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Course Reserves are items held in the libraries specifically for the students in your classes to use. Music Course Reserves are kept inside the Harold Schiffman Music Library. Putting books on reserve for your classes can reduce the amount of money students spend on purchasing textbooks for themselves. It also guarantees that the books stay available to students all semester long, rather than being checked out by one person for months at a time.  

By default, Reserved items are placed on a 2-hour loan period and are library use only.   

  • Exceptions can be granted as needed. For example, films can be checked out overnight, and some scores can be taken to the practice rooms. Please ask if you’d like to learn more about these options!
  • Items can be reserved for any UNCG-affiliated class or event. This can include masterclasses, guest lectures, and workshops. Try to submit Reserves requests for these events a couple of weeks ahead of time, just in case we need to recall a book that has been checked out.
  • Permanent Reserves are physical items that remain on reserve year-long and are never returned to the regular collection. This might be a good option for you if you don’t want to recreate your list for a regularly occurring class that is taught the same way each time.  

What can I place on reserve? 

  • Physical items such as print books, scores, workbooks, CDs, DVDs, or technology (for example, if you reserve DVDs, we will also reserve a DVD player). 
  • Personal Reserves are items you bring in from your personal libraries. These circulate as temporary items, so they can be removed and returned to you when you need them back.
  • Electronic Reserves (eReserves) are available if you want your students to access your Course Reserves online. If an eBook does not already exist, we can scan up to 3 chapters of the text and upload them to SharePoint for you and your students to use. You can also send us your own PDFs. 
  • Please note that for copyright purposes, eReserves access links expire at the end of each semester. We will maintain records of your lists, so we can quickly generate new links if you’d like to use them again.
  • We’ll send you instructions explaining the different ways you can give your students access.
  • Streaming media options can be explored here if you would prefer that over physical DVDs. Most streaming links will expire periodically, so we recommend testing your links every semester. We’re happy to help you navigate our streaming websites if you have any questions.   

How should I deliver my Course Reserves request list? 

Start by searching the Library Catalog to see if the book/score you need is owned. If the item is not owned by the library, speak with the Music Librarian about purchasing it.

When complete, send your list(s) directly to your Music Reserves liaison. Please make sure your request includes your name and the course number somewhere. If they are not available in person, you may deliver the list to another library manager or a student worker.  

Sharing Reserves With Your Students

You and your students can look up all Reserves lists in our Reserves Catalog. eBook links can also be conveniently accessed from here. If you have requested eReserves, a SharePoint folder link will be shared with you along with instructions on how to give your students access.  

When your students come to the HSML to check out Reserves, library student workers will locate the item using the Reserves Catalog. In order to find your class list, they must have the course number, title, and/or instructor name. Please remind your students that they should have this information handy when they come to request a reserved item.

Due to the experiential and sequential nature of the content in most music courses, few are eligible for credit by examination. The only music courses considered appropriate for credit by examination are: MUS 101, 102, 105, 106, 170, 171, 201, 202, 205, 206, 270, 271, 331, 332, 333, 343, and 541.  

No other course requirements may be satisfied by Special Examination for Credit. A student who has failed a course may not attempt to achieve credit for that course by examination.  

For information regarding credit by exam procedures, a student should contact his/her advisor.

Genie is your online access to the central student database at the University. The information to which you have access may be limited by your role regarding a particular student or record. You will need a Login and a PIN number. You will have access to student data for your advisees and for students enrolled in your courses. Grades are viewable via Genie in real time as they are entered by the instructor. You may access an up-to-date roster at any time. All mid-term and final grades will be recorded via Genie.

Performance jury examinations (a performance jury examination is defined as an end-of-semester, graded hearing before two or more faculty members; Teaching Assistants may be added to a jury examining an undergraduate, but not a graduate, student) are required of all students enrolled in performance studies, with the following exceptions:  

  1. Doctoral students who have successfully completed their continuation jury and first recital.
  2. A student registered for one credit hour of lessons (except music minors) may be excused at the discretion of the teacher.
  3. A student presenting a solo recital (full or half) may be excused at the discretion of the teacher for the semester in which the recital is given. It is expected that such excuses will normally be given when the recital is late in the semester.
  4. Occasionally, a student may be excused for pedagogical considerations with approval of the appropriate area.
  5. A student who is prevented by illness (or injury) from appearing may be excused. In such cases, a grade of incomplete shall be given. A make-up jury examination must be passed no later than one week into the following semester in order for performance studies registration to continue. 

All changes in performance studies levels must be accomplished through a jury examination (or a recital). The instructor should inform students of divisional (or area) requirements with regard to jury examination procedures, literature requirements, and other attendant matters. 

