The Music Department at CCBC Essex
Applied Music Information

Weekly Applied Lessons

You are expected to practice each week for your lesson. If you do not practice regularly and intelligently, you will not progress on your instrument. Your teacher will give you a letter grade each week indicating your progress/achievement and effort.

Repertoire Class

In addition to your private lesson each week, you are required to attend and participate in a repertoire class on a weekly basis. Each repertoire class meets for one hour a week, allowing you weekly performance opportunities. There is no additional cost to you for this class. Please consult your applied teacher for the repertoire class scheduled in your area.

Applied Music Performance Evaluation (Jury)

• A performance evaluation, or jury, is required at the end of each semester of all students who enroll in Applied Music for credit (Levels 1-3). The jury exam schedule is posted on the glass-enclosed music bulletin board outside Room H219 at least one week before the last day of classes each semester. All applied music instructors are also given a copy of the schedule.
• Students who register for audit are not required to take a jury.
• If you have a conflict with another exam, please contact the music secretary and your applied music instructor immediately.
• About two weeks before the end of the semester, your applied music instructor will give you Applied Music Performance Evaluation forms to complete (one for each member of the jury). Take these forms to the jury. Each jury member makes comments on the form.
• Your instructor will give the completed forms to the music secretary. You may pick up the white copies from the Music Department secretary, unless you arrange for your instructor to mail them to you. The yellow copies will remain in your file in the Music Office.

Performance Requirements for the Jury
While juries vary according to the performance medium, the following are general guidelines:

• Sufficient literature should be performed to demonstrate proficiency
• Technique and sight reading skills should be demonstrated
• Memorization should be demonstrated (when applicable).
• Generally, two pieces are performed from a repertoire of several pieces prepared throughout the semester for performance. For keyboard and instrumental majors, you will choose the first piece to perform, the jury will have second choice.
• Your instructor will provide you with a syllabus outlining any specific jury requirements.

Note Concerning Absences from Jury

If, due to a serious illness or another unforeseen emergency, you must miss a jury examination, you must notify the Music Department secretary or your applied music instructor before the scheduled jury. You must make up the jury by the third week of the following semester.

Music Forum

• Music Forum, the Music Department’s series of student, faculty, and guest performances and lectures, meets every Friday from 12:20-1:15 p.m. (the free hour) in the Recital Hall. As a music major, your attendance is required.
• Attendance at Music Forum counts for 10% of your Applied Music grade.
• You will be expected to perform on Music Forum periodically, upon recommendation by your Applied Music instructor. All students are required to write program notes for performance pieces.
• Grading for Music Forum Attendance (14 weeks)

  Number Attended	Grade
  12 or more	A
  10 - 11	B
  8 - 9	C
  6 - 7	D
  5 or less	F

   

The Applied Music final grade is comprised of the following:

• Preparation throughout the semester (60%)
• Repertoire class participation (10%)
• Jury performance (20%)
• Music Forum attendance (10%)

Transferring to Another Institution

CCBC has a number of articulation agreements in place with colleges or universities to which you may be interested in transferring, including Towson University, Frostburg State University, Goucher College, Morgan State University, The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the University of Maryland, College Park. In most instances, you will be asked to supply one or more letters of recommendation from the music faculty. Please consult the Music Department Head or your music advisor for help in choosing a transfer institution that is right for you.