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Fall 2009
18 November 2009: To all graduate students
Music Graduate Office Announcements
Graduate students,
Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:
[1] All graduate students: Workshop announcement – Unleash Your Inner Music Entrepreneur
[2] All graduate students: Career Development Center
[3] All graduate students: Information about a music scholarship -Julia L. Atz Scholarship
[4] All diploma students: East Asian Language Placement/Proficiency Testing in January 2010
[5] All graduate students: Application for Graduation reminder
[6] All graduate students: Registration reminder
[7] All graduate students: TA and grad student development conference: June 21-22, 2010, University of Toronto
Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students: Workshop announcement - Unleash Your Inner Music Entrepreneur
UNLEASH YOUR INNER MUSIC ENTREPRENEUR
Join ANGELA MYLES BEECHING, author of Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music. Angela Beeching will de-mystify the concept of entrepreneurship for musicians. This practical, interactive workshop will help musicians think through their ideas for both immediate and long-term career goals. Come hear about ways today's musicians are achieving their dreams.
The session will focus on how musician start-up projects lead to long-term career satisfaction. It's the Do-It-Yourself revolution. Come with questions and concerns--leave with ideas and new approaches.
Saturday, December 5th 2009
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sweeny Hall
Networking Reception follows immediately after program.
Space is Limited
Event Free. Reservations Required:
jsombeeching.eventbrite.com
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[2] All graduate students: Career Development Center
Need help with the academic or non-academic job search? Excited about studying music but don’t quite know what’s next in your career?
The Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services can help you! The Center holds over 50 career-related events each year; a number of them, like ArtWorks, are often directly relevant to students interested in music, offering an opportunity to network and learn from various industry professionals. One-on-one graduate career advising (CV preparation, job search strategies, career decision making, interviewing, etc.) is also available for a small fee.
To learn more about all of the available services, please visit www.iucareers.com.
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[3] All graduate students: Information about a music scholarship -Julia L. Atz Scholarship
(if you have questions about this scholarship, please direct them to nccf@ligtel.com)
The Julia L. Atz Scholarship is a music scholarship award in the amount of $2,500 for the following criteria: applicant may be a senior in college or a post graduate student pursuing a career in classical music performance or conducting. An applicant can re-apply and receive financial support in ensuing or subsequent years. Preference will be given to an applicant from Indiana. The successful applicant will have a college GPA of at least 3.0. Total amount of scholarship is $2500. Scholarship is for tuition only. Scholarship requires 3 copies to be submitted.
Applications can be found online at www.NobleCounty.org
Application Deadline is April 30, 2010 by 4:30 p.m.
All applications must be delivered (via post office mail or in person) on or before April 30, 2010 by 4:30 pm.
Return completed application and required copies to the Noble County Community Foundation, Inc., 1599 Lincolnway South, Ligonier, IN 46767. Phone: 260-894-3335. Office hours Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Jennifer Shultz, Administrative Assistant
Noble County Community Foundation, Inc.
1599 Lincolnway South
Ligonier IN 46767
Email: nccf@ligtel.com
Website: www.NobleCounty.org
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[4] All diploma students: East Asian Language Placement/Proficiency Testing in January 2010
If you are in a diploma program and want to place out of the foreign language requirement by taking a placement exam in Japanese, Chinese, or Korean, please follow the instructions in this email to sign up for the placement exam.
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Spring 2010 Placement & Proficiency Testing
All testing is free. Bring a picture ID and pencil.
Chinese
Thursday, January 7th
2:00 p.m.
Ballantine 146
Japanese
Thursday, January 7th
2:00 p.m.
Ballantine 144
No prior registration is needed for Chinese and Japanese testing. For your results, please call the EALC department office the following day (856-4959).
Korean
Thursday, January 7th
2:00 p.m.
Goodbody 229
If you have studied Korean before and want to take it in Spring 2010, please go to www.indiana.edu/~korean and fill out the online form for placement testing to be registered for this test.
If you are already fluent in Korean and want your proficiency certified, please go to the Korean Language web site at www.indiana.edu/~korean and fill out the online to be scheduled for testing after the beginning of the semester.
FAQs about each test at http://www.indiana.edu/~ealc/languages/placement.shtml.
