Downloadable Graduate Studies Handbook PDF 1MB
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2019-2020 Edition
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WELCOME
Welcome to the Setnor School of Music! It is our hope that this handbook will facilitate a productive and enjoyable educational experience. The Setnor School of Music is a small community of faculty and student musicians whose passion is music. In order to ensure a positive experience for everyone, it is important that all members of the community interact with goodwill, generosity and awareness that individual actions have a great effect on the community. All community members should treat others with respect, free of racial, ethnic, religious, gender, or sexual orientation-based discrimination. In addition, respect for others is shown through basic courtesies such as punctuality, preparation, making expectations clear, and participation in those activities that strengthen the community.
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Every full-time graduate student must be in a large concert ensemble, and all students must audition at the start of each fall semester. (Piano majors may either audition for a choir or speak with the conductor of a large ensemble to accompany) The rehearsal times for the large ensembles are as follows:
19531 | ENI 510 | Wind Ensemble | MWF | 12:45 - 2:05 | Dr. Ethington | (Audition Required) |
19532 | ENI 540 | University Orchestra | MWF | 3:45 – 5:05 | Dr. Tapia | (Audition Required) |
19533 | ENV 510 | University Singers | MWF | 2:15 - 3:35 | Dr. Warren | (Audition Required) |
19534 | ENV 510 | Oratorio Society | M | 7:00 - 9:30 | Dr. Warren | (Audition Required) |
19535 | ENV 510 | Setnor Sonority | TTH | 3:30 - 4:50 | Dr. Calvar | (Voice Screening for Placement) |
20225 | ENV 510 | Crouse Chorale | TTH | 3:30 - 4:50 | Dr. Ridgley | (Voice Screening for Placement) |
Once you are placed in an ensemble, you must register online for it. THE DEADLINE FOR ADDING CLASSES ONLINE IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2019. Graduate degrees require large ensembles be taken for 0 credit. The 5- digit numbers attached to these ensembles is for the 0-credit section. Please see the ensemble director for a Permission Number, which will be needed to complete your registration on MySlice.
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All candidates for the MM in Performance and MM in Voice Pedagogy must register for an hour lesson on their principal instrument each semester. Likewise, MM Composition candidates must register for an hour lesson in composition and MM Conducting candidates must register for an hour lesson in conducting. Students wishing to take additional elective lessons are welcome to do so for an additional fee.
Elective Instrument Registration
Students are always welcome to take additional elective lessons; however, should note that there will always be a fee charged for elective or non-required secondary lessons. THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 2019.
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- enter the jury exam, if scheduled, with an instructor’s grade of 75 or lower based on work completed, or
- withdraw from the course, or
- receive a grade of “F” in the course, or
- in cases of extreme medical or personal circumstances, request an incomplete grade for the semester. Missed lessons would be made up during the next semester, and the instructor would decide on how a final grade for the previous semester would be calculated. The Request-for-Incomplete form (http://registrar.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/form- incomplete-grade-request.pdf ) must be filled out first, and signed by the student, instructor, and Director of the School of Music. Incomplete grades are counted as “F” in GPA calculations, and must be completed in no more than one year, at which point they automatically change to permanent “F” grades.
Jury Examinations
All Music Majors enrolled in applied music will be required to perform a formal jury examination at the end of each semester as scheduled on their principal instrument, regardless of the number of credits for which they are enrolled. Jury exams are not required in secondary performance areas, if lessons are taken as an elective, or of students who are not music majors, but may be taken at the discretion of the instructor. The smallest allowable jury consists of the instructor and two other faculty members.
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Each primary lesson instructor will submit (as requested) end-of-semester grade forms for each of their primary instrument/voice students that includes a grade for each of the following areas: one for lesson work, one for the jury, and a composite grade of the two, weighted 75% lesson work and 25% jury. While only the composite appears on the grade report, all three remain on record in the student’s permanent file. All grades are numerical, and converted to a letter grade. While there is no lower limit to grades assigned for either lesson work or juries graduate students cannot receive a grade of D on their transcript. Students must achieve a grade of 70 in both lesson and jury each semester after the first semester of study. Any student falling below that grade is put on academic probation by the School of Music. Students who fail to meet this standard after one semester of probation will be referred to the Director for advisement and may be required to leave the School of Music. This standard applies to all music students, regardless of major. The following chart shows the conversion of numbers to letters for graduate students:
Numeric Grade 93-100 | Letter Grade A | Numeric Grade 77-79 | Letter Grade C+ |
90-92 | A- | 73-76 | C |
87-89 | B+ | 70-72 | C- |
83-86 | B | 0-69 | F |
80-82 | B- |
Recitals
*MM Performance and Conducting students will perform two recitals consisting of 50-60 minutes of actual music. MM Composition students prepare works for one recital that takes place in the last semester of their degree program. MM Voice Pedagogy students present a lecture recital during their final semester of study.
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During the second or third week of classes there will be a recital lottery held during Convocation (Thursdays 12:30, Setnor Auditorium), wherein all students needing a date for a required recital will choose a number and go in numerical order to reserve a time in the Auditorium for a recital. Second-year graduate students are given first choice, followed by first-year graduate students, seniors, etc. Those students who will be off campus in the spring may be contacted in advance of the lottery to arrange for fall dates. Be in communication with your lesson instructor and pianist as to a recital date. Moving the date for any reason, other than emergency or cancelation may not be possible within the same semester.
Recital Repertoire
Recital repertoire selections typically should represent what the student studies in lessons on their primary instrument (i.e. classical repertoire for students who take traditional lessons and jazz/commercial repertoire for students who take jazz/commercial lessons). Students who want to be assured that their recital repertoire is appropriate are welcome and encouraged to bring their planned repertoire list to their Area Coordinator for review. Students who arrive to the PRJ with performance material deemed unsuitable by the faculty jury will risk having the works in question eliminated from the recital and replaced.
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It is important that students work with their private instructor in order to establish target deadlines regarding the progression of the research paper and Power Point presentation.
Recital Jury Panels and Recital Responsibilities
Recital Jury Panels are required for all undergraduate and graduate degree-required and elective recitals. The only exception to this is the music education graduate lecture recital, which requires no jury panel.
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Students should consider the PRJ as the date in which their recital is as close to performance ready as possible.
Recital Jury Waiver
If a graduate student has played a recital in the second half of the semester (thus leaving inadequate time to prepare new repertoire) they may have the jury waived for that semester. In this case the instructor’s semester lesson average will stand for the final lesson grade. A student who has played a recital in the first half of the semester must play a jury
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After the results of the entrance diagnostic examinations are obtained, students should meet with their advisor for assistance in designing a Program of Study and completing a class schedule for the first semester and each semester thereafter. In addition, the advisor assists the student in completing arrangements for the final written and oral examinations.
Large Ensemble Participation Requirement
Students in the *M.M. degrees in the School of Music are expected to participate in a large concert ensemble for 0-credit as per their degree requirements. They must participate in the ensembles to which they are assigned. The large concert ensembles include the following: University Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, University Singers, Oratorio Society, Crouse Chorale, and Setnor Sonority. Most large ensembles require auditions. Students may elect to participate in other large or small ensembles as their time permits.
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