1) SCHEDULE A DEGREE RECITAL DATE:
CPS degree recital dates for the entire academic year (fall and spring semesters) are assigned by the end of November. Submit the Google Form by September 30 with your choice of recital dates. Available recital dates are listed in the google form. If you would like to give your degree recital in the Fall ’24 semester, email [email protected] as soon as possible.
To confirm your degree recital date, you will need to schedule a degree recital contract signing within 2 weeks of receiving your date confirmation email. Failure to do so will result in a release of your recital date.
If you need a collaborative pianist, you must go through the pianist request process once your performance date & time have been confirmed.
2) SUBMIT RECITAL PROGRAM INFORMATION:
All program text is due 30 days prior to your degree recital. The format will be a two-page program printed on heavy stock, with program notes as a separate document. You may view a sample program: HERE
Please upload the following information as a Word or Google document to your recital folder no later than thirty days before your scheduled recital date. Please label this document in the following format: Name_Event Date_Form/Document Name. You do not need to format the program information, we will edit and do the layout as a 2-page program.
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- COMPLETE and ACCURATE list of all works to be performed.
- Full names of all composers and arrangers.
- Birth and death dates (where applicable) for all composers and arrangers.
- Composition dates for contemporary pieces (20th/21st century.)
- Movements that are being performed.
- COMPLETE and ACCURATE list of all other musicians performing on your recital, including your pianist partner.
- A short (250-300 word) BIOGRAPHY, including the name of your Bard studio teacher(s), and your expected graduation date and academic major.
- Program notes are strongly encouraged for undergraduate degree recitals and will be printed separately.
- SPECIAL NOTES FOR VAP STUDENTS:
- TEXTS and TRANSLATIONS – Please coordinate with your advisor.
- Program notes are required for all VAP recitals. After your program info, program notes, texts and translations (required for any vocal pieces being performed) have been approved by your VAP advisors, submit the info as a PDF document through your recital google folder.
3) SUBMIT STAGE SET UP AND PRODUCTION NEEDS
Complete and submit the Conservatory Production Form Packet to your recital google folder at least thirty days before your recital date. Be sure to discuss any special needs, well in advance, with Marc Mancus ([email protected]). Production Needs submitted less than 30 days before your degree recital may not be met. Please label this document in the following format: Name_Event Date_Form/Document Name.
4) SUBMIT ANY SPECIAL REQUEST FORMS:
Requests for historical keyboard instruments, A/V equipment, percussion instruments, prepared piano, and/or piano lid removal, must be submitted and approved thirty days in advance of your recital. Please refer to the degree recital contract or the Degree Recital Checklist for details on each request process.
5) SUBMIT PUBLICITY INFORMATION:
Recital posters and images must be submitted directly through your recital google folder at least 30 days prior to the recital date. If submitted on time, the concert office can provide 6 printed posters (11×17). Posters will be displayed as the youtube thumbnail image for the livestream, as well as on the TV in the Conservatory lobby. Additionally, an image with no text must be submitted for the calendar listing on the Conservatory event page. Posters and images that will be posted online must be submitted as a .jpeg image and the file size is required to be under 2MB. If you would like to have posters printed, you will also need to submit your poster as a PDF document.
Please note that landscape posers are ideal for YouTube thumbnail images and the Bito Monitor. Printed posters are typically in portrait formatting. Posters should be formatted for 11 x 17 paper. If you are using Canva for poster creation, please do not use Canva’s ‘poster setting’, as it makes the posters 18″ x 24″ (too large for us to print).
It is your responsibility to send us the correctly sized and formatted images. Please label posters and images in the following format: Name_Event Date_Poster or Image Name.
When choosing your event/performance listing image, it is important to take into consideration intellectual property rights. For this reason, we encourage you to use original images that you have created yourself from scratch containing no derivative works of art/imagery. Alternatively, you can use images that you have verified as being in the public domain.
Please remember to include the name of your collaborative pianist on your poster (if applicable).
Public domain images may be reproduced, altered and distributed without permission. It is important to verify that an image is within the public domain and has no restrictions on its use before you choose it. Additionally, for any such materials that you use, you are required to cite the creator and the original source.
6) SCHEDULE A DRESS REHEARSAL:
Once all required recital materials have been submitted, students can request up to two hours for a dress rehearsal during the 10 day period preceding their recital. Dress rehearsal space is subject to recital hall availability. Please check with your pianist and any additional performers on your recital before requesting dress rehearsal dates from the Concert Office (Mary-Liz O’Neill). If you do not schedule your dress rehearsal at least four weeks prior to your recital, the Concert Office cannot guarantee that a dress rehearsal time will be available.
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• STREAMING RIGHTS AND ROYALTIES:
In order for a concert to be live-streamed, the student(s) must certify that they have permission to stream the works on their program. One of the following three conditions must be met: 1. The work(s) must be in the public domain. 2. The work(s) is/are licensed for public performance through BMI or ASCAP. Licensing verified here: BMI https://repertoire.bmi.com ASCAP https://www.ascap.com/
- The performer(s) must have written permission from the publisher(s) if the work is not represented by BMI or ASCAP. The school is not responsible for any performance fees requested by the publisher(s). Students must provide proof of required permission(s) to live stream all of the works on their program at least TWO WEEKS before their scheduled recital date
• AUDIO/VISUAL AND PRODUCTION POLICIES:
All degree recitals taking place in CPS will be streamed and recorded using the equipment in CPS, unless otherwise requested. Please indicate your preference for live streaming, as well as all other AV needs for your recital, in the Conservatory Production Form Packet.
Recordings cannot be guaranteed due to possible equipment failure or human error. It is recommended that if you will need this recording for auditions, you also record your recital with your personal device.
• CANCELLATIONS:
Please notify the Concert Office AS SOON AS POSSIBLE if you must cancel your recital in any of the venues. We recognize that emergency situations may occur. Degree recitals can only be canceled with the approval of your studio teacher and Conservatory administration. The Concert Office will make every effort to reschedule canceled degree recitals in CPS, but this is not guaranteed.
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DEGREE RECITAL FORMS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Conservatory Production Form Packet
Recital Program Information Submission Guidelines
Texts and Translations Guidelines
Bard Conservatory Percussion Department Equipment Guidelines