Graduation

• Late application forms will be accepted, either for students who reach a graduation level after the application deadline but before the recording is due, or for those who decide to make a recording after the application deadline, however, late recordings will not be accepted after the recording submission deadline. 
• Each graduation recording will be evaluated by one teacher 
• Each student will receive a comment form from the evaluating teacher.
• Every student will pass the graduation requirements if they have reached the required level of study, the appropriate pieces have been recorded, the student’s teacher has approved the recording, and the recording was submitted by the deadline.
• All violin, viola and cello recordings must be recorded with accompaniment.
  The piano accompaniment tracks on the Suzuki recordings will be allowed as an acceptable substitute for a live piano accompanist. A harmony part played by another melody instrument may also qualify as accompaniment.
  If the piece was originally written for an unaccompanied solo instrument, the student may record that piece without accompaniment.
• Students may fulfill graduation requirements for more than one level at one time. Additional fees are not required.
• All students will perform, as a group, all the pieces required for their level at the graduation concert, when the concert is in-person.
• All students will perform the required graduation piece(s) for their level(s) as a solo in addition to playing Twinkles, when the concert is online. Level One graduates will play a selected piece(s) from Book 1. Selection will be made by the Graduation Chairperson with input from the student’s teacher. 
• Each student will be presented with a graduation certificate and a keepsake award of the occasion.
• Students must participate in the rehearsal to perform in the concert, when the concert is in-person. 
• All music must be memorized.
• Only audio recordings will be accepted. Recordings must be uploaded to a file sharing site (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) or online video sharing site (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.). If an online video sharing site must be used (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) the video must be recorded with the camera facing a blank wall or a piece of black fabric or paper, where the performer is not in view. The recording is to be an AUDIO recording only.
• Tracks on the recording must be in the same order as the pieces in the Suzuki repertoire. 

• All violin, viola, cello, bass and flute recordings must be recorded with accompaniment. (The accompaniment tracks on the Suzuki recordings will be allowed as an acceptable substitute for a live accompanist.)
• All music must be memorized.
• All recordings must be approved by the student’s teacher before submitting to the STXSA Graduation Chairperson. 
• Only audio recordings will be accepted. 
• The “voice memos” app on smart phones/ipads/tablets is a good way to make an audio recording that is easily shareable.
• If a video recording method must be used, or if an online video sharing site must be used for the upload (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) the video must be recorded with the camera facing a blank wall or with the lens covered with a piece of black fabric or paper, so the performer is not in view.
• After your recording(s) have been approved by your teacher, upload your completed recording(s) to a file sharing site (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) or an online video sharing site (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.). 
• Please list the tracks on your recording in the same order as the pieces in the Suzuki repertoire.
• Email the link to your uploaded recording to the STXSA Graduation Chairperson. You can contact them through your teacher or through the contact page on the STXSA website.

Bass recording requirements are currently being updated. Please contact the Graduation Chairperson for additional information. 

Flute recording requirements are currently being updated. Please contact the Graduation Chairperson for additional information. 

Harp recording requirements are currently being updated. Please contact the Graduation Chairperson for additional information. 

Please contact the Graduation Chairperson for Graduation Requirements for voice, organ, recorder, euphonium, French horn, trombone, trumpet, and tuba.