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applying to students in the School of Music. The
schedules, fees, and regulations specified are subject
to change without notice.
the exception of keyboard instruments, guitar, and must be repeated to earn the required credit. No
harp). petitions will be considered.
Faculty may grade their own students on all applied Designated recitals and concerts include the
exams, including the sophomore evaluation applied following:
examination. Thursday convocations—students may count a
maximum of 7 (seven) Thursday convocations
For all applied exams, including the sophomore per semester toward their Recital Attendance
evaluation applied examination and graded recitals, requirement.
the applied instructor shall have the right to raise or Faculty recitals
lower the jury or recital grade by one letter for the Senior or Master’s recitals
final grade; in cases where the student has failed to School of Music concerts given by the school’s
fulfill syllabus requirements, such as attendance, the major ensembles (Symphony Orchestra,
instructor may lower the jury grade by more than one Symphonic Band, Early Music Ensemble, Opera
letter for the final grade. Theater, Collegiate Chorale, New Music
Ensemble, Jazz or Jazz Repertory Ensemble,
Applied music grade requirements: A student Concert Band, Wind Symphony, Wind
pursuing a degree in music who does not receive a Ensemble, University Chorus)
grade of “C-” or above on their instrument or voice at
the end of any semester must repeat that level. If a A maximum of four concerts given by the
grade of “C-” or above is not received at the end of school’s minor ensembles (Piano/String/
the next semester’s study, the student will not be Woodwind/Brass/Chamber Ensembles, Jazz
allowed to continue study in the School of Music. Combo, Clarinet/Flute/Guitar/Harp/Horn/Irish
Exceptions to this rule must be by written notice of Music/Percussion/Historical Brass/Saxophone/
faculty action. TECHLA/Trombone/Trumpet/Tuba-Euphonium
Ensembles, Community Band, Opera Workshop)
Attendance at Area Meetings: Attendance is Student composer concerts
required at all Area Meetings for students in the area. One musicale per semester sponsored by Delta
These are usually not weekly events, but held a few Omicron
announced times during the semester. Non-area One musicale per semester sponsored by Phi Mu
meeting weeks are reserved for studio master classes Alpha
during that time.
In addition, the following events held in the School
Attendance at Recitals and Convocations: All of Music Building are acceptable:
undergraduate music students must enroll in and Guest artist recitals
complete six semesters of MUS 97 Recital New Music Festival
Attendance. To receive the grade of “Satisfactory” for Louisville Orchestra concerts
this required non-credit course, each undergraduate Chamber Music Society of Louisville
student must attend a minimum of twelve (12) Hattie Bishop Speed Endowed Concert Series
convocations or recitals for each of the six Louisville Bach Society
enrollments in MUS 97. Students are encouraged to Kentucky Center Chamber Players
attend concerts over and above the twelve required
Ceruti Chamber Players
events, both on and off campus.
Ars Vocalis
The grade will be determined as follows:
A minimum of 2 (two) attendance credits must be
Attend 12 or more = S (Satisfactory) attained from attending concerts by the Louisville
Attend 9-11 = I (Incomplete) Orchestra, Kentucky Opera, Louisville Ballet,
Attend less than 9 – U (Unsatisfactory) Louisville Bach Society, Chamber Music Society,
Choral Arts Society, Kentucky Center Chamber
The grade of “I” (Incomplete) must be made up the Players, or Speed Series.
following semester by attending double the number
of recitals/concerts missed to attain the grade of “S.” In order to receive credit for an off-campus concert, a
If the Incomplete is not made up the following student must submit a ticket stub (except in the case
semester, the Incomplete will lapse to the grade of of a free concert) and program to the Instructor of
“U” and the entire semester of Recital Attendance Record for MUS 97. The student’s name and ID
number must be clearly written on the ticket stub and Voice: Collegiate Chorale, University Chorus *
program submitted, and the ticket stub and program Keyboard/Guitar: Any of the above dependent
must be submitted within one week of the upon qualifications and/or interests. *
performance date. Jazz: Jazz Ensemble or Jazz Repertory
Ensemble*
Students may not receive recital attendance credit for
convocations or other performances in which they * Specific ensemble assignment is solely dependent
participate as a performer. Students are advised to on the result of the ensemble audition.
