MPS Handbook - Credit Recitals
Undergraduate
Credit Recitals (3926, 4926, 4927, 4928) are required in the third and fourth years of the Performance program, in third year of the Music Performance Diploma program, and in the One-Year Artist Diploma program.
Credit Recital programs must be approved by the student's instructor. Detailed program requirements should be obtained from the appropriate Division Coordinator. Repertoire which has been studied, coached or performed in a Music Performance Studies Department credit course (other than instrumental/vocal studio lessons) is ineligible for inclusion on student credit recitals. This includes but is not limited to Chamber Music Ensembles and Collaborative Musicianship courses.
Lesson and Recital Requirements
Graduate
Students registered in Solo Performance must present one or two public recitals (depending on the program option chosen), consisting of approximately fifty to sixty minutes of music. For students registered in Accompanying and Chamber Music, two public recitals, each consisting of approximately fifty to sixty minutes of music, are required. One recital should be devoted to the accompanying of a soloist, and the second must include chamber music.
Each recital should include works representative of a number of genres, styles, and historical periods. A ten-minute intermission is optional in Graduate recitals. At least one of the recitals must include a work composed within the past fifty years. In addition, the Graduate recital programs (except for piano, solo or collaborative), considered together, may contain no more than 30 minutes of:
- Chamber music not being performed on a recital for chamber music credit (A single chamber work of more than thirty minutes requires special permission of the Division Co-ordinator and Department Chair); or
- Jazz (Winds, Brass, Percussion only and on one recital only); or
- Performance on historical instrument (except for majors on a historical instrument)
Repertoire which has been studied, coached or performed in a Music Performance Studies Department credit course (other than instrumental/vocal studio lessons) is ineligible for inclusion on student credit recitals. This includes but is not limited to Chamber Music Ensembles and Collaborative Musicianship courses.
Extra Guidelines for Music Theatre Recitals
Extra Guidelines for Conducting Recitals
Additional requirements can be found within the Jury Requirements for some instruments.
BOOKING CREDIT RECITALS, 2011-2012
All bookings must be done in TC 21 between 10am and 2pm.
- A list of available slots in von Kuster Hall and Paul Davenport Theatre, for dates between 28 February and 11 April 2012, will be available by early October. Students are encouraged to consider recital times before 20 February (i.e., before Reading Week), when demand will be less heavy. Students may also consider available times in MB345 or MB18; but even though faculty can book these rooms directly, all Credit Recital bookings must be done by the Concert Manager.
- Chamber Music groups may book times September 26-28, 2011.
Graduate students may book times September 29 & 30, 2011.
4th-year (i.e., graduating) undergraduate students may book times October 3 & 4, 2011
3rd-year undergraduate students may book times October 5 & 6, 2011.
- Students, in consultation with their studio teachers and accompanists, should develop a list of preferred slots. Normally, 12:30 and 6:00 p.m. bookings are available to third year students; the 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. bookings are available to fourth year and graduate students.
- At the end of each booking day, a calendar or list showing the slots in vKH and PDT still available during the period 28 Feb.-11 April will be posted. Students should consult that daily and, in consultation with their teachers and accompanists, amend their preferred list accordingly.
- When a student books a slot with the Concert Manager, it will be considered a final contract. The student, at the time of booking, is confirming the availability of their accompanist, and ideally the studio teacher. Studio teachers will not be consulted after the initial booking to discuss their availability.
- Any change by the student after the initial booking will be handled as a Request for Deferral. The Faculty reserves the right to change the location if necessary, to restrict the date and time of a recital, and to change the date of a Credit Recital if a competing Faculty event requires it.
Receptions & von Kuster Hall Policy
Receptions following recitals are not allowed in the Music Building or Talbot College. Click here to read the von Kuster Hall Policy.
**Please see the next section for information on preparing your recital programs to accompany these forms.**
N.B. for Word documents -- expand the bottom margin for correct formatting.
Undergraduate Recital Approval Form
(Due one month before the recital)
Graduate Recital Approval Form
(Due six weeks before the recital)
Request for Recording
(Due two weeks before the recital)
Please note, if a credit recital takes place without the studio teacher having signed the Recital Approval Form, the recital mark will be withheld from the Registrar until the student has completed the approval procedure. Students who fail to meet the posted deadlines for submitting approval may lose their booking for the Recital Hall, and the availability of jurors for the proposed date will not be guaranteed. If any changes are made after approval, the form must be re-submitted to and re-approved by all of the initial parties.
Recital Program Approval & Printing
It is the student's responsibility to visit the How To Prepare Printed Programs page and prepare their program accordingly.
Note: Two copies of your correctly formatted printed program should be attached BY PAPERCLIP (not stapled) to your completed Recital Approval Form when it is submitted to the Performance Department Secretary on your appropriate due date.
Second year graduate students must also attach a single copy of their program from their first recital to the Recital Approval Package. Photocopies are acceptable.
Undergraduate
Effective September 2007, Performance Department recitals 3926, 4926, 4927 and 4928 will be examined with the following guidelines: two jurors (probably faculty members of your Division, and one of whom will be the studio teacher) attending the recital. The two jury members will give individual marks (each counting 50% of the final grade for 3926, 4926, 4927 and 4928) as well as written comments. There will no longer be a separate report and mark for studio preparation for the recital.
The two juror’s reports are due to be submitted to the MPS Office one week following the recital. If anyone wishes to write a lengthier and more detailed recital report, they may do so and hand it directly to the student, but copies of longer reports are not needed in the Performance Office (just the brief report with the grade).
Graduate
Jurors (normally a voting Chair and one other, not including the studio teacher and depending on the instrument) are assigned by the Division Co-ordinators of the Music Performance Studies Department on behalf of the Graduate Committee. Recitals are marked as Acceptable with Distinction, Acceptable, or Not Acceptable. If the recital is judged unacceptable, a student will be allowed to repeat it, with the same jury if possible.
Third attempts will be allowed only with the permission of the Graduate Committee. If the jurors are unable to reach a consensus in evaluating
the recital, the recorded recital is submitted to an additional juror for a final
decision. The program advisor, in consultation with the appropriate
Division Co-ordinator, will select the additional juror.
When |
Activity |
September |
Review the Recital Requirements and any additional material listed above prior to preparing for your recital. |
Early October |
Book your recital with the Concert Manager, Lou D'Alton. Keep an eye out for posters advertising the specific day, time, and locations for booking (posted through Talbot College and the Music Building). |
Six Weeks Prior (Grad) One Month Prior (Undergrad) to Recital |
Double check the recital requirements. Bring your signed and completed Approval Form, with two copies of your correctly formatted program attached, to the Music Performance Department Secretary in TC 232. |
One Month Prior (Optional) |
Have posters advertising your recital approved by the Students Council (visit the Porter's Desk for more information). Posters are not necessary. |
No Later Than Two Weeks Prior to Recital |
Submit your Request for Recording Form (if desired) and deposit to MB 206 (office hours posted on door). |
No Later Than One Week Prior to Recital |
Pick up your photocopied programs from TC 210. Programs are prepared according to the ones attached to your approval forms submitted earlier in the process. |
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