Performance Handbook

Revised Fall 2018

E. Recitals
4. Senior Performance Recitals (Jazz)

Students who wish to perform a senior jazz recital or include jazz in their program must follow the following regulations: 

1. Seniors must have prepared (having personally written and arranged) scores for the music they plan to include on their program.
2. All seniors who plan to include other musicians on their recital must prepare parts for those musicians.
3. Scores and parts must make a clear delineation between composed and improvised sections.
4. At least half of a full recital of jazz must be prepared at the time of the audition.
5. By audition time the student should have completed the score and the musicians should have rehearsed the music to the instructor's satisfaction.
6. The clear focus of the audition and the recital is on the student who is presenting the recital.
7. The music to be performed at the audition should feature improvisations by the student so faculty members can judge the solo performer's specific ability in this area.
8. Other performers should limit their improvisations.
9. The principal instructor (full- or part-time) should be present at the audition. If this is not possible, then the instructor should prepare a letter describing the student's abilities and level of preparation.
10. The student should have a draft of explanatory program notes prepared. These notes should include as a minimum:
    1. The student must provide a program for the concert which would include composers, performances serving as a model of this performance, dates of composers/performances.
11. Students must consult the Managing Director of Zankel in order to reserve a recital date. Only the Managing Director of Zankel can write the reservation in the Music Department calendar.