You will likely have family and non-music major friends coming too. Your professors and applied music teachers might be a part of that audience, but you are not writing exclusively for them.
The audience for your program notes is the same as your concert-going audience. You should write them because not everyone in your audience will be familiar with these pieces like you are-they may need some help in understanding what they are listening to. Program notes provide information on musical works presented in a concert to enhance audience members’ experiences of the performance. What are program notes, and why should I write them? I hope you find them helpful as you prepare for your recital, no matter what university you attend. This blog post addresses some of the frequently asked questions concerning program notes that we have received at Azusa Pacific University’s Writing Center. For these reasons, you want your program notes to be written well! Another student might model their program notes after yours. Unlike college papers, which only your classmates and professor read, your program notes will be read by everyone who comes to your recital! They may end up in family and friend’s collections of music programs as a memento of the event.
It may be tempting to treat your program notes as an afterthought, but they deserve care and time just like the other details of your performance. And then you find out, in addition to completing all the logistical details of putting together a concert-reserving the recital hall, requesting chairs and music stands, and recruiting a friend to be your accompanist’s page turner-you have to write something about the music you’ll be performing. It was originally published on the APU Writing Center’s blog and has been modified for a more general audience.Īs a music major, you’ve practiced and prepared for months for your recital.
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