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General:
Please use the universal 鈥淭imes New Roman鈥� typeface for preparing concert programs.听

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Formatting:

• The finished dimension of the program should be 5.5鈥� x听8.5鈥澨�(also called 鈥淪tatement鈥� size), the size of an 8.5 x11 sheet of paper folded in half.
• There should be a blank line between the 杏吧Pro logo and the title. The height of that line is 14 pt.
• Top title should be in semi-bold, 14 pt. font.
• For the body of the program use an 11 or 12 pt. font size.
• If no additional performer information is necessary, only use two lines between composer information and the next piece.
• Note: Never let the title 鈥渂lock鈥� of a work (title, composer/arranger, performer info) be split between two pages.
• Be sure to include the correct month, day and year of the recital with the start time indicated with either 鈥渁.m.鈥� or 鈥減.m.鈥澨�

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Piece Names:
Titles are formatted according to four types of works:

• Large pieces with unique names, assigned by the composer, are written in italics

The Eternal Light
blue cathedral

• Smaller works with given names (in particular vocal songs or art songs that are part of a cycle) are indicated using quotation marks:

鈥淥 Rosa Bella鈥�
鈥淎n die Musik鈥�

• Generic titles, identified by numbers or key signatures, are represented in regular Roman type, neither italicized nor in quotation marks:

Sonata No. 20 in G Major, op. 49, no. 2

*Note the location of commas and capitalization

• When referencing pieces from larger works, the smaller piece is presented in quotation marks, after the larger work, which is in italics:

From the opera La clemenza di Tito

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Capitalization Schemes:

• Use the capitalization convention of the title language, as follows:

English: All words except for prepositions and articles are capitalized

Italian: The first word and proper nouns are capitalized

German: The first word and all nouns are capitalized

French: The first word is capitalized. If the first word is 鈥淟e鈥� or 鈥淟es鈥� of 鈥淟鈥� 鈥� then the second word is also capitalized. Proper nouns are capitalized.

• It is wise to fact-check how the composer capitalized the title.

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Composer Names:

• Use the full version of the composer鈥檚 name without abbreviations:

Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach

• Take care to check for correct diacritical markings:

Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

• An arranger鈥檚 name should appear below the composer鈥檚 credit with the abbreviation 鈥渁rr.鈥� followed by the arranger鈥檚 last name:

John Dunstable
arr. Grainger

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Composer Date Ranges:

• If a composer is deceased, use a birth and death year in parentheses with an 鈥渆n-dash鈥� in the middle (note: the en-dash is longer than a hyphen). No spaces are needed between the dates and dash (1770鈥�1827).

• If the work is by a living composer, use their birth year preceded by 鈥渂.鈥� and a space (b. 1990).
• If either the birth or death year is unknown, use 鈥渃.鈥� followed by a space (c. 1478鈥�1515).

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Performer Names:

• Use a performer鈥檚 preferred stage name followed by a comma and their instrument or voice type in lowercase centered below the title and the composer information:

John Smith, trumpet
Jane Miranda, soprano

• If the program is for someone鈥檚 recital, always list their name first, followed by the other contributors.
• If the same performer (or set of performers) is performing multiple pieces in a row, you only need to put their name, instrument/voice type once, under their last piece. Then when the performer/ensemble changes, put the new information under the new performer鈥檚 group of pieces.

The Student Program Template is available !

After downloading and saving the file to your own computer (save in Date-Name-Title order: May 3-Caruso-Sr. Recital), enter your program content into the file. Then resave it as a Google.doc and share a link to your program file with the GCPA production manager (suzannehassler@depauw.edu).听

Don鈥檛 forget: DOWNLOAD the template first, before beginning to create your program.