ENRICHED / honors CREDIT 

STANDARD CREDIT REQUIREMENTS

• In the end, it all boils down to P.R.I.D.E. - PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN DAILY EFFORT.

• ALL students must:

  • • Attend required rehearsals and performances. If a student anticipates missing, or actually misses, one of these events, an Absence Form MUST be submitted ASAP. Submitting an absence form does not guarantee an absence will be excused, but NOT submitting one guarantee and absence will NOT be excused. Though certain events may not be required for various reasons, it's always best practice to make every effort to attend anyway. 

    • Be consistently prepared with all required materials: music (marked appropriately), instrument (if applicable), pencil, method books, and any other materials regularly expected of performers within a given ensemble. Just because something is not listed here does not excuse you from not having it if it has been previously announced as being expected of you.

    • Regardless of title, strive to be a leader by consistently modeling best practices in behavior, work ethic, and technique at ALL rehearsals and performances. Whether you realize it or not, or want it or not, someone is always looking to you as a role model. Make sure it's for the right reasons!

    • Engage in regular practice sessions OUTSIDE of rehearsal, and complete all work assigned.

    • Meet the deadlines that are set. Whether it's turning in a form, learning or memorizing a piece of music, submitting a project, or being to rehearsal on time meeting deadlines is a skill that you'll need for the rest of your life. Failure to meet deadlines in an ensemble environment ALWAYS affects others. Think beyond yourself and use all the tools at you disposal to organize and meet the deadlines in your life.

    • Be respectful of directors, instructors, and peers. By definition, an ensemble is a team. We need to always be working as a team, and in the best interests of the whole ensemble. "WE before ME" is a mantra that every good ensemble member should take to heart. In a math class, failure to complete an assignment negatively affects only you. In an ensemble it negatively affects your whole section and perhaps even the entire group!

    • Communicate regularly, honestly, and effectively. Take ownership of your words and actions. People make mistakes - we're human. It's how we take responsibility for those mistakes, and whether or not we attempt to make amends for them that define us.

    • Remember that it's all about attitude. Come to a rehearsal with a bad attitude and you're guaranteed to have a bad rehearsal, and you'll probably cause others around you to have one as well. Every experience is what YOU make of it - good or bad. Garbage in, garbage out. When you're having a bad day try to remember the old adage, "Fake it 'til you make it." Force yourself to put a smile on your face and before you know it that smile will be genuine and you'll be bringing positive energy to the experience rather than negative!

ENRICHED CREDIT REQUIREMENTS

• All requirements for Standard-level students apply. 

• In addition, Enriched Students:

  • • Must complete a mid-year "Mock All-State Audition" with the music directors at Spaulding. This would require the student to learn the All-State audition repertoire for their instrument or voice part and perform it prior to the end of Semester 1 for the SHS directors. The audition must be of a proficient quality to be considered acceptable to count as their mock all-state audition. If students are not prepared, they will be given an additional week to re-learn and will re-assess. If the level of the performance at this point is still not proficient, the student may be moved to Standard level Band/Chorus. 

    • Must complete an End of Year Performance. Enriched students can either perform at the annual Honors and Enriched recital in June or perform in a Mini recital during a band or chorus class in June. These performances can be solos or in chamber groups. 

HONORS CREDIT REQUIREMENTS

• All requirements for Standard-level students apply. 

• In addition, Honors Students:

  • • Must audition for the NH All-State Music Festival and thoroughly prepare all materials prior to the application deadline. You will need to do pre-audition proofing sessions with the directors to ensure you are prepared. (Honors Credit is not contingent upon acceptance to the festival, but rather on good-faith preparation and the process of auditioning.) 

    • Must perform in the June Honors Recital. Repertoire must be approved in advance. An audition with the directors will be the final determining factor as to whether the performance will move forward. If it does not, then an alternate assignment of equal value, as determined by the directors, must be completed and submitted.

    • Must complete a Mid Year Performance either as a solo or a chamber group at our Village concert.

PLEASE NOTE: All pieces for performance must be proposed and approved by a director in advance in order to count towards these requirements. FAILURE TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AND/OR EXECUTE A PERFORMANCE CONSTITUTES TERMS FOR REMOVAL FROM THE HONORS OR ENRICHED SECTION.