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WELCOME TO CHAMBER SINGERS! We will be working on music for several concerts this semester.
“La Boheme/Rent” concert, October 21 & 22, 2005
Additional rehearsals for this concert will be announced soon.
Fall Festival, November 18 or 19, 2005
29th Annual Holiday Sing, December 4, 2005.
Please put these dates on your calendar now. We will discuss dress for performances at a later date.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Rehearsals and performances: Attendance at all performances and rehearsals is mandatory. The concerts
take the place of a final examination. Additional rehearsals will be announced well in advance. All
performances are on weekends and do not conflict with other classes. Please arrange commitments (work,
vacations, etc.) around these concerts and rehearsals. Attendance is required and will affect the course
grade. You are allowed one unexcused absence. You may attend musical concerts here at UTD or in the
Dallas metroplex and submit a two-page review of the concert to make up other absences. Please don’t
abuse this privilege; I really need you in here the majority of the time. Please be on time for rehearsals; our
time together is limited and must be used efficiently.
Absences will be excused for only the following and with the following documentation:
Illness Doctor’s Note
UTD Activity Letter from faculty member/coach/club advisor
Family emergency Letter from student with explanation (ie death in the family, etc)
Concert attendance: You are als o required to attend two concerts this semester and submit a one-page
review. All of these concerts will be free to students in this class. I will arrange for you to have free tickets in
advance. Reviews are due no later than 2 weeks after the date of the concert.
Other performances may be substituted only with prior approval of the instructor. Students who
have a 5 pm class on Wednesday should see the instructor.
GRADING POLICY
Grades are based on the following: Attendance, 80%, Concert reports 20%. Each unexcused
absence will result in a deduction of ½ of a letter grade.
MUSIC
All music issued for this course is the property of UTD and must be returned in good condition.
You will be expected to pay the replacement cost of any missing or damaged music. Please remember that
music scores are very expensive and can be difficult to replace. Please be careful! Use pencil only to mark
scores; no pens or highlighters, please! Please bring a pencil to every class to make notes about direction,
text, etc.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Last day to drop a class without a W Friday, September 2
Labor Day Holiday Monday, September 5
WP or WF withdraw period begins Thursday, September 22
Last day to withdraw with WP/WF Thursday, October 20
(After this time, any withdrawal requires approval and lots of signatures)
Last Day of Class Monday, November 28
A grade of Incomplete may be given, at the discretion of the instructor of record for a course, when a
student has completed at least 70% of the required course material but cannot complete all requirements
by the end of the semester. An incomplete course grade (grade of X) must be completed within the time
period specified by the instructor, not to exceed eight weeks from the first day of the subsequent long
semester. Upon completion of the required work, the symbol X may be converted into a letter grade (A
through F) by the instructor. If the grade of Incomplete is not removed by the end of the specified period,
it will automatically be changed to F. Extension beyond the specified limit can be made only with the
permission of the instructor and the student’s ADU (or the Undergraduate Dean in the case of students
without declared majors). A student may not re-enroll in a course in which a grade of X remains.
Students may obtain a petition/documentation form for an Incomplete in the office of the student’s ADU.
The form is to be submitted to the instructor from whom the Incomplete is sought. Students should be
aware that an Incomplete is only appropriate for work unavoidably missed at semester’s end. Students
should contact their school office for school policies on Incompletes. If a significant fraction of a
semester is missed with cause, see the section on “Withdrawing from and Adding Courses”.
However, if the instructor who has signed the Incomplete is no longer associated with U.T. Dallas and
the work is completed within the time allowed before the Incomplete lapses to an F, the Associate Dean
of the instructor’s college may assign a committee of appropriate faculty to evaluate the material and/or
obtain any other information which may be required to assign the grade in the course.
CHAMBER SINGERS SURVEY
NAME: _____________________________________________________
ADDRESS _____________________________________________________
street city, state zip
______________________________
email (important! Must be your UTD address)
Have you sung in a chorus before? When and for how long? What type?
What other singing experience have you had? When and for how long?
Have you studied any languages? If yes, which ones and for how long? Level of ability?
Have you taken voice lessons? If yes, when and for how long?
Do you play any instruments? If yes, which ones and for how long?
Any questions?