CHORUS CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY
(ADAPTED FROM WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY’S MUSIC DEPARTMENT, COURTESY OF FORMER PATRIOT SINGER AND CURRENT WCU MUSIC MAJOR, CATARINA SANCHEZ)
BECAUSE THIS IS A PERFORMANCE- AND PARTICIPATION-BASED CLASS, YOUR CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE IS ESSENTIAL. EACH SINGER IS PERMITTED THREE EXCUSED ABSENCES PER QUARTER (SICKNESS, FAMILY EMERGENCY, FIELD TRIP, ETC.), WHICH AMOUNTS TO THREE MISSED REHEARSALS FOR THE QUARTER’S CONCERT. THEREAFTER, EACH ADDITIONAL ABSENCE WILL REDUCE THE QUARTER’S REHEARSAL SKILLS AVERAGE BY 5 POINTS. FOR EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, SERVICE HOURS MAY BE USED TO RECOUP TIME LOST FROM EXCESSIVE ABSENCES. EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE EVALUATED BY MRS. NEALE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO BE ALLOWED FOR RECOVERY WITH ADVANCE NOTICE, DISCUSSION, AND DOCUMENTATION.
REGARDLESS OF THE REASON FOR EXTENDED OR EXCESSIVE ABSENCES, SINGERS MAY BE ASKED NOT TO PERFORM IF THEY DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CONCERT. A CHOIR IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS LEAST-PREPARED SINGER. WE OWE IT TO OUR FELLOW SINGERS TO MAKE THEM LOOK AND SOUND AS GOOD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN THROUGH OUR ATTENDANCE AND EFFORT!
(SEE ABOVE FOR EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDING MAKING UP THE MISSED CONCERT GRADE.)
(ADAPTED FROM WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY’S MUSIC DEPARTMENT, COURTESY OF FORMER PATRIOT SINGER AND CURRENT WCU MUSIC MAJOR, CATARINA SANCHEZ)
BECAUSE THIS IS A PERFORMANCE- AND PARTICIPATION-BASED CLASS, YOUR CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE IS ESSENTIAL. EACH SINGER IS PERMITTED THREE EXCUSED ABSENCES PER QUARTER (SICKNESS, FAMILY EMERGENCY, FIELD TRIP, ETC.), WHICH AMOUNTS TO THREE MISSED REHEARSALS FOR THE QUARTER’S CONCERT. THEREAFTER, EACH ADDITIONAL ABSENCE WILL REDUCE THE QUARTER’S REHEARSAL SKILLS AVERAGE BY 5 POINTS. FOR EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, SERVICE HOURS MAY BE USED TO RECOUP TIME LOST FROM EXCESSIVE ABSENCES. EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE EVALUATED BY MRS. NEALE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO BE ALLOWED FOR RECOVERY WITH ADVANCE NOTICE, DISCUSSION, AND DOCUMENTATION.
REGARDLESS OF THE REASON FOR EXTENDED OR EXCESSIVE ABSENCES, SINGERS MAY BE ASKED NOT TO PERFORM IF THEY DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CONCERT. A CHOIR IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS LEAST-PREPARED SINGER. WE OWE IT TO OUR FELLOW SINGERS TO MAKE THEM LOOK AND SOUND AS GOOD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN THROUGH OUR ATTENDANCE AND EFFORT!
(SEE ABOVE FOR EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDING MAKING UP THE MISSED CONCERT GRADE.)