Participation Requirement

Convocation Participation & Performance Tracker

Participation as a listener and/or performer of ten (10) convocations is required. Convocation participation will now be recorded via QR code scanning. At the start of each academic year, you will receive a unique QR code to your UConn email address, which must be scanned when you enter vdM for Convocation and when you exit vdM. You must record an entrance and exit scan in order for your participation to count. Entry scans will be accepted until 1:35pm and exit scans will be accepted beginning at 2:05pm (or earlier if the Convocation program ends early). 

If you are having trouble meeting the Convocation participation requirement, attendance of a music department concert or master class outside your performance medium area (e.g., attending a brass recital if you are a singer, jazz concert if you are a violinist) will equal participation at one Convocation. To receive credit for attending a concert at von der Mehden Recital Hall, please be sure to collect a student ticket at the Box Office prior to the concert. Following the concert, turn in your ticket to Box Office staff and give them your name and NetID. The Music Office will receive a list of students from the Box Office after each performance and will add participation credit in line with the guidelines below for each instrument area. If you are attending a student recital outside of von der Mehden (i.e., Storrs Congregational Church, St. Mark’s), please send a photo of yourself with the performer(s) to music@uconn.edu. 

External concerts and external master classes may also be counted for Convocation participation with prior authorization from the Department Head. These include performances and master classes outside of the Music Department at UConn (i.e., Jorgensen) and in the greater community. Please email music@uconn.edu if you plan to attend a concert or master class outside UConn and you would like it to be considered for attendance credit. You will also be asked to submit a signed program or photo of you at the concert/master class to confirm that you attended.  

If you have special circumstances that prevent you from attending Convocation or concerts in-person, you may request to review recorded performances and submit a written reflection for attendance credit. Please email music@uconn.edu to explain your circumstances and get approval for this option. The use of AI is strictly prohibited in writing reflections, and we will use AI detection software to review all submissions. 

The following performances do not count for Convocation participation credit for each instrument area (regardless of genre):