Concert EtiquetteAn overview of audience expectations.
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Overview General Procedures
As audience members, your part in the concert is almost as important as the talented students on stage. Your responses will make a difference to the performers and to the other audience members as well. The music department of SHPS has a goal to educate the public as well as its own music students. With this in mind, we have outlined what are considered universal appropriate concert etiquette guidelines for audience members at musical performances. Please take these guidelines in the spirit they are given and it will increase everyone’s enjoyment of the concert. Our students participate in many different activities. What may be appropriate at an athletic event may not be appropriate at a concert. Thank you for helping us to uphold the fine standard of performance excellence that has become our tradition here at South Haven Public Schools.
- Absolutely no food or beverages allowed in the auditorium.
- Turn off electric devices before entering the auditorium.
- When the conductor enters, it is customary to applaud politely.
- Be on time. If you are late, enter the auditorium during the audience applause between selections. Find a seat in the back of the auditorium to avoid any distractions.
- If there is an emergency and you must leave, wait until the conclusion of the piece, then exit quickly and quietly during the applause.
- Remain seated and quiet during the entire performance. Avoid any noise that could interrupt the concentration of both the performers and listeners. (i.e. whispering, wrappers, etc.)
- Please show appreciation of the performance through clapping rather than whistling or cheering. Remain silent between movements of a song. Watch the conductor when the music stops as a cue to begin applause.
- Please do not use flash photography during the performance. You may do so in between selections. If you are videotaping, please record from one location in the back of the auditorium.
- Do not leave as soon as your child is done performing. All of the students in each performing ensemble deserve a full audience for their performance.
- Parents of young children are asked to sit near an exit door so they may leave quickly if their children becomes restless or noisy.