Attention all Marching Bearcat Band members: All camp and
schedule information is now available. Please print these schedules
out. You are required to fill all forms out before camp, please do so
as soon as possible. See you soon! MBB Student Information
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For Departmental Performance Classes (DPC’s):
1. Music must be given to accompanist three weeks prior to DPC performance.
(The difficulty of the music is not a factor in the deadline for turning in music, but rather the time required to schedule adequate rehearsal time; therefore an “easy” accompaniment still cannot be turned in later than three weeks before the performance date.)
2. Failure to acquire an accompanist for an accompanied piece means not performing that piece on the DPC. (And not performing on the DPC affects your applied lessons grade.)
3. You must meet with the accompanist at least once prior to performance. The accompanist can request additional rehearsal time with you prior to the DPC as needed.
4. All assignments for student accompanists will be given by Heather Miller. Mrs. Miller will determine if she or a student will accompany any given performance.
5. No substitute accompanists are permitted.
6. Mrs. Miller will attend rehearsals between you and student accompanists when possible. Any problems between soloist and accompanist need to be brought to her attention so they can be resolved amicably and quickly.
7. If you must miss a rehearsal, contact the accompanist in advance (or as soon after the missed rehearsal as possible if an emergency situation has occurred). Missed rehearsals will be rescheduled with good cause for the absence. Failure to attend a rehearsal without contacting your accompanist will result in an unaccompanied performance.
8. Vocalists will provide song translations to accompanists within one week of giving music. If singing from opera or oratorio, scene synopses are also required.
9. Vocalists may give their music and translations directly to Lan-Sin Lim, but student accompanists will still be assigned to perform with vocalists at the discretion of Mrs. Miller and the voice faculty.
For recitals:
Meet with Mrs. Miller to discuss accompanying for an upcoming recital; she will then coordinate with Miss Lim regarding vocal recitals. (Remember to bring the Recital Audition Permission Form with you so she can sign off on dates and locations.) Mrs. Miller will determine if she or a student will accompany all or parts of your recital. All music for the recital must be turned in no later than eight weeks prior to the recital audition.
Preparing for senior/junior recitals:
1 hour weekly the semester of the student’s individual recital
Preparing for DPCs/VPCs –all students (majors & minors & others):
15 minutes the week before or of the week of the performance*
General preparation:
Vocal performance majors and Music Education majors, for whom voice is his/her primary instrument, may rehearse with the accompanist up to a ½ hour weekly during both fall and spring semesters.
Preparing for Studio Recitals for the public – (These are not SPCs; a studio recital is when an instructor’s entire studio is going to present a concert and each students is performing 2-3 piece.s)
Each student may rehearse wit the accompanist ½ hour for 4 weeks leading up to the studio recital.
* It is at the discretion of Ms. Blue or Ms. Lim to decide if additional time is needed.
Concert Attendance Requirements
All music majors are required to attend 6 concerts per semester, of which 3 must be professional. The other three concerts may be student concerts, but these must be concerts in which the student is NOT participating. All music minors, whoare enrolled in one of their four semesters of required lessons, must attend 4 concerts per semester, of which 2 must be professional. The other two concerts may be student concerts, but once again they cannot fulfill this requirement with a concert in which they are participating. Once minors have finished their four required semesters of lessons, they no longer have to turn in concert programs, even if they continue to take lessons for their own enjoyment.
Students should hand in these programs, with a music faculty member’s signature, at his/her jury for his/her primary instrument. (If the concert is an off-campus event, a program with ticket stub will be accepted.) If a student should fail to do these reviews, their grade should reflect this. (One missed review can be made up the next semester, but two or three missed reviews may constitute dropping the grade a third of a letter grade.)
All outfits must be very "classic" in nature. Nothing that detracts from what anyone else may be wearing.
Men:
Black suits (buy jacket & pants together so they match; they must be the same material)
White button down dress shirt
Black tie - very plain
Black socks
Black belt
Black dress shoes
Women:
Long black skirts - 2-3" off the ground*
Black blouse
- short or long sleeved/not sleeveless
- straight bottom if it is going to be outside of your skirt
- no t-shirt type of shirts
- sweater is ok - but it is not over a blouse nor is it a cardigan or button up - a sweater you pull over your head
Black, closed toe heels or slipper-like shoes
No shiny, large jewelry
* Women who play bass clarinet, saxophone, or bassoon may wear black dress slacks instead of a long skirt. This is the only exception!
All academic checksheets can be found by clicking here.
Departmental Performance Class (DPC)
Studio Performance Class (SPC)
All DPC's will be in the Hett Auditorium, unless noted.
All music majors are required to attend both DPCs and SPCs. DPCs are purely performances while SPCs are to be similar to master classes with students commenting constructively on performances and instructors leading the class. Mr. Smithiger will be in charge of Percussion SPCs, Dr. Wilhelm – woodwinds, Mr. Boggs – brass, Dr. Ypma keyboard and Mrs. Harres- vocal. These classes will take place in the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts or in Bothwell Chapel on Mondays at 5:00 pm. (Please see the schedule below.)
Voice majors should note that there are also VPCs (Vocal Performance Classes) and Mrs. Harres will announce that schedule.
All majors must perform on their primary instrument at a DPC at least once a semester. All students should perform several times on SPCs.
A listing of performers for the Fall DPCs will be posted by Sept. 8th.
Fall ‘09 - Please see schedules in hallway for exact dates
Monday, August 24 - All Majors
Monday, September 14
Monday, September 21 - DPC
Monday, October 5 - DPC
Monday, October 19 - SPC
Monday, November 2 - DPC
Monday, November 16 - SPC
Monday, November 30 - DPC
Spring ‘10
Monday, January 11 - Music Majors Meeting
MUED - Band Room
Performance, Church Music, Music Business - Choir Room
Monday, January 25 - SPC
Monday, February 1 - DPC
Monday, February 15 - SPC
Monday, March 1 - DPC
Monday, March 15 - SPC
Monday, March 29 - DPC
Monday, April 5 - DPC
Monday, April 19 - SPC
Fall Semester Juries - TBA
Spring Semester Juries - TBA
You must fill out the Instrumental Jury Form. Please click on the link below to download them. Times will be posted about a week or two before Juries.