Information for Current Students
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Concert Attendance Requirements
Concert AttireDegree Checksheets
Ensemble Teacher Evaluation Forms
Permission Slip for Scheduling Conflicts
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, who are 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.)
Chamber and Concert Choirs:
Men:
Black shoes
Black socks
Black slacks
Black belt
Choir robe
Women:
Black, closed toe shoes
Black/nude hose or knee highs or black socks
Black slacks (not black jeans or leggings)
Choir robe
Concert Band:
Men:
Black suits
Black belt
White dress shirt
Black tie
Black socks
Black shoes
Women:
Black blouses – sleeves must be at the elbow or below
Long black skirts (down to the top of your foot) or long black slacks (no black jeans or leggings)
Black/nude hose (knee-highs are fine)
Black closed toe shoes
Percussion Ensemble:
Men:
Black dress shirt (no polo shirts/t shirts)
Black slacks
Black belt
Black socks
Black shoes
Women:
Black blouses (sleeve at the elbow or below)
Black slacks (no black jeans or leggings)
Black socks/hose
Black closed toe shoes
Instrumental Jazz Ensembles:
Men:
Black dress shirt & black tie
Black slacks
Black belt
Black socks
Black shoes
Women:
Black blouses (sleeve at the elbow or below)
Black slacks (no black jeans or leggings)
Black socks/hose
Black closed-toe shoes
Vocal Jazz Ensemble:
Men:
Black dress shirt & white tie
Black slacks
Black belt
Black socks
Black shoes
Women:
Fancy, black dress (should not be overly revealing)
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. 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.
Spring ‘12:
Monday, January 23 - DPC
Monday, January 30 - SPC
Monday, February 6 - DPC
Monday, February 20 - SPC
Monday, March 5 - DPC
Monday, April 2 - DPC
Monday, April 16 - SPC
Monday, April 30 - Gate Juries for all Fr/Sop
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.
Jury Evaluation for Applied Music
Percussion Jury Evaluation Form
E-mail completed form to juries@mckendree.edu
Late Assignments:
Beginning in the fall of 2006, we instituted a departmental policy regarding late
assignments. If a assignment is one day late, it will be marked down one letter grade,
for example an A assignment would receive a B, etc. If the assignment is 2 days late,
it is docked 2 letter grades, and so on. Therefore, an A assignment which is 5 days
late, will receive a failing grade. If there are extenuating circumstances, such
as illness or an emergency, then it is understood that the professor will deal with
the situation appropriately.
Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to be on time to every class and rehearsal. Success as a music
student can only come by being full prepared to learn.
Academic Honesty:
The Music Department follows the University policy on this. Anyone caught cheating
or plagiarizing will be documented.
0 Credit:
Full-Time Status as a student is between 12-18 hours. In order to stay within this
frame, ensembles can be taken for 0.0 hour as long as they are taken for a grade.
Students taking applied lessons at McKendree University can be divided into five groups:
Music Performance (Classical & Jazz) Majors, Music Education Majors, Music History/Church
Music/Music Business Majors, Music Minors and those who are not majors or minors.
Students who are majoring in Performance (classical or jazz) receive an hour lesson
each week and are expected to practice a minimum of 2 hours a day, at least 6 days
a week.
Students who are majoring in Music Education and Church Music receive a half hour
lesson each week and should practice a minimum of 1-1 ½ hours a day on their primary
instrument, at least 6 days a week.
Students majoring in Music History and Music Business receive a half hour lesson each
week and should practice a minimum of 1 hour a day, at least 6 days a week.
Students minoring in music receive a half hour lesson each week and are expected to
practice a minimum of 30 minutes a day, at least 6 days a week.
Students, who are studying for their own enjoyment or in order to improve their ensemble
skills, receive a half hour lesson each week and are expected to practice 20-30 minutes
a day, at least 6 days a week.
Scales and Technique: In addition to studying repertoire, all students are expected
to learn their scales. All music students should be able to play and/or sing all
major/minor scales, chords and arpeggios. Vocalists should know the solfege tonal
patterns also. It is also highly recommended that the students develop their technique
through various exercises which are appropriate to their instrument.
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