Dress Code

  • No Jewelry
  • No Cologne
  • No Perfumes

Concert Dress

Q: What is the attire/dress code for the rehearsal/performance?

A: Wear a free dress for rehearsals. Wear a formal concert dress for the performance as follows. Arrive dressed for the dress rehearsal.

  • Gentlemen
  • Top: White long-sleeve collared shirt with a black necktie (not a bowtie),
  • Bottom: Black dress pants
  • Socks: Black knee-high dress socks
  • Shoes: Black dress shoes (no sneakers; no white or light brown colored lines/outsoles; no hat)

*Common mistakes: white socks, sneakers, short-sleeve shirt

  • Ladies
  • Top: White long-sleeve blouse (lace collar OK)
  • Bottom: Black floor-length skirt or wide-leg palazzo dress pants (NO leggings style)
  • Stockings: Black knee-high dress stockings (no white stockings)
  • Shoes: Black dress shoes (no sandals; no white or light brown colored lines/outsoles; no hat)
  • Long Hair: Wear a hairband, hair tie, or hair pin if you have long hair.

*Common mistakes: light brown-color stockings, short skirt/blouse, short pants, ankle-length skirt, ankle-length pants, sneaker.

Upload Your Concert Dress Photo via Dropbox

To ensure your child’s concert dress, please take a picture and upload it as follows:

  • Dress up, wearing your black socks/black shoes/black neck tie.
  • From head to toe, along with your instrument
  • Seated Posture
    • Seat on a ladder back chair with no wheels.
    • Sit on the edge of your chair.
    • Keep your spine straight and tall.
    • Keep your feet flat on the floor.
    • SATB singer: Standing posture.
  • Take a picture with your iPhone/smartphone
  • Upload your photo via Dropbox by June 8 for Summer Concert 1 and June 30 for Summer Concert 2:
    • click here
    • Use your child’s name when uploading a photo so that the LAYP team can provide approval or feedback.
    • For CMS, you don’t need to upload dress photos once you have been approved for the summer concerts.
  • Arrive dressed on Tutti rehearsal day if you are not approved. If you get approved, then you can wear a free dress for this Tutti rehearsal.

LAYP Concert Dress Code Photo

You may get one at your local stores or online.

Yes-No Example Photos

Gentlemen, please do not wear black jackets.

Long Sleeve

Floor Length

Stockings/Socks

LAYP’s Suggestions for a Long Hair Style

We need to do our best to serve the audience in a professional way as a selected performer to represent LAYP. Unless you wear a hair tie/hairpin or do hairstyles like the example photos below,

  • your long hair may cover your instrument or
  • you may add unnecessary motions to remove your long hair from your shoulders or instrument or
  • your long hair may distract the musical concentration.

Gentlemen with a Long Hair Style:
Your face needs to be fully seen by the audience. LAYP values facial expression and appropriate motions as essential components of musical and emotional expressions. To ensure this:

  • Use Hair Ties: Secure your hair away from your face using a hair tie or similar accessories.
  • Avoid Loose Hair: Loose hair can obstruct your instrument and face, hindering both your performance and audience engagement.

By following these guidelines, you can maintain a professional appearance and ensure that your facial expressions and movements are clearly visible to the audience.

Concert Dress Company Website

The following company is NOT affiliated with LAYP. This information is for your reference only.

On this website, you may search:

For ladies

  • “Performance Knit Blouse”
  • “Floor Length Skirt”
  • “Palazzo Pants”

For Gentlemen

  • “White Dress Shirt”
  • “Comfort Fit Flat Front Dress Trousers”
  • “Comfort Fit Double Pleated Dress”
  • “Complete Outfit with Dress Pant/ White Dress Shirt”

Conductors

Tailcoat Suit, Tuxedo, or Formal Concert Dress in Concert Black

  • Male Conductors: Tailcoat suit or tuxedo, paired with white a long-sleeve collared shirt, a bowtie, and black dress pants.
  • Female Conductors: Black formal dress, black floor-length skirt suit or black floor-length dress trousers paired with a black long-sleeve blouse.

Soloist Dress Code

Male Soloists: Tuxedo, Tailcoat, or Formal Concert-Black Dress (White long-sleeve collared shirt with a bowtie, black dress pants, black dress socks, black dress shoes (no sneakers; no white or light brown colored lines/outsoles; no hat)

Female Soloists: Free-Colored Formal Concert Dress.

We recommend that you may Google or search for “Prom dresses.” In the past, a couple of specialty shops for concert dresses worked, but they have mostly merged into prom or wedding dress shops for guests. If you know a fashion designer, you may be able to customize a concert dress.