note this change from recital attendance requirements
in previous years. Note: The principal ensemble is the only ensemble
that can fulfill the ensemble requirement for each
Electives: Music electives in any Bachelor of Music degree program.
degree should be chosen from courses in Music
History, Music Theory/Composition, Music Full-time students who fail to enroll for a major
Education, Music Literature, Music Pedagogy, Music ensemble each semester will be in violation of the
Therapy, Jazz, a secondary applied area, or a non- catalog and subject to academic action. A student
required ensemble. Courses beyond the degree who fails to register for the appropriate ensemble
requirement in the student’s major applied area or in during a semester will be placed on immediate
the required major ensemble(s) are not appropriate. Academic Warning. If the student has failed to
resolve the ensemble registration by the end of the
For the Bachelor of Arts degree, in addition to the semester, the student will be placed on Academic
electives listed for the Bachelor of Music, applied Probation.
music courses beyond the required four semesters are
acceptable as music electives. MUH courses will not A student who fails to register for the appropriate
be accepted as music electives. School of Music ensemble in a second consecutive semester will, if
students may count up to two one-hour Physical the ensemble has not been added by the end of the
Education courses toward the general elective first week of classes, be placed on immediate
requirement. Academic Suspension.
Enrollment: In order to take music courses, students For all part-time students, participation in a principal
must be enrolled in the School of Music or have ensemble must keep pace with the number of hours
permission of the instructor. accumulated. For each 15 hours completed, at least
one credit hour must be in ensemble.
Official notices: Students must respond to official
notices issued by administrative boards or sent by Full-time non-degree (special) students must
individual letters. Failure to comply may lead to participate in an appropriate principal ensemble. Part-
suspension from the school. During the semester, an time non-degree students are not required to do so.
instructor shall notify each student whose work is
below the grade of “C” and shall report his/her name Music Therapy equivalency students holding a degree
to the Dean. in music (or with a bachelor’s degree in a different
field, but whose transcripts indicate that they have
Participation in ensembles: The following are the taken eight ensembles), are not required to take an
guidelines by which undergraduate music students ensemble.
participate in ensembles:
All full-time undergraduate music majors are Under no circumstances will participation in amateur,
required to participate each semester in the principal semiprofessional, or professional organizations
ensemble designated for their primary instrument: outside the University be substituted for the
University requirement.
All full-time undergraduate music majors are
required to participate each semester in the principal After achieving Upper Division status, the student
ensemble designated for their primary instrument: may petition to have a different major ensemble
Strings: Symphony Orchestra substituted for the designated principal ensemble.
Woodwind, brass, or percussion: Symphonic The petition must be made prior to the ensemble
Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Wind auditions for the semester during which the
Symphony, Marching Band * substitution will take place. Petitions for Fall
within two weeks of the time a recital date is At least one member of a graduate recital
tentatively reserved, or the date will be committee must be a Senior Member of the
released. This form must include: Graduate Faculty. The committee will hear
a) the applied teacher’s signature. the recital and grade it.
b) the names and signatures of all 3. Recital Approval Process:
performers (except for composition a) For performance and pedagogy
recitals). degree recitals, a recital hearing will be
c) the names and signatures of required at least four weeks in advance
the recital committee. of the recital date, to be heard by the
applied teacher plus two other faculty
d) the specific repertoire.
members. The student, in consultation
1) Performance and with the applied teacher, is responsible
pedagogy degree recitals for arranging the hearing. The student
are expected to show the must bring a Recital Hearing Form and
performer's musical a listing of the recital program to the
maturity and versatility. A hearing. After the hearing, the applied
degree recital program teacher will immediately submit the
must be approved by the completed form to the Academic
student's applied Counselor to confirm the recital date.
instructor. Minimum b) For composition degree recitals, the
recital lengths will be student must show all scores and parts
to the private teacher and one other
determined by the
composition faculty member, who will
appropriate area faculty verify that all necessary materials are
and indicated on all complete and of an acceptable quality
applied syllabi. for rehearsal and performance. This
2) For composition degree review committee must sign the
recitals, all works must Composition Recital Approval Form,
be by the student which must include the names of all
presenting the recital. performers, at least four weeks in
Performance time must advance of the recital date. The student
is responsible for obtaining the
be a minimum of 50
necessary signatures by the designated
minutes. date, and the private teacher is
3) Practicums by Master of responsible for submitting the form to
Music candidates in the Academic Counselor to confirm the
conducting must be a recital date.
