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Wednesday Noon Hour Concert Requirement

FOR BMUS STUDENTS TAKING FIRST- or SECOND-YEAR PERFORMANCE OR COMPOSITION LESSONS

Attending concerts is an absolutely essential part of musical training. Hearing and watching live performances exposes you to great music and trains you to be a better listener, to understand music in its intended context, and to understand the concepts of stage presence and etiquette.

Every B.Mus. student taking first- or second-year performance or composition lessons is required to attend, during each academic year, at least ten concerts in the School's Wednesday Noon-Hour Concert Series.
Tickets for the entire concert series are provided at no cost to every student.
So that they may attend these concerts, students should not enroll in courses (for example, English or other non-Music electives) that meet Wednesdays from 12:00-12:50.
Attendance will be taken before each concert by the ushers. Students should present their concert passes to an usher before entering the Recital Hall. Students who leave the concert before 12:45 will not be counted as attending.

Concert attendance will be worth 10 marks (out of 100) of each student's grade in music performance instruction. That is, if a student attends fewer than ten concerts, ten points will be deducted from their performance grade. For example, a student who earned a grade of 82 for work done in private lessons and for the year-end jury, but attended only five concerts, would receive a mark of 72 for the course.

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Wednesday Noon Hour Concert Requirement