Recital information
Students preparing for their junior or senior recital should review the preparation timeline below to ensure compliance with the recital requirements. Any student who fails to meet the rules and regulations will not be permitted to present their recital as scheduled.
For a printer-friendly version of the recital guidelines and requirements, excluding recital program templates, download the recital information [PDF].
Recital preparation timeline
- Obtain private lesson teacher approval for Item I on the Recital Permission Form [PDF].
- Leave the permission form with the music office to complete item II. Retrieve the form from the office when finished.
- Meet with Curt Blankenship, concert hall and facilities manager, to schedule the recital date as specified by Item III of the permission form.
- Schedule a pre-hearing with the area coordinator at least two weeks before the recital date.
- Obtain juror selections, confirm with jurors and obtain juror signatures for Item IV of the permission form.
- Submit the Recital Permission Form and recital program to the area coordinator and private lesson teacher one week before the pre-hearing. If the pre-hearing is waived, the program must be submitted at least two weeks before the recital date.
- Return the Recital Permission Form [PDF] to the music office immediately after passing the pre-hearing and no later than two weeks before the recital date.
Area coordinators
Guitar
John Patykula
(804) 827-4540
jtpatyku@vcu.edu
Jazz Studies
Antonio García
(804) 827-0699
ajgarcia@vcu.edu
Piano
Dmitri Shteinberg
(804) 828-4016
dshteinberg@vcu.edu
Strings
Susanna Klein
(804) 828-1798
sbklein@vcu.edu
Voice
Cynthia Donnell
(804) 828-4017
csdonnel@vcu.edu
Brass/winds/percussion
Charles West
(804) 828-7489
cwest@vcu.edu