Kim Hinton
Academic Advisor
kishinto@indiana.edu
Anthropology (Student Building 055)
Classical Studies (Ballantine Hall 559)
East Asian Languages and Cultures (Goodbody Hall 202)
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[5] All graduate students – Application for Graduation reminder
Remember that if you plan to graduate this December you need to submit an Application for Graduation. If you do not remember whether you have already done this, you can check your academic advisement report on OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu). The way you get to your academic advisement report is to log on the OneStart, then click on the “student center” link. From that page, click on “my academics and grades.” That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc.
Once you get to the academic advisement report, click on the “expand all” button at the top of the report. Near the end of the academic advisement report there is a line for "Application for Graduation". If the line is red and says "Not Satisfied", we have not yet received an application for graduation. If the line says "Satisfied," then we have. If you haven’t submitted an application yet, you can do so online by following the links on this page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Graduation.shtml.
You are required to apply for graduation even if you do not plan to go through the commencement ceremony. If you apply for graduation this late in the semester your name will not be in the Commencement program, but you will still have the option of attending the ceremony if you’d like.
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[6] All graduate students – Registration reminder
Registration for the spring semester is still going on. If you haven’t registered for the spring semester but plan to take courses, you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. Submitting the Program Planning Sheet does not make you immediately eligible to register. The Music Graduate Office staff looks at each Program Planning Sheet in the order in which they are received, and you will receive an email from me once your registration plans are approved. Because of the upcoming holiday break, program planning sheets submitted during the rest of this week and next week will probably not be processed until Monday, November 30 at the earliest.
For links to the on-line Schedule of Classes and information about how to fill out the Program Planning Sheet and prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.
Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart.
If you have any questions about your degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.
The Music Graduate Office will be closed for the holiday starting on Wednesday, November 25. Our office will re-open on Monday, November 30.
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[7] All graduate students: TA and grad student development conference: June 21-22, 2010, University of Toronto
Hello,
We hope you will consider submitting a proposal to, attending, and/or encouraging your graduate students to attend the conference Navigating your Path: Exploring and Supporting Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student Development. This conference, to be held June 21-22, 2010 at the University of Toronto, is for graduate students, faculty, TA developers, librarians, student support staff, and industry professionals. Proposals are due January 15, 2010.
Topic areas of the conference include:
P – PROFESSIONAL SKILLS – What are the skills that will enable a graduate student to make a successful transition from academic work to a professional position? How, and when, do graduate students acquire these skills?
A – ACADEMIC RESEARCH – To what extent is the undertaking and management of academic research explicitly taught as part of a graduate degree program? How are graduate students prepared to initiate and oversee research projects? What grounding in ethical approaches to research is provided to graduate students and how are they trained to examine the moral implications and societal impact of their work?
T – TEACHING COMPETENCE – Can graduate students identify theories of learning and articulate how knowledge is processed in their disciplines? How has TA training changed over the past decade? How does unionization affect the development of the graduate student TA? How successful is the work of undergraduate teaching assistants?
H – HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT – Building on Ernest Boyer’s call for graduate education to “give larger meaning to specialized knowledge” (Boyer, 1990, p. 68), this stream will explore programming that seeks to combine teaching, research and professional skills development in graduate students. How will programming that focuses on responding to change, showing leadership, linking research to societal needs, linking research and teaching across disciplines, active citizenship, the ability to work in a diverse setting, etc. enrich the graduate experience? Does such programming support graduates in new ways?
More information about the conference and the call for proposals can be found at: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/conference2010/.
Questions about the conference can be directed to ctsi.conference2010@utoronto.ca.
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Katherine D. Kearns, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Campus Instructional Consulting
Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Indiana University Bloomington
Franklin Hall 004K
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-6869
kkearns@indiana.edu
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5 November 2009: To all graduate students
Music Graduate Office Announcements
Graduate students,
Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:
[1] All graduate students: Music Theory AI positions
[2] All graduate students: Registration reminder
Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students – Music Theory AI positions
Graduate students,
The following announcement is from the Music Theory department. If you have any questions about this, please contact Shauna Peatross at mustheor@indiana.edu.
Dear Graduate Student:
The music theory department invites highly qualified graduate students to audition for the small number of music theory AI positions that will be available fall 2009. Music theory AIs assist in teaching students in the undergraduate core curriculum. Auditions will take place during the audition weekends that begin in January. Those interested in being considered for a position should first read the following web page to ensure that they meet the initial criteria for consideration. The page includes a link to an online audition request form, which must be submitted no later than January 6, 2010
http://www.music.indiana.edu/department/theory/ai/
Gretchen Horlacher
Chair, Dept. of Music Theory
Associate Prof. of Music
Jacobs School of Music
Indiana University
812-855-3691
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[2] All graduate students – Registration reminder
Registration for the spring semester started on Thursday, October 22 and is still going on (if you haven’t already registered).
Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. For links to the on-line Schedule of Classes and information about how to fill out the Program Planning Sheet and prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.
Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart. To view your Academic Advisement Report, log on to OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu), then click on the "Student Self-Service" button on the left side of the page. Next, click on the Go to Student Center link. From that page, click on My Academics and Grades. That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc. Click on the View My Advisement Report link to see your academic advisement report.
If you have any questions about your degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.
22 October 2009: To all graduate students
Music Graduate Office Announcements
Graduate students,
Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:
[1] All graduate students – Registration reminder
[2] All graduate students: Workshop announcement – Transform your music career (reminder)
[3] All graduate students: Temporal Tools Showcase
[4] All graduate students: Masterclass for graduate students (classroom teaching)
Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
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[1] All graduate students – Registration reminder
Registration for the spring semester started today (Thursday, October 22).
There are two important points that you need to keep in mind for registration.
1. Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml. Submitting the Program Planning Sheet does not make you immediately eligible to register. The Music Graduate Office staff looks at each Program Planning Sheet in the order in which they are received, and you will receive an email from me once your registration plans are approved. This can take up to several days given the volume of Program Planning Sheets we have received this week.
For links to the on-line Schedule of Classes and information about how to fill out the Program Planning Sheet and prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml.
2. Even after your Program Planning Sheet has been approved, your “enrollment appointment time” (the time the Registrar’s office has assigned as the first possible time for you to register) has to pass before you will be able to register.
Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart. To view your Academic Advisement Report, log on to OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu), then click on the "Student Self-Service" button on the left side of the page. Next, click on the Go to Student Center link. From that page, click on My Academics and Grades. That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc. Click on the View My Advisement Report link to see your academic advisement report.
If you have any questions about your degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions. We are also responding to emails in the order in which they are received, so please be patient if it takes us a little longer than usual to reply to emails.
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[2] All graduate students: Workshop announcement – Transform your music career (reminder)
Embracing Entrepreneurship
Transform your music career
Join JSOM graduate & leading entrepreneurship educator DAVID CUTLER, & learn how to build a career as a musician. Cutler’s newest book, The Savvy Musician: “Hands down, the most valuable resource available for aspiring musicians.” - Jeffrey Zeigler, Kronos Quartet
http://jsomcutler.eventbrite.com/
Saturday, October 24th 2009 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Musical Arts Center (MAC) RM 040
Networking Reception follows immediately after program.
Space is Limited
Event Free.
Reservations Required: jsomcutler.eventbrite.com http://jsomcutler.eventbrite.com/
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[3] All graduate students: Temporal Tools Showcase
Chasing the Ephemeral:
Time, Timelines, and New Research Tools
Temporal Tools Showcase
November 9, 2009
From 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities, Herman B. Wells Library, Room E170D
The brilliant jazz woodwind player Eric Dolphy once said, “When you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone, in the air. You can never capture it again.” Transient information like that contained in musical sound is vital to many fields in the arts, humanities, and sciences; but it is challenging to work with because, like music, it not only disappears “when it’s over”, but remains in motion for the duration of its natural life.
Few people are aware of the tremendous amount of activity going on at Indiana University—development of new temporal tools as well as creative uses of existing tools—in a long list of fields. Many projects here have developed or are now developing tools to overcome the ephemeral nature of temporal phenomena and provide the ability to create, play back, analyze and/or annotate them. These projects range from music to psychology and brain sciences to ethnography.
To foster communication between people who need to use tools that treat information over time or are already doing so, we invite you to a “Temporal Tools Showcase” on November 9, 2009 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at the Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities, Herman B. Wells Library, Room E170D. We expect to show several IU campus projects that employ temporal tools. These will include:
• the EVIA Annotator’s Workbench for ethnography
• the Variations audio timeliner
• a multimedia analysis system developed by the Psychology and Brain Sciences Program
• a chronology study using the SIMILE Timeline toolkit in the History Department
• a patchwork of editing programs used for sound analysis for projects in Ethnomusicology
• and a prototype of a “General Temporal Workbench” designed to facilitate work with any and all temporal phenomena.
Please drop in any time from 3-5 p.m. to look at these tools and discuss how these and similar tools are being used now and how they might be used by others—for example, you. Refreshments will be served.
