Recital Attendance (Music 21)

(Approved 12/06)

Course Requirements and Policies:

Music 21 (Recitals) is required of all music majors in all degrees for a total of eight semesters.  The only exceptions to the eight-semester requirement are Music Education majors, who are not required to enroll in Music 21 during the student-teaching semester. All students must attend a minimum of 15 recitals per semester.  A list of approved programs is determined each semester by the department’s Recital Committee.  The list will be published on the Music Department web page at the beginning of each semester, as well as posted outside of the music office.

Music 21 is recital attendance. Only programs that a student attends as an audience member count toward fulfilling the requirement. However, if a student performs on only one work for a given program, and remains as an audience member for the rest of the recital, the student may still receive Mus 21 credit upon following stipulated procedures.  The following DO NOT count for Music 21credit:

Ensemble tours, studio classes, departmental recitals,
marching band

Attendance at Master Classes does count for Music 21 credit, provided a student is not on the program.

It is the students’ responsibility to sign in and sign out with the designated person (Sigma Alpha Iota representative) at each event on the MUS 21 published list. Failure to check-in AND check-out with the designated SAI representative will result in NO CREDIT for that event.  In other words, the only way to receive attendance credit when an SAI representative is present is to check-in AND check-out with that individual.  CONCERT OR RECITAL PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AS PROOF OF ATTENDANCE WHEN AN SAI REPRESENTATIVE IS PRESENT AT AN EVENT. 

Students who attend off-campus events that are the equivalent of programs offered by the department may apply directly to the Chair of the Recital Committee to have those events count toward the requirement. Performances attended must be college/university level or higher.  Children’s programs or high school programs are not accepted.

To receive Music 21 credit for off-campus events, submit a program and/or ticket stub to Marilyn Dean (FAC 261, ext. 2018). Programs or ticket stubs are accepted as proof of attendance ONLY for off campus events or events when an SAI representative is not present (i.e., Civic Music events).  If a program or ticket stub is not available (i.e., master class), verification of your attendance can only be made by asking a music faculty/staff member (who attended the same event) to verify with Marilyn Dean that you attended the entire event or master class.

Deadline to submit programs as proof of attendance for off campus events, or to verify your attendance for events where a program/ticket stub is not available, or for events when an SAI representative is not present for each semester is on or before the Monday of Finals Week at 12pm noon.

It is the students’ responsibility to insure that the Music 21 records maintained are accurate.  It is strongly advised that students check their Music 21 status with Marilyn Dean, FAC 261, ext. 2018 every 3-4 weeks.

Should there be a discrepancy or complaint, the student will appeal in writing to the Chair of the Music Department Recital Committee, who, in consultation with the Department Chair, will make a decision.

 

Failure to Meet Requirements:

Should a student not meet the minimum requirement in a particular semester, that student will have the opportunity to make up the requirement in the immediately following semester, with the penalty that the number of missed recitals will be doubled.  For example, if a student attends only 12 recitals in the fall semester, he/she will receive an Incomplete (I), which can only be removed by attending 21 recitals during the immediate spring semester (3 from fall, 3 as the penalty and 15 as the requirement for the spring semester). The student must attend at least 10 recitals to receive an Incomplete.  Attendance at fewer than 10 recitals will result in an automatic Fail for the current semester. An Incomplete may be assigned when illness or other circumstances considered legitimate by the Music 21 Coordinator and the Department Chair has prevented a student from completing course requirements.  

The first recitals attended in the subsequent semester will apply to the previous semester’s shortfall, and the count for the current semester will only begin after the shortfall and penalty have been completed.  Student may only have one semester in arrears during their degree program: should a student not complete the Music 21 requirement in any more than one semester during residency, the student will fail the course for that particular semester and will not be graduated until the full credit (i.e., 15 recitals) for a semester is completed (usually at the cost of an extra semester in residence at Drake).   In other words, a student may miss the mark once, but not twice