The Music Education Senior Recital serves as a capstone performance of a student’s development on their primary instrument, as well as a demonstration of secondary expertise which may be brought to bear in a typical music education context. Students must be concurrently enrolled in Applied Music in the term that the Senior Recital is presented.  To be cleared for the recital, a pre recital approximately one month before the recital must be passed.

Recital Requirement: Approximately 60 minutes of music/content.

1. Thirty minutes of solo performing on primary instrument.  This repertoire will be primarily established by your applied instructor. 

• Vocalists should include at least three languages in their recital.

2. Thirty minutes of secondary expertise which demonstrates skills utilized in a typical music education context. These include but are not limited to:

• additional solo repertoire

• chamber ensemble music with you participating (brass quintet, woodwind quintet, string quartet, percussion ensemble etc)

• conducting an ensemble 

• performing an original or arranged composition

• performing improvisation in a jazz combo or other style-specific ensemble

• teaching episode or presentation with specific learner outcomes on a topic with relation to a typical music education context.

• perform on a secondary instrument

• Service project

The Music Education Program Director should approve your initial repertoire plan as early as possible in the process--approximately three months before the Pre Recital

In order to be cleared for your recital, a pre recital form with signatures from a committee consisting of Dr. Burdett and/or Dr. Koops along with the students applied instructor must be received in the music office.   The pre recital should be scheduled by the student in coordination with the pre recital committee no later than four weeks before the recital date. Consult the Music Office website to print a Pre Recital Clearance Form.