Results of performance jury examinations must be recorded via a Jury Report Form in each student’s electronic file (jury forms should be sent to the student’s advisor if they are different from the person evaluating the jury) and should include the following: 

  1. Performance teacher’s grade, jury examination grade, and final grade.
  2. Special circumstances affecting the grade.
  3. Recommendations for classification next semester. 
  4. Names of all jury examination members. 
Performance Jury Report Form
Composition Jury Report Form

Lloyd International Honors College (LIHC) provides motivated, high achieving undergraduate students in all fields of study with an enhanced education that has an international focus. LIHC is an intellectually engaged community devoted to fostering critical thinking, global awareness, and strong preparation for professional, civic, and personal pursuits using experiential learning opportunities and innovative pedagogies, including performance, play, and improvisation, to help students continue to learn, develop, and grow.

Lloyd International Honors College

Faculty and students are not permitted to use School of Music facilities to teach students not registered for University credit. Exceptions to this policy include: 

  1. A trial lesson offered by a faculty member to a prospective student 
  2. Lessons taught by instructors (faculty or students) through the Community Music Lessons Program

The Student Artist Competition at UNCG School of Music offers an opportunity for exceptional student performers to audition for the opportunity to appear in concert with the University Symphony Orchestra or Wind Ensemble. Preliminary rounds typically take place in December, with a final round in January that awards the performances on concerts scheduled between the following spring and fall semesters. Two to three students are normally selected for this honor.

Eligibility

Full time undergraduate and graduate music majors who are enrolled in applied lessons in the School of Music are eligible to enter. 

Preliminary Auditions

Preliminary auditions are arranged and conducted by faculty of each division; Voice, Piano/Keyboard, Woodwinds, Brass/Percussion, and Strings. Faculty members of each performance division will hold preliminary rounds to best suit the number and availability of their competing students. Details of the preliminary auditions such as in person or virtual, memorization/accompaniment requirements are pending decisions of faculty members in each division. Up to three students from each division may advance to the final round of the competition. 

Before the preliminary round, students must: 

  1. Consult with their applied professors about their intention to compete in the competition and determine repertoire choice. 
  2. Reach out to the Director of Orchestras or Director of Bands for the repertoire choices to be approved. Repertoire approval is contingent on the length, availability of the parts, and instrumentation of the accompanying ensemble, etc. 
  3. Results of the preliminary rounds must be available by the first day of classes of the spring semester.
  4. Practice! 

Final Round Audition

Students who advance after the preliminary round will take part in the final round of the competition at the end of January of each year in the Tew Recital Hall. 

Before the final round, students must: 

  1. Fill out the application form (link below) and get them signed by their applied professors and conductor of the accompanying ensemble (Director of Orchestras for the Symphony Orchestra and Director of Bands for the Wind Ensemble). 
  2. Email the application form and a PDF copy of the score (piano scores are acceptable) to the conductor. 
  3. Practice! 

Memorization

The applied teacher and the division faculty determine memorization requirements. It is based upon standard practice for the specific instrument or voice and upon repertoire considerations. 

Accompanists 

Accompaniments are required unless otherwise advised by the appropriate applied professor of the student. 

Multiple Soloists

Works involving more than one soloist may be submitted. All students should be regarded as participants in the competition, rather than one or more students providing a supporting performance for the actual participant. The judges for the final auditions will be advised to evaluate the overall performance presented. Performances involving supporting performances by soloists who are not students are not allowed. If the students are from different performance divisions (e.g., one from woodwinds and one from strings), all divisions involved must agree, as a result of the preliminary auditions, that these students should move forward to the final auditions as one of the three finalists in both performance divisions. In such cases the students should perform separate auditions for all representative divisional preliminary competitions, unless faculty from all divisions can hear a single audition. 

General Information

  • A student may not perform more than once in the preliminary auditions. For example, a student may not participate with two separate pieces, even if those pieces involve performances on different instruments. Also, a student may not participate with both a solo performance and a performance involving two or more soloists. 
  • When planning repertoire for the Student Artist Competition, it is essential that the size and the performance level of the accompanying ensemble be kept in mind. Pieces requiring a very large orchestra/band, or which are very difficult for the orchestra/band to perform may not be viable. 
  • The judges for the final auditions should agree on a rank ordering, indicating a cutoff point if appropriate. If for some reason a winning student cannot perform on the concert, the next person in the rank ordering will be asked to perform. If the committee determines that no performance is sufficiently strong, there will be no winner. 
  • Each finalist should be prepared to perform all or any portions of the piece at the request of the judges. Extended introductions and interludes should be eliminated if possible. 
  • The piece performed in the final auditions must be the same as that performed in the preliminary auditions, as indicated on the completed application form. 
Student Artist Competition Application Form
Student Artist Competition