INSTRUCTOR: JOHN ELLIS HOME PHONE: 265-3887

OFFICE: A 108 OFFICE PHONE: 267-2439

E-Mail: ellisjr@potsdam.edu

LESSONS

Each music education major will recieve one 40 minute lesson per week. Performance majors will recieve a 50 minute lesson.

PERFORMANCE CLASS

Performance class meets each Tuesday, 12:30 noon in C119. All trumpet students are required to perform twice in class each semester. One of those performances should be with accompaniment. Students should plan to secure their own accompanist. A grade will be given for the performance.

JURY/LEVEL

Each student will perform a jury OR a level audition each year he/she is on campus, except for last semester seniors. For information concerning levels and juries, see the Academic Supplement of the Crane School of Music and your Trumpet Notebook.

ATTENDANCE

Performance Class: All trumpet students are REQUIRED to attend Performance Class regularly. Attendance at all trumpet recitals is expected.

Lessons: Only absences excused for illness or previously discussed personal problems may be made up. Unexcused absences receive a 0 grade for that lesson.

MAKE-UPS

Each student will recieve 12-13 lessons this semester, depending on their individual schedule. Because each Music Education major is required to only have a half hour lesson, each 40 minute lesson will equal 1.3 lessons. Make-ups will be given if the lesson total is less than 13.

GRADING

Grading will be on the following items:

1. Average lesson grade

2. Average performance class grade

3. Jury grade (if applicable)

4. Literature assignments passed:

Etudes: 4.0=10, 9 3.0=8 2.0=7, 6 1.0=5

(Transpo. same as above, if applicable)

5. Attendance (Lessons, performance class). Each unexcused absence will deduct .5 from total grade