Please check throughout the Summer, 2023 for updates to the August, 2023 orientation schedule
August, 2023
To view the Pre-Orientation Presentation for Fall, 2023 Click here
All new graduate students are required to attend.
8:00-9:00am: Degree Area Orientation
Woodwinds only - Dr. Eric Nestler (MU 250)
9:00-10:00am: General Orientation – Dr. Jaymee Haefner (Recital Hall)
All incoming graduate students, including international students, must attend this orientation.
To view the Orientation Presentation from Fall, 2022 Click here
10:00-11:00am: Degree Program Orientation
MM/DMA - Dr. Daphne Gerling (Recital Hall)
Composition - Dr. Joseph Klein (MU 2005)
MM/DMA Jazz Studies - Dr. Kimberly Teal (MU 262)
Music Education - Dr. Don Taylor (MU 324)
10:00-10:30am: Degree Program Orientation
Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology - Dr. Benjamin Brand (MU 250)
10:30-11:00am: Area Program Orientation
Music Theory - Dr. David Heetderks (MU 250)
Ethnomusicology - Dr. Cathy Ragland (MU 318)
11:00-12:00pm: Degree Area Orientation
Keyboard - Dr. Steven Harlos (MU 258)
Strings - Dr. Susan Dubois (MU 287)
Voice - Prof. Molly Fillmore (MU 250)
12:00-12:30pm: Degree Area Orientation
Brass - Prof. Natalie Mannix (MU 250)
Graduate Placement Exams in Music History - Sage Hall 331 (click here for sample questions)
Times are Subject to Change
1:00 - 2:30pm Pre-1750 music history exam (master's students)
2:30 - 4:00pm Post-1750 music history exam (master's students)
4:30 - 6:00pm Pre-1750 music history exam (doctoral students)
6:00 - 7:30pm Post-1750 music history exam (doctoral students)
August, 2023
Graduate Placement Exam in Music Theory - Music Building 258 (click here for sample questions)
Times are Subject to Change
10:00-11:30am Analysis/Part-Writing
Graduate Placement Exam in Jazz History - Music Building 262
(Master of Music Jazz Studies students only)
10:00-11:30am
Area Exams
August, 2023
Voice Entrance Exams - Sage Hall 331
9:30am Vocal Diction (click here for descriptions of the vocal diction exams)
11:00am Vocal Literature (click here for descriptions of the vocal literature exam)
1:00pm Vocal Pedagogy (click here for descriptions of the vocal pedagogy exam)
Keyboard Entrance Exams - Music Building 250
10:00am - 12:00pm Piano Literature (click here for study guides for the Piano Literature exam)