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[4] Masterclass for graduate students (classroom teaching)
Master Class for Graduate Students
Monday, Nov 2, 1-3pm, Ballantine Hall 335
Monday, Nov 2, 4-6pm, Chemistry Building 122
Graduate students are invited to observe graduate student Sarah Florini as she leads students in small group discussion in a 75-minute Introduction to Communication class of 24 students. Afterwards meet with her to discuss what she did in the classroom and why. Both sessions are the same, so graduate students should register for only one of the two sessions. Space is limited to 10 seats per session; registration is required by Tuesday, October 27: http://www.iub.edu/~teaching/ourservices/events_sem.php.
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Katherine D. Kearns, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Campus Instructional Consulting
Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Indiana University Bloomington
Franklin Hall 004K
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-6869
kkearns@indiana.edu
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15 October 2009: To all graduate students
Music Graduate Office Announcements
Graduate students,
Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:
[1] All graduate students - Registration
[2] All graduate students – Auto-W Deadline
[3] All students who started new graduate programs in fall 2009 – A few reminders
Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
[1] All graduate students – Registration
Registration for the spring semester will begin on Thursday, October 22. Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml.
For links to the on-line Schedule of Classes and information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml. There may still be a few changes to the Schedule of Classes before registration, but you can go ahead and submit your program planning sheet now. You will not be eligible to register until after you have submitted your program planning sheet, your registration plans have been approved, and your “enrollment appointment time” (the time the Registrar’s office has assigned as the first possible time for you to register) has passed. You can submit your program planning sheet before your “enrollment appointment time.”
Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart. To view your Academic Advisement Report, log on to OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu), then click on the "Student Self-Service" button on the left side of the page. Next, click on the Go to Student Center link. From that page, click on My Academics and Grades. That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc. Click on the View My Advisement Report link to see your academic advisement report.
If you have any questions about your degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.
[2] All graduate students: Auto-W Deadline
The Auto-W Deadline for fall semester 2009 is Wednesday, October 28.
The Auto-W deadline is the dividing line between when you may drop a course and be guaranteed a grade of "W" (any time before Wednesday, October 28) and when you may potentially get a grade of "F" for a dropped course, if you are approved to drop a course at all (after October 28).
Before the Auto-W deadline, you can drop a class by using the eDrop procedure on OneStart (http://registrar.indiana.edu/dropadd.shtml#edrop).
After the Auto-W deadline, you need the approval of the instructor of the course, the chair of the department that offers the course, and the Music Graduate office in order to drop a class. You do not have the option of using eDrop after the Auto-W deadline, you will need a late add/drop form from the Music Graduate Office. The main differences are that the instructor has the option of giving you a grade of "F" for the course if that is the grade you are earning when you drop it and that you need to petition to the Music Graduate Office for permission to drop a course after the Auto-W deadline. Please note that it is extremely rare to get permission to drop a class after the Auto-W deadline.
Please remember that even when you drop a class you are still responsible for maintaining a full-time course load - at least 8 credits for master’s and doctoral students, at least 9 credits for diploma and visiting students.
If you want to add a course after the Auto-W deadline, you will need to pick up a late drop/add form in the Music Graduate Office and gather various signatures. The eAdd system (like the eDrop system) is not available after October 28.
[3] All students who started new graduate programs in fall 2009 – A few reminders
There have been a few questions recently from new students that I thought many of you who just started here this fall may want to have answered.
1. Registration
In order to register, follow the steps outlined earlier in this email. You do not need to get an advisor's signature from the person who advised you during orientation week. I will look over your program planning sheet after you submit the online program planning sheet and I will approve that as your advisor. You will not be eligible to register until after you submit your program planning sheet and it is approved.
Be sure to complete the Immunization Compliance Form on OneStart if you haven't already done so. To find the form on OneStart, click the Services tab, then the Student Self-Service link on the sidebar, then locate the Services & Information section. Then, click the Immunization Compliance link. The Registrar’s office will block your registration if you do not complete this form. http://registrar.indiana.edu/immunization.shtml has detailed information about this policy.
Students who have not yet submitted a final official transcript showing the completion date of your last program will not be eligible to register until that transcript is received in the Music Graduate Office. I emailed the students who have not yet submitted that transcript a few weeks ago.
