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Re: Degree Recitals

Author: oboeidaho
Date: 2007-04-03 21:45

At my university for an undergrad degree you had to do at least two recitals - usually called the junior recital (35 min) and senior recital (55 min, or something like that). If you were a performance major. Ed majors could do just one, if I recall, and the shorter length. I believe they could also do a joint recital to fulfill requirements - which is great for your chops as you usually alternate pieces, and maybe do a collaboration at the end. Depending on your focus, you might have to participate in a chamber recital (like ww5) as well.

For masters program I had to do a recital of some kind each year but the final recital had to be a solo recital of 70 minutes. First year I did a joint recital with a flutist and we both had so much stuff it was almost 2.5 hours - but fun. I will have to dig out the programs as it has been a long time (probably the reason you are getting younger replies- us old folk can't remember offhand that far back!) but I know I did the Vaughn Williams for that masters recital, and other stuff.

RE programming - "fun" pieces were allowed but the required minutes had to be made up of traditional oboe literature (as defined by the instructor). We didn't have a specific list I was aware of, and I usually had a chamber piece or Bach aria as well as solo lit (except for the last one). Of course this would be different at different schools - I was at major state universities for both degrees.

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