Senior Honors Recital

Catalog description

For BMus candidates only. To register for a senior honors recital (maximum total of four credits), a student must have declared a music major or music minor, have a 3.5 grade-point average in music courses and be recommended by the person who agrees to serve as the faculty advisor (studio teacher, history/theory teacher or composition teacher). The recommendation must include evidence of appropriate accomplishment in the field of the proposed project: in performance, an evaluation by the prospective advisor and one other faculty member of a performance by the student in a Thursday department recital in the semester preceding that of the proposed project; in research and composition, an evaluation and/or an example of written work from a previous or current course. With the supporting documentation, a petition to register for honors, including the specific proposal, must be submitted to the director of undergraduate studies during the semester preceding that of the initiation of the proposed project, and is subject to approval by the Undergraduate Committee. When the final performance has been given or the written project completed, a committee consisting of the advisor and two other full-time faculty members decides if the project meets expected standards. If so, a grade of A is assigned with honors, high honors or highest honors designated; if not, the course registration reverts to independent study and the course grade is given by the advisor. Faculty committee members are selected by the student. A checklist for the student considering an honors recital and the appropriate forms for the submission of the program to the Undergraduate Committee for approval, as well as for the evaluation of both the mid-day recital and the final performance, are available from the Undergraduate Director.