minimum of 30 minutes. c) For conducting practicums, the
In some cases, it may be hearing shall consist of attendance at
necessary to consider a rehearsal(s) of the ensemble(s)
conducting practicum a preparing the practicum by the applied
cumulative effort teacher plus two other faculty members
between one and three weeks in
including performances advance of the recital date. The student,
from more than one in consultation with the applied teacher,
concert, with a minimum is responsible for disseminating a
of 30 minutes of music. rehearsal schedule to members of the
2. The recital committee shall consist of a hearing committee. The student must
minimum of three faculty members: bring a Recital Hearing Form and a
a) the student’s applied teacher. listing of the recital program to the
b) an additional faculty member from rehearsal(s). After the hearing, the
the student’s applied area. applied teacher will immediately submit
the completed form to the Academic
c) a faculty member from a different
Counselor to confirm the recital date.
division.
4. All students presenting degree recitals are b) The names and signatures of all
required to write program notes, except performers.
students presenting junior recitals. Piano c) The names and signatures of the recital
Pedagogy students using the lecture recital committee, if one is required.
option may substitute an appropriate hand- d) The specific repertoire.
out. For vocal works, the program must also
include the original texts and English 4. At least three weeks in advance of the
translations. Program notes must be recital, the student must:
reviewed at least five weeks before the a) Submit a Recital Approval Form, signed
recital date by the applied teacher and one by the applied teacher, to the Academic
other faculty member. The program notes Counselor to confirm the recital date.
must receive approval by both reviewers (on b) Submit a completed Program
the Program Information Sheet) before Information Sheet with the applied
being submitted for printing. teacher’s signature, along with a
5. At least three weeks in advance of the recital complete recital program, to the
date, the student must submit a completed Publications and Media Relations
Program Information Sheet, with the Office for printing. The student must
appropriate signatures, along with a submit the recital program
complete recital program and approved electronically in the format specified by
program notes (including texts and the Publications and Media Relations
translations for vocal works), to the Office, along with a typed hard copy.
Publications and Media Relations Office for
printing. The student must submit the recital 5. If the student wishes to include program
program and program notes electronically, in notes (not required for non-degree recitals),
the format specified by the Publications and they must also be submitted electronically,
Media Relations office, along with a typed along with a typed hard copy at least three
hard copy. weeks in advance of the recital. All program
6. The student must be enrolled in applied notes must be approved by the applied
lessons (or conducting seminar for teacher.
conducting practicums) during the semester
in which the recital is presented. 6. The student must be enrolled in applied
7. The student is guaranteed at least three lessons during the semester in which the
hours of rehearsal in the appropriate recital recital is presented.
hall.
7. The student is guaranteed at least three
Guidelines for Non-degree Recitals hours of rehearsal in the appropriate recital
hall.
1. A non-degree recital may be a full recital
(performance time must be a minimum of 50 Additional Guidelines For All Recitals
minutes) or a shared recital (each
participant's performance time must be a 1. A required or non-required recital of a
minimum of 25 minutes). minimum of 30 minutes of music may take
the place of the jury at the end of the
2. If the recital is intended to take the place of semester in which the recital is given, but
a jury examination, the recital shall be with the following restrictions:
graded by a committee of three faculty a) a student must appear for a minimum of
members from the student's applied area. one jury per year.
b) a recital may not replace the Sophomore
3. A completed Recital Reservation Form, Examination.
along with payment of recital fees, must be c) a substitution cannot be made if there is
submitted to the Facilities Coordinator an application for advanced standing.
within two weeks of the time a recital date is
tentatively reserved, or the date will be 2. The above stipulations do not apply to those
released. This form must include: students whose teachers desire that they
a) The applied teacher’s signature.
perform in programs not announced or open determined by the division and area faculties and are
to the general public. outlined in the Music Student Handbook and the
various Division handbooks.
3. There is a fee for all recitals to help cover
the cost of programs and recording. Students Faculty Information
must refer to the Recital Guidelines Packets
available in the Dean's Office. Professors
Jason Tiemann
Drum Set
Tyrone Wheeler
Jazz Bass