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/or 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.
For require junior or senior recital, the repertoire must encompass three major style periods, as appropriate to the medium; at least one work in a modern idiom must be included in either the junior or senior recital. 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 hearing in one semester is permitted.
The student must print and have the Recital Hearing Form filled out by their Hearing Committee following their hearing. This form should then be placed in Rachel Hobbs' mailbox.
