Recital Prep: Things Students Should Know
And here is the student part! Parents, take a minute to go over this with young children who will be performing. Students, we've covered most of this in class before you get to the recital, but give it a read-through anyways, just to make sure I didn't forget to tell you something important. ;) On Friday or Saturday before the recital, flag your books! Put a sticky note on the page with the song you are playing, so you can flip to it easily and quickly at the recital! If you have loose sheet music, make sure you have it with you (preferably in a binder and flagged, or glued to a piece of cardboard). If you're playing from a book, and you have a page turn and haven't memorized the second page, get your mom or dad to photocopy pages so you don't have to do a page turn. Unless, of course, you've already talked with me about having me turn your pages for you. (This does not apply if you're playing from memory, though it won't hurt to bring your books alon...
