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Performance study is assessed each semester through the grades assigned by the teacher but there are also other times during degree programs when special evaluations are made. For undergraduates, a freshman jury, upper division examination and the recital hearings constitute these evaluations. All of these examinations should be coordinated with appropriate faculty members well in advance. In the fall semester, all elective (Z110/Z710) performance study students who are not music majors are required to perform a jury as part of their final grade. In the spring semester, all secondary/elective students, including music majors, are required to perform a jury. The jury committee should include the student’s AI, the AI’s teacher, and/or other graduate students of that teacher’s studio. For jury examinations, the teacher’s grade on the student’s semester work is prepared before the examination. The committee will decide the grade for the examination. A combination of the teacher’s and the committee’s grades determines the final grade. Juries are normally scheduled on the Thursday and Friday of the last week of classes each semester.
A jury for students in their major or concentration consists of several performance faculty members who hear an approximately 15-minute performance and assign grades which are averaged with the teacher’s as the semester grade. Juries are held on Thursday and Friday of the last week of the semester. A list of each performance faculty member’s students scheduled for juries is sent to the faculty a month before the last week of classes. The chair of each jury committee does scheduling for the juries. Students should check with their teacher for the time and place of the jury examination.
JURY REQUIREMENTS
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STUDENT TYPE |
FALL |
SPRING |
Undergraduate BM performance major in major
performance area (400-level) |
Yes, in freshman year except string majors and woodwind majors |
String majors and woodwind majors only – in freshman year |
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Undergraduate non-performance majors (BS, BME, BM-Comp, etc.) and BM-Jazz majors in major performance area |
No |
Yes, in freshman year |
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Undergraduate music major in secondary performance area (100-level) |
No |
Yes |
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Undergraduate non-music major in elective performance area (Z-110-level) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Graduate music major in major performance area (900-level) |
No |
No |
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Graduate music major in outside area/minor performance area (800-level) |
No |
Yes |
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Graduate music major in elective performance area (700-level) |
No |
Yes |
Graduate non-music major in elective performance area (Z-710 level) |
Yes |
Yes |
UPPER-DIVISION EXAMINATION
The upper-division examination/interview is a barrier examination at the end of the sophomore year (or after a specified number of semesters of study in the case of transfer students). The upper-division hearing committee consists of the members of the relevant department and any AIs who teach students taking the examination. AIs are required to attend only the examinations of their own students, but should attend enough examinations to calibrate appropriate standards. Each student who is studying performance is graded on the upper-division examination, and this grade is the final grade for the semester’s work in the principal performance field. The student’s teacher gives two grades, one for the semester’s work and one for the performance at the examination; every other member of the committee gives one grade for the examination. The student’s final grade is the average of all these grades. The hearing results not only in a semester grade in performance study for the student but also in a recommendation about continuation in the degree program. It may be determined that the student is likely to progress normally, that it may take longer, or that a desired degree program may not be pursued. Bachelor of Music Education and Composition majors have a departmental examination in addition to the performance portion of the upper-division examination. Ballet and Recording Arts majors have only a departmental examination. Jazz Studies majors have a departmental examination, with the student’s performance instructor included as part of the examining committee. Upper-division examinations are scheduled on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the final week of each semester. Students scheduled for upper-division examinations will receive a letter from the Director of Music Undergraduate Studies together with the time and place of their examination. Although every effort is made to notify the student of any last-minute change in time or place of the examination, it is the student’s responsibility to check with the Undergraduate Office (MU011) for any changes. Juries and upper-division examinations are held when scheduled regardless of whether or not the student is prepared. In this respect they differ from recital hearings, which occur only when the student is fully prepared. Illness, as confirmed by a note from a physician, is the only excuse for missing a jury or upper-division examination. An unexcused absence for a jury or upper-division examination will result automatically in the grade of F for the student for the semester.
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