Concert Dress

Concert Dress Expectations

"DRESS FOR SUCCESS"

Concert Black Attire

All orchestra students are required to wear polished, planned, professional concert black attire that meets the following expectations: 

• Meets CHS Dress Code Expectations

• Meets standards for planned, polished professional, unified ensemble look. 

• Concert attire should not interfere with your ability to play your instrument. 

• Black Jeans, black yoga pants, hoodies, flip flops, any clothing with exposed midriff, cleavage, bare shoulders, or any clothing above the knee is inappropriate for concerts. 

 Options Include:

• All Black: Black dress pants, solid black dress shirt, and black dress shoes and socks.

• Black dress or skirt and black blouse top and black dress shoes. 

  • Any dress or skirt above floor length must be worn with tights or leggings underneath. The expectation is no exposed legs.

  • Leggings should not be worn as pants alone

• Students may opt for a black suit/ tux jacket; white or black long sleeve dress shirt; solid black bow tie/tie; black dress pants; and black dress shoes and socks. 

  • Tux jackets may be checked out free of charge from CHS. There is a $75 fine for unreturned tux jackets. 

Concert Attire’s Role in Concert Grades 

• In situations where a student wears inappropriate concert attire to a performance they may lose up to 10% of their concert points. 

• The director reserves the right to decide, as befits the situation, if the student needs to pull items from the emergency concert wear at CHS or, if the student refuses this option, if it is appropriate for the student not to perform. This is a last resort.

• If the student is unable to perform for this reason, it will be treated like an unexcused concert and there will not be a way to make up the points.