Performance Guidelines
Twenty-third Annual Graduate Exhibition
Performance Exhibition
Friday, March 28, 2008
7 to 10 p.m.
Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I
Guidelines for Performance Exhibition Participants
Entry Guidelines
The Performance Exhibition is open to all graduate students who are pursuing graduate degrees in the performing arts. These students include those in the language department in the College of the Liberal Arts who declaim poetry and those in the School of Visual Arts for whom performance art is the focus of their graduate work.
Performance Guidelines
A maximum of 10 performances can be accommodated, to be determined on a first-come, first-served basis. A 250-word abstract or description, to be entered as part of the online registration process, must accompany each performance. The abstract will be made available to the judges before the performance, and will function during the performance as program notes for both judges and audience. The following points should be covered:
- the composer or author and title of the work(s) to be performed
- why the work(s) were chosen
- the challenges to the performer(s) in presenting them.
Each performance must be no longer than 10 minutes (but may be shorter); students can perform one or more complete works, or excerpts from one or more works. No more than 5 minutes will be available between performances for stage preparation. A piano, music stand(s), and chair(s) can be supplied; performers are required to provide their own accompanists, other instruments, props, etc.
Students can perform as soloists or in ensembles (a limit of 5 persons is recommended); participants in a winning performance with multiple artists must split the prize money.
A panel of judges will judge all of the 10 entries in order to standardize scores. Judges will be drawn from a variety of disciplines; therefore, students should expect that their entries are likely to be reviewed by judges from fields of study other than their own. The judges will evaluate the performances on Artistry (50 points), Technique (30 points), and Suitability of the works performed to the student and/or the venue (20 points).
The performances will be open to the public, and winners will be announced following the performance. The winners will also be expected to perform prior to the Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 30, at 4:00 p.m. in the HUB Auditorium.
Recognition
All participants will receive certificates of appreciation; those individuals whose performances are judged best will receive monetary awards of $100 to $500.