DMA students are required to present three recitals: two full-length public performances as well as one public lecture-recital. Each recital is registered for one credit under Doctoral Recital, MPAIA-GE 3402. As a practice-based degree, these recitals are critical for students to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they have through coursework and research. Please review this page for detailed information.
Students in need of recording facilities/services as part of their recitals can request studio time in Dolan. These arrangements must be coordinated well in advance with the student's Program Director and designated Dolan booking liaison, listed here. Pre-semester booking period deadlines can be found on the Dolan studio Google site; the booking process typically begins in April for fall recitalists and November for spring recitalists.
Once the recital is scheduled, it is possible to arrange for rehearsal time by filling out and submitting the online Recital Rehearsal Space Request Form which is available at the MPAP Recital Planning Website. This form should be submitted no later than two weeks prior to the requested rehearsal time. All efforts will be made to provide rehearsal time in the performance space, but this cannot be guaranteed. Doctoral students may have additional rehearsal time in other department rehearsal rooms, subject to availability. Additional rehearsal space may be requested by emailing MPAP Space.
All programs and program notes distributed at the recital, including recitals taking place off-campus, MUST be approved and printed by the department. Doctoral students may not distribute programs that have not been officially approved by department administration.
Students must defer to the guidelines set forth by their Program Directors. Please also review the Recital Preparation Packet in-depth for more details.
Once the recital date has been confirmed, students will receive a unique template to use for the recital program. Students must submit the program in the body of the template, as a Word document (not as a pdf or Google document) for proofing, editing and printing.
Note that we have standardized the concert and recital programs to a single double-sided page, folded in half for a four-page program. It should be limited to a cover, program content on the two interior pages, and the Chair's message on the back cover. Any additional material (bios, artists' statements, etc.) can be added if it can fit in within the two interior pages. If you require additional pages, it must be created and printed by the individual(s) holding the event to be inserted in the program and should not include Steinhardt or NYU branding.
First, the program must be emailed as a Word attachment to the Program Director for edits and approval at least 17 BUSINESS DAYS prior to the recital date. Once it has been approved, and no later than 12 BUSINESS DAYS prior to recital date, the program should be sent, with a copy of the Program Director’s approval e-mail, to Catherine Siniscalco (mpap-concert-administrator@nyu.edu). Name, program (i.e. Strings, Composition, Music Education, etc), and recital date should appear in the subject line of the e-mail and be sent via the student’s NYU e-mail account.
After Catherine has proofread and edited the program, she will e-mail the final proof. After she has received the advisor’s “okay,” 75 programs will be printed. Students are responsible for printing their own translations. You can retrieve the programs from 35 West 4th St, Suite 205 during normal business hours.
Under exceptional circumstances and at the discretion of the instructor, the student may postpone the scheduled recital. In this case, an incomplete grade may be requested after the ninth week of the term via the Incomplete Grade Agreement Form.
Upon signing this agreement, the instructor will determine the time the student will have to complete the work, but it cannot be later than the last day of classes in the following term. If the full recital is not performed in full by the agreed upon date, the incomplete grade (I) becomes an F. F grades cannot be removed or changed. Further, incomplete grades may result in academic action by the Committee on Student Progress and failure to meet satisfactory academic progress by the Office of Financial Aid.