Dress:
- No Choral Uniforms
- No Jeans
- Something you would wear to a funeral
Conduct:
- Sit toward the front, with the other performers, away from your family
- Listen respectfully to each performer the way you want to be listened to and be supportive
- Singing is a social activity- as such, each performer is required to have a conversation with every else who performs
Entrance/Exit:
- When the person before you on the program takes their first step to leave the performance area, immediately rise and move to the performance area
- Acknowledge other performers as you pass them with encouragement, or congratulations
- Keep high-fives and actual conversations to a minimum
- Same applies when you are leaving the performance area
Stage Deportment:
- Upon entering the performance area (usually in the crook of the grand piano) smile and nod at the audience
- Smile and nod at the pianist when you are ready for the accompaniment to begin
- During your piece focus above or between audience members
- Do not touch or lean on the piano unless it has been previously sanctioned by your teacher
- At the end of your piece WAIT for the pianist to release before breaking your focus. The song is not over until the piano stops sounding
- When applause begins bow from the waist
- Look briefly at your shoes- showing the top of your head to the audience
- DO NOT clutch your stomach- unless you have appendicitis
- DO NOT drop a curtsey unless previously sanctioned by your teacher
- acknowledge the accompanist by extending your arm toward them
- smile past your palm at them
- palm forward
- fingers together
- wait for accompanist to acknowledge your action
- smile and nod at the audience
- leave immediately and gracefully
- see exit/entrance: above
Other Considerations
- Things happen, but be aware: if you need to leave a concert early and do not give the other performers the same attention they gave you, you might not be invited to perform in the next concert
- Please: If anyone needs to enter or leave the hall during the performance do so by the BACK stairs and only do so during applause between pieces
