Senior Recital Guidelines
Table of Contents
Description.............................................................................................................2
Faculty
Approval Jury...........................................................................................2
Time
requirements..................................................................................................2
Planning
the Recital Date......................................................................................3
Planning
the Program.............................................................................................3
Dates
for the Faculty Approval Jury....................................................................3
The Program
Cover.................................................................................................4
Example
of Cover....................................................................................................4
Inside
Front Cover (Program Page).........................................................................5
Example of
Program................................................................................................6
Inside Back
Cover (Program Notes)........................................................................7
Example of
Notes.....................................................................................................7
The
Back Cover.......................................................................................................8
Printing
the Program.................................................................................................8
Recording.................................................................................................................8
The senior recital is the
culmination of a course of study demonstrating a certain level of musical
proficiency. The public performance of
this recital is the final examination in the sequence of applied study which is
fundamental to the Bachelor of Music Education degree, the General Music degree
and all contract Music degrees at
In the normal four-year
course of study, the senior recital, MUS 4499, is usually given in the semester
preceding internship, that is, the first semester of the senior year. In order to qualify for consideration for the
senior recital each student must successfully complete two semesters each at
the 22xx, 33xx, and 44xx levels. Each student
will register for MUS 4499 with his/her principal teacher, and will receive a
recital grade as determined by that teacher.
A Faculty Approval Jury before the entire
The senior recital must
contain at least 25 minutes of music from three of the four
different historical periods:
Renaissance/Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, and be of a degree of
difficulty published in your applied syllabus.
In some cases transcriptions of earlier periods may be required, e.g., a
transcription of a classical bassoon sonata for trombone. These, too, must be the appropriate degree of
difficulty. Students having successfully
completed two semesters at the 44xx level should have no trouble programming a
recital.
1. Plan a tentative recital place and
approximate date.
* Check with your
accompanist, your family and your teacher.
* Decide on
two or three possible dates.
* Contact the
Student Services office in the
* Once you
decide on the date and the place, fill out a Space Reservation form http://troy.troy.edu/publicservices/reservationform.html They will send you a confirmation form.
* Be sure to
include times to practice in the hall on the Space Reservation form.
2. Plan your program.
This
is probably something you and your teacher have been talking about for a while,
but now is the time to settle on a probable program.
* Be sure
your planned recital has the right amount of music (minimum 25 minutes) and
contains material from at least three stylistic periods (Renaissance/Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern.).
* Begin
researching your program notes. (Groves
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Baker's Biographical Dictionary, Grove's
Dictionary of American Music and
Musicians and any CD liner notes you might have are a great place to
start.)
* Check the
old recordings that are in the library - you never know, there may be an LP
with one of your pieces on it with some juicy liner notes.
* If you are
a singer, begin gathering translations for all of your non-English songs.
* Every
studio teacher has a copy of the Recital/Studio Class schedule. The Faculty Approval Jury is usually
mid-October in the Fall Semester and mid-March in the Spring Semester.
The sign-up sheet is on the main bulletin board on the first floor of
Smith Hall.
* The Faculty
Approval Jury will typically take place during the Wednesday recital hour but
occasionally the following Friday or Fridays will be used as jury times.
Sign-up times are first come-first
served.
* Program
notes must be approved before playing the Faculty Approval Jury. Program notes are submitted to the applied
teacher no later than two weeks before the first Faculty Approval Jury date.
These notes are then corrected, according to the instructions of the
applied teacher, and then submitted to Dr. Allard for possible revision and final approval. The schedule will be posted on the main
bulletin board in Smith Hall along with the sign-up sheet.
* A copy of
your program, with timings for each piece, and the program notes you have
written should be provided for each faculty member at the jury.
* The Faculty
Jury must be completed no later than 3 weeks before the scheduled recital
date. You can't play a jury on Wednesday
and give the recital the next day.
* A majority
of the faculty must approve the recital before it can be presented in
public.
The program is your official
document that you have prepared and completed the course of study in applied
music. As such, it follows a certain prescribed format.
Figure 1 if picture not displayed right click on x and choose “open hyperlink”
presents
This is an official record
that the faculty of the
Your name
instrument or voice type
Your accompanist's name
Piano
Usually your name and
instrument are in much larger type size than your accompanist's. Do not use the word "accompanist" -
accompany is what the person will do, not what he/she plays.
in Senior Recital
Date
ie. Wednesday, May 16, 2006
Place
(optional)
ie: Sorrell Chapel
Time
(optional)
ie: 6:00 pm
Figure 2 if picture not displayed right click on x and choose “open hyperlink”
presents
April
Jacobs, soprano
November
17, 2005
Sorrell
Chapel
7:30
pm
This is where the program selections are listed.
Your name, instrument/voice part
Your accompanist's name, piano
The actual word: PROGRAM
The program is then listed
in the order in which it is to be performed with complete information about
each work contained in the section. The work, any smaller subdivisions of the
work, the composer and his/her dates of birth and death are included. If a piece is a transcription or arrangement,
the transcriber's name needs to be included on the same line as the composer's,
but his/her dates aren't necessary. In
cases where the piece is an arrangement of something with an unknown composer
(usually a song) the arranger's dates are included, if known.
Sonata No. 2, Opus 16 W.
A. Mozart
I. Allegro
1756 - 1791
II. Andante
III. Presto
or
Phantasiestück # 3 R.
Schumann/Ford
1810
– 1856
or
Down by the
Traditional
English folk song 1913
- 1976
Composer’s dates are usually
pretty easy to find on the internet.
Sometimes a living composer won’t include a birth date in a biography.
