time” as their start time.
• It is imperative that your recital is less than 70 minutes total (inclusive of breaks, intermissions, and talking) as the livestream and archive recording will cut off after 70 minutes.
  • If you go over that time, the end of your recital will not be available.
  • The entire recital program must be finished 20 minutes prior to the end of the time slot to allow the technical staff time to prepare for the next recital.
  • Going over your time period not only negatively impacts you, but it also impacts the recital after yours. Please do not allow yourself to negatively impact your colleagues.
• Students who wish to book a recital must fill out a Recital Request Form and turn it into the Events Supervisor.
  • If you have questions about the form, contact the Events Supervisor immediately for additional instructions.
• Specific booking periods and deadlines are set to give priority according to seniority.
  • Please see the schedule above for your booking period.
• To avoid conflicts, recitals will need to fit into specific time slots.  Exceptions will only be made due to previously scheduled events.

Joint recitals are encouraged for two students who each have a program that is 30 minutes or less. Only one Recital Request Form needs to be turned in. However, if each student has a different teacher both teachers will need to sign the form. Please note if this is not a required recital it must take place in Choral Hall unless both students are seniors.

Once you have received your recital date from the Blair Registrar, book your dress rehearsal time through the EMS website.

• Please note that students are allowed up to two hours of rehearsal time in the performance hall, as available; however, if you are more than 15 minutes late to your reservation, the time is forfeited.
• Technical staff is not automatically assigned to rehearsals. If your rehearsal requires technical assistance, please request this when you request your rehearsal time through EMS or by contacting the Events Coordinator and Production Director.

Students are expected to check the  availability of their professors, assisting artists, and family members prior to booking a recital.

• The student is allowed to reschedule a  recital one time, and the  rescheduling must be requested by their professor.
• Please remember that time in the halls books up quickly. If you are  completely prepared prior to submitting your recital request form, you’ll have the best chance of securing your preferred date and time.
• If a student who is booked in Turner Hall reschedules the recital within a month of the scheduled recital date without a legitimate reason, it is not guaranteed that another date in Turner will be available.

Legitimate Reasons for Rescheduling a Recital

• Illness or injury (with a doctor's note)
• Family emergency
• Act of God, like a tornado

Not Legitimate Reasons for Rescheduling a Recital

• The program isn't ready
• The student failed the recital hearing
• Schedule conflicts
• Problems with assisting artists

If a student does need to cancel a recital, they must contact the Events Coordinator immediately. If two students wish to swap assigned hall time, the trade must be agreed to by both students and their professors, and approved by the Events Coordinator prior to being processed.

All students (except composition) giving required recitals and any student who wishes to give a recital in the Blair building must pass a hearing, held at least three weeks before the recital.

• After establishing a recital date, the student and their instructor will assemble a recital hearing committee, consisting of two additional faculty members, one of whom must be from outside the student's performing area.
  • For musical arts and teacher education students, the committee will normally consist of the studio instructor, a teacher education faculty member, and at least one additional faculty member.
  • For non-required, non-credit recitals, the hearing committee may be from within the department.
  • For any recital involving a student's second performing medium, a full-time faculty member from that department must be part of the hearing committee.
• The student and instructor must notify the recital hearing committee, in writing, of the hearing date, recital date, time and place.
• Senior composition recitals are screened in advance at the department level, therefore excluding them from the pre-recital hearing.
• The student must print and have the Recital Hearing Form filled out by their Hearing Committee following their hearing.
  • The hearing committee should hear the entire recital repertoire.
  • Grading of the hearing is on a Pass/Fail basis, with written faculty comments.
  • If a student fails the hearing, another must be scheduled. Only two recital hearings in one semester are permitted.
  • The completed form should be emailed to Rachel Hobbs.

For required junior or senior recitals, the repertoire must encompass three majorstyle periods, as appropriate to the medium; at least one work in a modern idiom must be included in either the junior or senior recital.

For recitals given for credit, the recital committee is the same as the hearing committee whenever possible. The final grade is a composite of those of the committee members, with the instructor's grade valued at 50 percent. Copies of the committee member's grades are kept by the instructor. Recitals not given for credit are not graded; they involve a hearing committee but not a recital committee.

Tech Info: You are required to submit your tech form four weeks prior to your recital

Program: Your program information must be submitted online three weeks prior to your recital. All degree recitals MUST have their programs formatted and printed by the school.  

Additional Bookings: You can book your hearing and rehearsal with EMS.

Each performance space has a designated reception area, which allows multiple receptions to happen simultaneously.

• Turner Hall is the “family waiting area” just outside the first-floor practice rooms and elevator.
• Choral Hall is the faculty lounge.
• Please consult the EMS schedule for the day of your event to see if other receptions will precede or follow your event so that no recitals are disturbed.
  • There are no private reception areas in the building.
• Your reception time slot will mimic your recital time slot.
  • Example: For a Turner Hall recital at 12:30pm, you will be allowed to setup for your reception at 12:00pm and must be completely clear (including clean up) by 2:00pm.
• No alcohol may be served at any student recital reception.

Please contact a member of Blair’s Presenting Services for the most up to date informaton.