The grade will not be based on a single final product, but rather on the incremental progress from week to week. It is the responsibility of the student to be aware of the quality of his or her own progress, and he or she should ask the instructor if it is not clear from the weekly lessons. Hearing one's compositions as finished works and in progress is vital to the compositional process. It is the student's responsibility to find performers, arrange rehearsals, and copy parts in a timely fashion so that good, accurate performances can be presented at Seminars, Composers Concerts, and NMF Workshops. Such performances are required.
Students are responsible for finding their own performers and rehearsing.
Attendance at all Seminars, Composers Concerts, New Music Festival events, and New Music Ensemble concerts is mandatory . Continued admission to the Composition studio requires regular and substantial progress. A grade of D or F, or two successive C grades may result in a student being refused permission to continue composition study. A Convocation late in the semester will be scheduled for performances of student composer's pieces. Subject to change with notice.