Collaborative Pianists

Staff Collaborative Pianist Policies:

Staff Pianists are available for

• All Major Entrance/Continuance recitals;
• Band and Orchestra tour soloist auditions;
• Senior soloist auditions; and
• Thursday morning Student Recitals. 

Staff Pianists are also available to play for a limited number of juries.  Requests for juries are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.  Up-to-date availability is posted outside of Lori’s studio.

To request a Staff Pianist, please fill out and submit a Staff Pianist Request Form and a copy of the music.  The forms are located outside of Lori Folland’s studio, CHM 214.  

Note:  Requests will not be accepted within 30 days of the performance.

Please contact Lori Folland with any questions.  

• Student work funds are available for pianists who play official Junior or Senior Recitals, Student Recitals, and Juries.
• Student pianists need a work award.  If you do not have one, please go to the Financial Aid office (TOM 120) and request a work award.  (It’s simple.)  Then go to Student Employment and fill out an I-9.
• Student pianists must be approved by a member of the piano faculty.  Please complete the Collaborative Pianist Information form, then go to the student employment website and apply to be a student collaborative pianist.
• Lisa McDermott will send you a job offer via Oracle and add you to the department website.
• Pianists are required to submit a Gold Form (see below) for each recital/jury.  The form should be submitted at least two weeks before the recital/jury date.
• Pianists are required to fill out their Oracle time sheet at the time the work is completed. The current Music Department hourly rate is $15. The pianist may charge the following on their time cards:
  • 10 contact hours maximum for a full recital ($150)
  • 6 contact hours maximum for a half recital ($90)
  • 2 contact hours maximum for each jury/student recital ($30)
  • Any hours that exceed the rates listed here are the sole responsibility of the soloist.
• Gold Form
  • Please complete this electronic form for the juries and recitals that you intend to perform.
  • Your piano or organ professor (or the professor that approved you as a collaborative pianist) will need to approve these entries by the deadline for the type of event.
  • The form asks you to list the type of event, soloist’s name, soloists’ instructor, type of performance, date of performance, and repertoire detail.

Outside professional pianists are used for entrance/continuance and Junior/Senior recitals.  It is the student’s responsibility to coordinate with the pianist for rehearsal time and payment.

• Ask your instructor for a list of available professional collaborative pianists.  The use of the professional pianist must be approved by your studio instructor.
• Students are responsible for paying the professional pianist’s fee.  Be sure to ask what your collaborative pianist charges.
• Financial assistance from the college is available for entrance/continuance and junior/senior recitals up to a certain amount.  To request financial assistance, please complete the Professional Pianist Financial Assistance Request Form.
• The college will not help pay for professional collaborative pianists for tour soloist, senior soloist, other auditions, student recitals, and juries.
• Questions?  Contact Lisa McDermott in the department office.

• Soloists should consult their studio instructor before contacting a collaborative pianist.
• Student Collaborative Pianists need to be contacted individually, not in a group email.
• Below is a list of Student Pianists who are approved as collaborative pianists.
• If your Student Pianist is NOT currently enrolled in lessons you will still need to secure a signature from one of the piano/organ faculty on your recital form.
• Deadlines to find a student collaborative pianist and give them your music:

Juries
Fall Semester – November 1
Spring Semester – April 1

Half/Full Recitals
Fall and January Term Recitals – May 31
Spring Recitals – October 15

Other Performances
Tour Soloists – May 31
Student Recitals – 30 days before the performance
Continuance and Entrance Recitals – 30 days before the performance
NATS Competition – 30 days before the performance