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Performance and Absence

Student Recital Requests
Release Requests

STUDENT RECITAL REQUESTS
Requests for performance dates in the Student Recital Series are submitted via the "Performances, Coachings & Recordings" section within the Curtis website. With the exception of graduation recital programs, students may only request recital dates up to two months in advance. Graduating students who are required to give a graduation recital may request any available date in the recital schedule. Please keep in mind that all requests are subject to change and final approval by the director of student recitals.

All requests must include the following information:
1) your full name, telephone number, e-mail address, and instrument
2) composer's full name and the full title of the work to be performed
, along with all movement headings where necessary
3) desired date and time of performance (Note: With the exception of graduating students, requests for dates more than two months in advance will not be accepted.)
4) name(s) of all assisting performers, such as accompanists or ensemble players, and their instruments
5) name of teacher or coach to be contacted for approval of this request

The student recitals office will directly contact the indicated teacher for final approval of the request. Please note chamber group performance requests must be approved and submitted by the respective coach.

For performances in Field Concert Hall, you may play solo repertoire only on the instrument for which you have enrolled.

Students wishing to perform with guests (anyone not currently studying at Curtis, including faculty and alumni) must submit to the dean a waiver form signed by the artist in question, allowing the recording and possible broadcast of the performance. Requests that do not include this waiver may not be approved.

Vocalists, please note: If you wish to have texts or translations printed in a student recital program, you must take them to the Communications Office at least ten days before the performance.

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RELEASE REQUESTS
A release request is an official request to be away from Curtis during the semester. Blank release requests are available from the registrar.

You must submit a completed release request -- signed by your major teacher and any other pertinent faculty members--for any of the following reasons:
1) You anticipate being absent from Curtis for any reason during the term.
2) You are participating in any public performance not sponsored by the school (this includes performance jobs arranged by Curtis) between September 4 and commencement, May 17.
3) You plan to apply for a position or teach, either privately or in connection with other institutions.

Because school and class schedules often must be altered on very short notice, Curtis needs to know in advance when you plan to be away and why. You must submit a release request even when you foresee no apparent conflict with school activities, classes, or lessons. In order to take makeup tests or quizzes, you must have been released from the class you originally missed.

Since release requests require the signature of your major teacher(s) and the teacher(s) of whatever class(es) you might miss, you should begin circulating them early. Return your completed release requests to the registrar at least ten days prior to your absence/performance but not more than sixty days in advance. The registrar will then present the requests to the dean for approval.

If your release request is approved, the registrar keeps it on file; if approval is denied, the registrar returns the form to you. Curtis reserves the right to deny approval if such action is warranted. Academic difficulties are a sufficient reason for faculty members to refuse to sign your release requests. If you have not processed a release request and a lesson is posted that you cannot make because of an outside commitment, that lesson cannot be rescheduled.

Career-oriented activities such as major solo performances and auditions will receive priority when release requests are submitted for consideration.

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© 2000 Meredith Heuer

A 100th Birthday Tribute to Elliott Carter

20/21: The Curtis Contemporary Music Ensemble performs a concert of works by Elliott Carter on Thursday, May 8 at 8 p.m. in honor of the famed composer's 100th birthday. The free recital takes place in Field Concert Hall at The Curtis Institute of Music, and no tickets are required. The program also includes two pieces by student composers Christopher Rogerson and Ke-Chia Chen. View the entire program.

Dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, 20/21 performs works ranging from important twentieth-century compositions to newly written pieces not yet part of the core repertoire.

© 2008 The Curtis Institute of Music