Registrar's Office

ADDITIONAL MUSIC INFORMATION
FALL 2006

NEW PERFORMANCE STUDIES PROCEDURE

Performance Studies Instruments & Instructors

Fees & Scholarship Information

Co-Curricular Ensembles

 

To search for performance studies classes on Banner Self-Service:

1. Click on the Class Schedule Search link from the Registrar's web page or from the Course Selection Menu on Banner Self-Service.
2. Select Fall 2006 from the drop-down menu and click Submit.
3. Select Music from the Subject listing.
4. Select Performance Studies from the Part of Term listing.
5. Press Class Search.
6. This will return a listing of all of the performance studies classes offered.

 

Students who have taken previous performance studies classes at Dickinson:

Additional Fee Required

1. You will enter the next appropriate level for your instrument via Banner Self-Service along with all of your other class requests for the Fall 2006 during the Course Request Period. To determine the appropriate level:

If your most recent level was:      Then you should select:
MUSC 113                                 MUSC 114
MUSC 114                                 MUSC 213
MUSC 213                                 MUSC 214
MUSC 214                                 MUSC 313
MUSC 313                                 MUSC 314
MUSC 314                                 MUSC 413
MUSC 413                                 MUSC 414

2. The number of credits for the class requested will default to .5 credits. You may change this to 1.0 credit once the class is entered on Banner Self-Service, if desired. To do so:

1. Click on the Add or Drop Classes link on the Course Selection Menu.
2. If prompted, select the term & click submit.
3. If prompted, enter your Alternate PIN (for first-year students and sophomores only)
4. On the Add or Drop Classes screen, under the Cred column beside your peformance studies class, click on the 0.500 link.
5. On the Change Class Options screen, there should be a box beside Credit Hours under your performance studies class. Enter a "1" in that box then click Submit Changes.
6. The Change Class Options screen will reappear with "1.000" in the box beside Credit Hours under your performance studies class.
7. Click the Add or Drop Classes link at the bottom of that screen. Then print the Add or Drop Classes screen (which now has 1.000 credits beside your performance studies class) for your records.

3. The steps above can also be completed during the Schedule Adjustment and Add/Drop Periods.

4. All changes to performance studies classes must be done via Banner Self-Service no later than midnight, Sunday, September 3, 2006.

 

Students new to performance studies classes at Dickinson:

Additional Fee Required

IMPORTANT ADVICE:
- All first-semester students in voice must register for MUSIC 111-02 Voice Class; special accommodations for those intending to declare a vocal performance major apply. Please contact Prof. Helding helding@dickinson.edu for more information.
- We strongly suggest Music 115 Fundamentals of Music and/or MUSIC 111-01 Piano Class for those students with no prior formal musical training or experience.

1. Contact the instructor for the instrument you would like to study or the Music Department Chair (Robert Pound) as soon as possible. For a list of instructors, click here.

2. After contacting your instructor he/she will place a registration override on your record, so that you can enter the appropriate class on Banner Self-Service. The following is a list of entry-level performance studies classes:

MUSC 113-11 Piano                    MUSC 113-21 Tuba/Euphonium
MUSC 113-12 Jazz Piano            MUSC 113-22 French Horn
MUSC 113-14 Violin/Viola            MUSC 113-23 Percussion
MUSC 113-15 Flute                     MUSC 113-24 Oboe
MUSC 113-16 Guitar                    MUSC 113-25 Bassoon
MUSC 113-17 Cello                     MUSC 113-26 Clarinet
MUSC 113-18 Trombone              MUSC 113-27 Saxophone
MUSC 113-19 Double Bass          MUSC 113-28 Organ
MUSC 113-20 Trumpet                 MUSC 113-29 Harpsichord

3. The number of credits for the class requested will default to .5 credits. You may change this to 1.0 credit once the class is entered on Banner Self-Service, if desired. To do so:

1. Click on the Add or Drop Classes link on the Course Selection Menu.
2. If prompted, select the term & click submit.
3. If prompted, enter your Alternate PIN (for first-year students and sophomores only)
4. On the Add or Drop Classes screen, under the Cred column beside your peformance studies class, click on the 0.500 link.
5. On the Change Class Options screen, there should be a box beside Credit Hours under your performance studies class. Enter a "1" in that box then click Submit Changes.
6. The Change Class Options screen will reappear with "1.000" in the box beside Credit Hours under your performance studies class.
7. Click the Add or Drop Classes link at the bottom of that screen. Then print the Add or Drop Classes screen (which now has 1.000 credits beside your performance studies class) for your records.

3. The steps above can also be completed during the Schedule Adjustment and Add/Drop Periods.

4. All changes to performance studies classes must be done via Banner Self-Service no later than midnight, Sunday, September 3, 2006.

 

PERFORMANCE STUDIES (INDIVIDUAL) INSTRUCTION:

  • Piano (J. Blyth)
  • Jazz Piano (T. James)
  • Voice (L. Helding)
  • Violin/Viola (B. Bednarz)
  • Flute (M. Hannigan)
  • Guitar (J. Hontz)
  • Cello (M. Schmidt)
  • Trombone (R. Axsom)
  • Double Bass (D. Howell)
  • Trumpet (S. Strawley)
  • Tuba and Euphonium (E. Henry)
  • French Horn (K. Sheeran)
  • Percussion (D. Zygmunt)
  • Oboe (J. Marchione)
  • Bassoon (K. Kelley)
  • Clarinet (E. Stimpert)
  • Saxophone (F. Quigley)
  • Organ (S. King)
  • Harpsichord (S. King)

 

FEES & SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION:

There is an extra fee for performance studies courses (see the Current Fee Schedule under Other Fees). For all Music majors the half-hour fee is waived, and for all majors with a performance studies emphasis the full-hour fee is waived, provided the following conditions are met:

1. The student must be a declared Music major.
2. The student must have completed one course in the core music curriculum, AND be pre-registered for a second core course in music.

There is NO REFUND of the extra fee if a student withdraws from the course after the add/drop period.

A certain number of Performance Studies scholarships are available each semester, and these are made through the student's studio teacher.

 

CO-CURRICULAR ENSEMBLES

To find co-curricular ensembles using Banner Self-Service, when entering your search criteria
be sure to select Music as the Subject and the Part of Term called Co-Curricular.

Monday:
7:00pm-9:00pm - Weiss Rehearsal Room, JAZZ ENSEMBLE, F. Quigley

Tuesday:
5:15pm-6:15pm - Weiss Rehearsal Room, CHOIR, A. Wlodarski
6:15pm-7:30pm - Rubendall Recital Hall, COLLEGIUM, B. Wilson

Wednesday:
7:30pm-9:45pm - Weiss Rehearsal Room, ORCHESTRA, R. Pound

Thursday:
5:15pm-6:30pm - Weiss Rehearsal Room, CHOIR, A. Wlodarski
6:30pm-7:30pm - Rubendall Recital Hall, COLLEGIUM, B. Wilson
7:00pm-9:00pm - Weiss Rehearsal Room, SYMPHONIC BAND, D. Knott
Disclaimer
Updated 8/15/06; D. Bolen