Recital Information – Music Resources

The Recital Form can not be submitted until your Applied Lesson Professor reserves the performance space (they do this by reserving a space here). If you submit a form and the space is not reserved, the form will be denied and the process will start over.

Recital Date/Time Restrictions:

Recitals may be scheduled during the following times:
- Fall Semester
  - Undergraduate Students: September 17 – December 4, 2024
  - Graduate Students: September 17 – December 11, 2024
- Spring Semester
  - Undergraduate Students: January 23 – April 21, 2025
  - Graduate Students: January 23 – May 5, 2025 (If a student is intending to graduate in May, the last permissible date to hold a recital is April 21, 2025)
- No recitals during the first two weeks of the fall semester or the first week of the spring semester
- No recitals during reading days, final exam periods, or when school is not in session for holiday breaks or winter, spring, or summer breaks
- No recitals before 10:30 am on any day
- To accommodate piano tuning, please allow a 1-hour gap in the schedule before the first recital of the day
- 5-recital limit per day regardless of space availability
Please refer to the Student Handbook for more details (Undergraduate) (Graduate)

Graduate-Level student recitals may be held in Nicholas Music Center on a case-by-case basis. Fees apply. Contact scheduling@mgsa.rutgers.edu for more information. Please note that video recording/streaming is not available for NMC recitals.

Recital Application Forms:

Once the application form is complete, the front office manager receives an email with the recital form information and contacts the adjudicators to confirm the information on the form. The recital application is not approved until each adjudicator sends a confirmation email to the front office manager.

Recital Application Forms must be submitted 20 business days before the date of the recital.

Late forms are subject to the following fees:
– Fewer than four weeks (20 business days) before the scheduled recital date: $25 fee
– Fewer than three weeks (15 business days) before the scheduled recital date: $50 fee
– Fewer than two weeks (10 business days) before the scheduled recital date: $100 fee
– Less than one week (5 business days) before the scheduled recital date: Recital will be canceled and the student is still subject to the $100 late fee.

Note: Recitals canceled fewer than 10 business days before the scheduled recital date will be subject to the $100 late fee. Recitals canceled more than 10 business days will not receive a $100 late fee.

Lecture-Recital Procedures:
1. The student works with Lecture-Recital Advisor (LRA) on the written document.

2. During the writing process or upon completion of a draft of the lecture-recital paper, the candidate (in consultation with the advisor) should seek out one other member of the faculty to serve as a “third reader,” who should be a member of the academic faculty.

3. When the paper is completed, the student, LRA, applied teacher, and third reader agree on a time/date for the recital at least 4 weeks in advance.

4. The LRA reserves the hall with MGSA Scheduling, either through email or through artspace.

5. The student completes the online application. This must be done at least 4 weeks prior to the date of the lecture-recital.

6. The student delivers the paper to the applied teacher and the third reader immediately after submitting the application.

7. The applied teacher and third reader may require changes made to the paper, to be communicated to the student at any point between the application submission and the date of the lecture-recital.

8. Student presents the lecture-recital.

9. Student submits the final version of the paper to the graduate advisor, signed by all three readers. This may happen before or after the lecture-recital.

Faculty Evaluation Forms:

FALL 2024 Undergraduate Recital Evaluation Form FALL 2024 Masters Recital Evaluation Form

FALL 2024 Doctoral/A.D. Recital Evaluation Form Lecture Recital Paper Approval Form