[Vocabulary] Does “recital” have a meaning of a student concert in the U.K.?

[popri]

I was looking for a difference between "recital" and "concert".
An American friend said that a recital was generally used in the context of classes as an opportunity for students to show off their developing skills.
It’s a rather small scale of concert depending on how many students a teacher has.

Does this fit into the situation in the U.K.? I looked it up in the dictionary but I can’t find this kind of explanation.

 

[emsr2d2]

Please give us the definitions you have found for "recital" and "concert" (don't forget to show us which dictionaries you are citing).

 

[popri]

I quit before I found them and asked a friend of mine.
As far as I know, "recital" is used for solo professional events like a piano recital and violin recital.
He is from America, and I've wondered if its meaning is the same as that in the U.K.
He also added recital is a performance of one person, by the way.

 

[emsr2d2]

I looked it up in the dictionary but I can’t find this kind of explanation.

I quit before I found them and asked a friend of mine.

Your two posts contradict each other. Did you look them up in a dictionary or didn't you? If you didn't, why don't you do so now? OneLook is a good site.

 

[popri]

Sorry, I meant that I could not find the difference between two words, but had found each meaning in the English-Japanese dictionary called Eijiro.
It goes (1) a recital (2)a student concert. I had never heard of (2), so I asked an American friend of mine and he said there IS a meaning of a student concert.

Thank you so much for introducing the site address. Thanks to your help, I’ve been able to look the meaning up in many dictionaries.
According to Merriam-Webster online dictionary, recital is “a public exhibition of skill given by music or dance pupils”.
Retrieved from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recital

Let me ask you again. Is this meaning used in the U.K.?

 

[jutfrank]

UK and US usage of recital is the same, yes.

In neither variety is it particularly related to students.

 

[popri]

Thank you for teaching.
I don’t understand the very last sentence.
What do you mean by that?
Are you saying student and pupil are totally different?
Don't you say anybody who's learning, say violin, under a teacher a student?

 

[jutfrank]

I mean that you don't have to be a student to do a recital.

 

[Skrej]

Specific recitals just for students often are referred to as 'student recitals'.

If I recall correctly, some of my music major friends had to have something called a 'senior recital' or 'graduate recital' as part of their degree requirement, but that was probably just a term specific to my college. In essence, it was just a mandatory public student recital.

 

[Tdol]

I thought a recital involved a small group of players. (Not a classical music expert)

 

[jutfrank]

Here's one person's view, which I think is quite helpful:

https://centerstagemusiccenter.com/the-difference-between-a-recital-and-concert/

 

[bubbha]

I've heard the word "recital" used for accomplished musicians. I think of a recital as being a solo performance where the musician plays a short series of pieces on one instrument. A recital is a smaller-scale and more intimate event, whereas a concert is a grander event.

 

[GoesStation]

I've heard the word "recital" used for accomplished musicians. I think of a recital as being a solo performance where the musician plays a short series of pieces on one instrument. A recital is a smaller-scale and more intimate event, whereas a concert is a grander event.

My childhood piano teachers used it for the performances their students gave periodically. Most of them were aspiring rather than accomplished.

 

[Tdol]

I honestly didn't think it was talent related- I thought it was a case where size mattered.