The Department of Studies in Music will record all concert
performances produced under its sponsorship. This includes faculty
recitals, April in Santa Cruz productions, credited student ensemble
concerts, sponsored student recitals, and other events as directed by
the board. These tapes are used for personnel actions, student
evaluations, teaching, research, fund raising, and recruitment of
students and faculty. Master CD's are the property of the university,
and will be kept for at least ten years after the date of the
performance. A CD copy of the Master CD will be given to the
principal for each recital. Additional
copies may be obtained upon payment of a duplication
fee ($10.00 per copy, and $20 per cassette). This fee reflects
the cost of materials and student labor.
The university reserves the right to distribute CD's or excerpts for
outreach (including playback on non-profit radio), fund raising, or
scholarly purposes. All other rights remain with the performers. A
faculty member may at any time request that a tape be marked as
confidential. It will then be treated as part of the faculty member's
personnel record, and not made available to the public.
Tours and performances outside of Santa Cruz County will not normally
be recorded. If qualified personnel and equipment are available, an
ensemble director may have a student engineer travel with a group on
the same basis as the performers.
Recording services in support of scholarly activities other than
public performances will be available on a recharge basis, depending
on availability of equipment and personnel. Rates for such functions
will be set so as to reflect the cost of personnel and equipment
depreciation.
It is the intention of the board to produce the highest quality
recordings possible within budget limitations and without intruding
on the enjoyment of the concert. For this reason, documentary style
(two microphone) recording techniques will be used. For performances
where the size of the ensemble or the genre of the music dictate a
multiple microphone recording, the principal of the recital must
confer with the recording
engineer well in advance of the performance. Compliance with such
requests will depend on availability of equipment and personnel.
The Music Department employs a professionally qualified recording
engineer to make and supervise recordings. He is part time, and can
schedule up to three recordings per week. When the concert
schedule becomes crowded, student recitals, second performances
of ensembles, and concerts added with short notice may be recorded by
student engineers.
Recording services equipment is not available for loan or rental.
Recording equipment may be checked out from the music
facilities office or the Electronic
Music Studio. Arrangements for sound reinforcement or concert
playback are made through the production assistant.
When a research project is produced by a non-university engineer, one
of our student engineers may be employed as an assistant if access to
recording services equipment is needed.
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