CONCERT EXPECTATIONS

On Stage - Ensemble exists and functions as a team

• Be the best ensemble member you can be

  • Try your best to perform your best

  • If you make a mistake or get lost, watch your teacher and keep going

• Do not draw attention to yourself while on stage

  • Hands to yourself

  • No talking during or in between pieces

In the Audience - Show respect and empathy

• Talking (at a voice level where the person you are talking to is the only one who can hear you)

  • The only acceptable times to talk (once the concert has started)

    • During applause

    • During transitions

  • When it is not ok to talk

    • During an ensemble’s performance

    • During a spoken introduction

• Other behaviors

  • Hands to yourself

  • Please no screaming or chanting at formal concerts

  • Applause after a piece is concluded is respectful and appreciated

  • In general, it is requested that you keep your body still while there is something happening on stage.  That being said, if the ensemble invites you to clap/sing/move along, please do!

  • Electronics should be silenced and put away.

Following these expectations will ensure the best possible concert experience for all ensemble members and audience members!  🙂

* These expectations are the same for any formal concert at other schools.