Music at Hamilton
Concert Attendance Requirement
Procedures and Grading
Concert Attendance Procedures
Students taking one-hour lessons must attend five concerts in which the student is not performing, per semester, one of which must be the Student Concert.
Students taking half-hour lessons must attend three concerts in which the student is not performing, per semester, one of which must be the Student Concert.
Concert attendance will be taken by ID cards handed to attendants who are present for every qualifying concert. Students will be responsible for handing in their own ID card to a person in Wellin and picking them up at the Box Office after the end of the performance. The instructor will not be able to give credit if the student forgets to hand in your ID card at the beginning of each concert. If a student arrives late, they will not be given attendance credit. ID cards will not be given to anyone other than the person it belongs to.
All events take place in Wellin Hall unless stated otherwise.
Grading of Concert Attendance
Failure to meet the Concert Attendance Requirement will result in grade reduction as follows:
A student who doesn't attend any concerts will automatically fail the course.
Each concert missed by a student who receives a letter grade (i.e. is registered for Solo Performance) will reduce the final grade by 1/3 letter grade. For example:
- A student who has a grade of B and misses one concert would receive a grade of B-.
- If that student misses three concerts, the grade would be reduced to C.
The final grade of a student who misses the Student Concert will be reduced by one full letter. For example:
- A student who has a letter grade of B and misses the Student Concert would receive a grade of C.
Faculty members will grade Applied Music students the same way they grade those in Solo Performance. If, after factoring in the per-concert-missed grade reduction, the grade is less than C-, then the student will receive an automatic U.
Student Concert Makeups
Although all students are required to attend the Student Concert, occasionally other commitments will necessitate flexibility. A student who must miss the Student Concert may apply to the Coordinator of Individual Performance Instruction for permission to miss the concert. If that request is approved, the student must do one of the following alternatives in place of attending the Student Concert:
1. Attend two additional concerts as a substitute for the Student Concert, submitting a one page review/description of each concert -- double spaced, twelve point font, about 300-350 words. (This is not a research project -- just an informal report on what you saw/heard.) Students taking half hour lessons under these circumstances will attend four regular concerts; students taking hour lessons will attend six regular concerts.
2. Do a comparative listening assignment of three recordings of the same work, submitting a two page paper comparing and contrasting those performances -- double spaced, twelve point font, about 650-700 words. Music can be anything in a style that might have appeared on a regular concert or be appropriate to voice or an instrument you are studying. Listening sources can be found in the music library, on itunes, in your own collection of mp3's, CD's, youtube, etc.
These written alternatives are to be submitted to the Coordinator of Individual Performance Instruction not later than the day of the Student Concert.
APPROVED CONCERTS - SPRING 2024
(All concerts take place in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center unless noted below)
Saturday, February 3 @ 7:30 p.m. Chapel Hart
Tuesday, February 13 @ 7:30 p.m. National Symphony Orchestra Ukraine
Sunday, February 18 @ 3:00 p.m. Ying Li, piano
Sunday, March 3 @ 3:00 p.m. HCO Brainstorm!
Monday, March 4 @ 8:30 p.m. Anzu Quartet
Tuesday, March 5 @ 5:00 p.m. Jazz Flash Concert (Wellin Hall Lobby)
Wednesday, March 6 @ 7:30 p.m. HC Choir Tour Concert
Saturday, April 6 @ 7:30 p.m. Contemporaneous Ensemble
Tuesday, April 9 @ 9:00 p.m. Jazz Combo (FOJO South)
Friday, April 12 @ 7:30 p.m. Anna Skrobala, voice
Saturday, April 13 @ 7:30 p.m. Telegraph Quartet
Sunday, April 14 @ 3:00 p.m. Sarah Healy, piano
Saturday, April 20 @ 7:30 p.m. Hamilton and Colgate Choirs
Sunday, April 21 @ 3:00 p.m. Tina Toglia, piano
Friday, April 26 @ 7:30 p.m. HC Orchestra
Sunday, April 28 @ 7:30 p.m. Chamber Ensembles
Tuesday, April 30 @ 7:30 p.m. HC Jazz Ensemble
Wednesday, May 1 @ 7:30 p.m. HC Choir
Saturday, May 4 @ 6:00 p.m. Student Soloists Concert (Mandatory)
Students will be sent an email with the approved concert list. Please check periodically for any changes that might take place during the semester.
- Students performing in a concert will not receive credit, except for the Student Concert (5.4.24).
- Students may also be required to attend other master classes or performances at the discretion of the studio teacher.
- Students should read further about the concert attendance procedures above.