In that case you can try sending that person or the publisher of the piece an
email. They’re usually pretty happy to
provide information. If you’ve tried
everything you can think of and still can’t find a date see Dr. Allard.
At the bottom of the program
page goes your official notification that you are completing a requirement for
your degree and that you have studied with a member of the
This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the Bachelor of (Music Education)(Arts)(Arts and Sciences) degree.
Mr/Ms.(your name) is a
student of ....(Current teacher).
If you’ve studied with more
than one teacher you may add and has also studied with….
Tony D. Hawthorne, Jr.
Saxophone
Carol Franks
piano
Improvisation et
Caprice Eugene
Bozza
1905 - 1991
Sonata IV J.S.
Bach
I. Larghetto 1685
- 1750
II. Menuetto
III. Adagio
IV. Alllgro
Song Without Words, Op.
109 Felix
Mendelssohn
1809 - 1847
Polovtsian Dances Alexander
Borodin
1833 - 1887
Scaramouche Darius Milhaud
I. Vif 1892
– 1974
II. Modere
III. Brazileira
This recital is in
partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music Education
degree.
Mr. Hawthorne is a
student of Raymond H. Smith
3. Opposite the program page (inside the back cover)
This is the page for the
program notes. A note is just that -
something concise yet informative about the composer and your piece. It should not be a regurgitation of
everything you've read about the composer, but a little bit about his life and
background and something that relates to the piece you're doing. If, for example, you are playing a
transcription of a Handel bassoon sonata for trombone you would not include a
list of all the Handel operas and oratorios.
Say something about the transcriber, if you can. Find something to
describe about the piece - "After opening with a haunting melody in c
minor, a second, more lively theme emerges. The movement reaches a climax with
the first theme reasserting itself in a triumphant C major."
If it's a transcription of a
song or an aria from an opera, that, too, must be included. "Originally
the concluding section of Mozart's Exultate Jubilate, Alleluia has been transcribed by
Anthony Adverse for tuba solo. It is a
fine test of the tuba's flexibility."
The program notes should be
printed in the order you are going to play the pieces. Here are the actual program notes from some
student recital programs. Use these as a
model.
The first note refers to Concerto for Oboe by Benedetto Marcello,
the second to Sonata in B für Klarinette
und Klavier by Paul Hindemith.
An Italian composer, writer and
theorist, Benedetto Marcello's varied style is
characterized by imagination,
originality, and sparkling technique.
The concerto
is one of the most well-known pieces
for oboe, though the work first received
attention in the form of an
embellished transcription for keyboard by J. S. Bach.
It is also believed that the real
composer was actually Marcello's older brother,
Allessando
Paul Hindemith
(1895-1963) combined
the contrapuntal techniques of Johann Many
foreign words have diacritical marks, such as accents or umlauts.
Sebastian
Bach with the “new tonality” of the twentieth century to forge a Most
word processing programs support these marks.
Here are some
unique
musical language that was revolutionary but sometimes difficult to shortcuts
in the Microsoft Office Word.
understand. Sonate
in B für Klarinette und Klavier (Sonata in B flat for clarinet é
(e with a forward accent) - Press “Control” and the apostrophe ‘ together
and piano)
reflects the mood of the time in which it was composed. Hindemith Then
type your letter –Fauré
was
vehemently opposed to the Nazi regime in his native
illustrated
this in his music. His works were
denounced by the Nazi regime and backward
accent – “Control, back-hyphen”, then the letter. (The back-hyphen
in 1937,
Hindemith’s music was banned and he himself was branded as a is
located on the top left of the number row.) ie. Après un Rêve
degenerate
artist. The first two movements are uneven in tempo with melodic
tension
between notes that reflect the political uncertainties, while the third circumflex
^ - “Control, Shift, ^ ”, then the letter. (The ^ is with the 6 on the number
movement
incorporates a slow and strict military-style tempo that resembles the row.)
ie. Aprés un Rêve
march of a
war machine. This effect creates a sense of doom and uncertainty
for the
listener. The fourth movement is more cheerful and creates a sense of umlaut
– “Control, Shift, colon”, then the letter. ie. Saint-Saëns, Müller
escape and
joyousness that is in high contrast with the dark mood of the third,
perhaps a
conscious decision on the part of the composer for he completed this
work while
on tour in the
This is usually left
blank. If, however, you are a singer,
you may choose to use the back cover for translations of your foreign language
songs. Print the name of the song in its
original language with the translation of the title below. Then, print only the English translation of
the song in poetic layout. List the songs
in program order down the page. Usually small print is used and two columns of
songs can be gotten onto a page.
Der Nussbaum
(The Nut Tree)
A nut tree grows in the front of the house
fragrant, and
on your neck so fresh and white
airy, rolls
shining down
it stretches out its leafy boughs. the
flowing gold that you unbind
the
day that is dawning is the best;
Many lovely blossoms grow on it; let us
forget the eternal tomb;
gentle let
your dove-like kisses
winds sing
on your blossoming lips.
come to fan them affectionately.
etc. etc.
In some instances there will
not be enough room for all the translations and program notes. In that case a program insert will be
necessary.
Students may choose either
to have the University's Creative Services create a program or do it themselves
on a PC. Printing charges are quite
nominal at Quick Copy.
A minimum of 50 copies of
the program should be printed. Five
should be filed with the applied major teacher and five with the
Each student is responsible
for arranging to record his/her own recital.
Contact Mr. Ray Smith, Mr. Ford, or Dr. Jinright to inquire about
possible audio or video equipment that may be available.