Procedures for Senior Recitals

Students should observe the following procedures for management and preparation of a Senior Recital:

Musical Theatre students construct their Senior Recital programs during the course of Musical Theatre Performance Seminars, in collaboration with the Seminar instructor and their Voice instructors, who must approve all performance material. The recital program is submitted to the Division Chair for review on the Monday following Thanksgiving break.
B.F.A. Musical Theatre recitals should be approximately 60 minutes in length. Approximately 1/4 of the program should be from the classical repertoire; 3/4 of the program from musical theatre. Students should include duet/ensemble work, scene work, and, if appropriate, dance.
If a student wishes to play a secondary instrument on her/his recital, the student must be studying the secondary instrument on campus and have the approval of both applied music instructors (main and secondary medium).
All performance material must be memorized.
All Musical Theatre recitals should include a minimum of three songs in a language other than English. Translations must be included in recital programs.
Musical Theatre students are required to write a program article for inclusion in their printed programs.
Each recital will be graded by Music Faculty, whose notes will be available for review several days following the performance. The recital grade will stand as the jury portion of the applied music grade for the semester of the performance, and will count as one-half of the Performance Seminar grade. A student is not required to perform a jury during the semester of her/his recital.
Accompanists are available for recitals required as part of a degree program. Manhattanville College pays an accompanist $175.00 for a recital. Student responsibility is an additional $175.00 for the recital. The fee includes the recital and one dress rehearsal and is due the day of the dress rehearsal. If a student performs an elective recital, it is the responsibility of the student to find and compensate an accompanist. Rehearsal time and space with an accompanist will be made available during the semester of the recital, but use of Pius X Recital Hall must be scheduled in the Music Office.