Graduation Guidelines And Application Current

• 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 accompaniment tracks on the Suzuki recordings will be allowed as an acceptable substitute for a live accompanist) 
• Students may fulfill graduation requirements for more than one level at one time. Additional fees 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 Chairman 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. 
• There will be no refunds. 

·       Aplicaciones tardías serán aceptadas, bien sea por estudiantes
que alcanzaron uno de los niveles de graduación después de la fecha 
límite de aplicación, o los estudiantes que decidieron hacer una grabación
después de la fecha limite de la aplicación , sin embargo, las grabaciones no
serán aceptadas después de la fecha límite.

·       Cada una de las grabaciones serán evaluadas por un
profesor.

·        Cada estudiante recibirá una hoja con comentarios del
profesor que hace la evaluación.

·       Cada estudiante aprobará los requisitos de graduación si
alcanzaron el nivel de estudio requerido, las piezas han sido grabadas, el
profesor del estudiante aprobó la grabación y la grabación fue entregada a
tiempo.

·       Todas las grabaciones de violin, viola y cello deben ser
grabadas con acompañamiento. (Las piezas de acompañamiento  de las
grabaciones de Suzuki serán aceptadas como sustituto de un pianista).

·       Los estudiantes pueden cumplir con los requerimientos de
graduación para más de un nivel al mismo tiempo sin ningún costo adicional.

·        Todos los estudiantes deberán tocar en un grupo
todas las piezas requeridas para su nivel en el concierto de graduación, cuando
el concierto es en persona.

·       Todos los estudiantes tocarán las piezas de graduación y
adicionalmente tocarán Estrellita, si el concierto es online. Los 
estudiantes que se graduaran de nivel uno tocarán una selección de piezas del
libro 1. Las selecciones serán hechas por el presidente con ayuda del profesor
del estudiante.

·       A cada  estudiante se le dará un certificado y un
premio de graduación.

·       Lo estudiantes deben participar en los ensayos para tocar
en el concierto, si el concierto es en persona.

·       Toda la música debe ser memorizada.

·       Solamente grabaciones de audio serán aceptadas. Las
grabaciones deben ser cargadas en un archivo (Google drive, Dropbox, etc.) o
compartidas online (Youtube, Vimeo, etc). Si comparten el video online, el
video debe ser grabado con la cámara apuntando a una  pared o un pedazo de
papel, para que el ejecutante no se vea. La grabación es solo de audio.

·       Las piezas en la grabación deben estar en el mismo
orden que las piezas en los libros de Suzuki.

·       No habrá  devolución de diner.

• 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 Chairman. 
• 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 Chairman. You can contact them through your teacher or through the contact page on the STXSA website.

Level……….Current level of study…Recording requirement
Twinkle……Completed Book 1……..All Twinkle Variations and the Theme
Level I……..Completed Book 2……..All pieces in Book 1
Level II…….Completed Book 4…….Bach Bourree (Book 3)
Level III…..Completed Book 5……..Vivaldi A Minor Concerto, 1st movement (Book 4)
Level IV……Completed Book 6…….Vivaldi G Minor Concerto, 1st movement (Book 5)
Level V…….Completed Book 7……..Corelli La Folia (Book 6)
Level VI…..Completed Book 8……..Bach A Minor Concerto, all movements (Book 7)
Level VII….Completed Book 10……Mozart D Major Concerto, all movements (Book 9)
Level VIII…Beyond Book 10………..Mozart-Kreisler Rondo and Paradies Sicilienne
Level IX……Beyond Book 10………..Vitali Chaconne
Level X…….Beyond Book 10………..Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, 1st movement

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

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

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

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