2. Language requirements
If you are in a program that has a foreign language requirement, and you believe that you have already fulfilled all or part of that requirement with coursework from an earlier degree, check on your academic advisement report to see whether that has been updated to your records. (Instructions for getting to your academic advisement report are given in the registration section of this email). If your academic advisement report does not show that the requirement is complete, but you think it should, then please contact the Music Graduate Office. It is possible that it just hasn't been updated yet, but it's also possible that what you did in the past won't count, so you need to check now to confirm what you need to complete.
3. Graduate Entrance Exams
(For master’s and doctoral students. The Graduate Entrance Exams and review courses are not required for Diploma and Visiting Students.)
If this fall (2009) was your first semester of enrollment in a master’s or doctoral program, you will have one more opportunity to take any Graduate Entrance Exams you did not pass in August (and that opportunity is the week before your second semester of enrollment). The exam schedule is online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Dates.shtml#GEE. January 7 and 8, 2010 will be your only opportunity to take these exams again.
You do not need to sign up for the Music History, Aural Theory, and Written Theory exams - just come to the exam with a picture ID. You do need to sign up for a Sight Singing exam time by contacting the Music Graduate Office at the end of the fall semester or on Wednesday, January 6. I will send out an email announcement when we start scheduling Sight Singing exam times at the end of the semester.
You do not need to take any exam which you have already passed or if you are currently enrolled in the review course (although if you get an unsatisfactory grade in a review course this fall semester you can re-take that exam in January 2010).
For your information, the review courses are generally offered on the following schedule:
M541 Early Music History Review - every Fall, every Spring and every Summer Session II
M542 Late Music History Review - every Fall, every Spring and every Summer Session II
T508 Written Theory Review - every Fall and every Summer Session II
T509 Sight Singing Review - every Fall and every Summer Session II of odd numbered years
T511 Aural Music Theory - every Spring and every Summer Session II of even numbered years
Remember that the Music Graduate Office website www.music.indiana.edu/graduate is a great source of information about program requirements.
We thought you might be interested in seeing a picture of those of you who attended the Dean’s Welcome during the 2009 fall new student orientation. A link to that picture is here: http://www.music.indiana.edu/publicity/files/09-10-JacobsScholarsFellows/zoom/09-Graduates.html
8 October 2009: To all graduate students
Music Graduate Office Announcements
Graduate students,
Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:
[1] All graduate students - Registration
[2] All graduate students: Workshop announcement – Transform your music career
[3] All graduate international students - International student and scholar support group
Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
[1] All graduate students – Registration
Registration for the spring 2010 semester will begin on October 22. We are not yet accepting program planning sheets, but plan to start accepting program planning sheets on Thursday, October 15. I will include information about registration in next week’s announcements.
Most students already have a block on their registration (called a negative service indicator) that says “academic advising.” That block on your registration will be there until your program planning sheet is approved.
[2] All graduate students: Workshop announcement – Transform your music career
Embracing Entrepreneurship
Transform your music career
Join JSOM graduate & leading entrepreneurship educator DAVID CUTLER, & learn how to build a career as a musician. Cutler’s newest book, The Savvy Musician: “Hands down, the most valuable resource available for aspiring musicians.” - Jeffrey Zeigler, Kronos Quartet
<http://jsomcutler.eventbrite.com/>
Saturday, October 24th 2009 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Musical Arts Center (MAC) RM 040
Networking Reception follows immediately after program.
Space is Limited
Event Free. Reservations Required: jsomcutler.eventbrite.com <http://jsomcutler.eventbrite.com/>
[3] All international students – International student and scholar support group
Want to know more about American culture?
Miss home and want to make more friends?
Stressed out because of academic expectations?
Don’t know where to find the resources?
Come join us! Let’s learn from each other!
This 9-session series will focus on a different topic each week:
Culture related:
Why are Americans like that?
Friendship in America
Explore your identity in a new culture
Academic related:
Adapting to the American classroom
How to cope with language difficulties
How to write academic papers
Resources
Academic and community resources for you and your family
This is an open group that welcomes new members at any point!
Sponsored by IU Outreach And Support for International Student and scholars (OASIS) at the Center for Human Growth & Leo R. Dowling International Center
IU Center for Human Growth is a counseling center providing services for ALL including international students, scholars, dependents, and local community. Phone: (812) 856-8302 Questions? Call the Center for Human Growth and ask for Aileen, Maureen, Mink, Winnie, or Yvonne International Student & Scholar Support Group
FREE
DATES
Every Monday from
10/12/09 -12/07/09
TIME
7:00-8:30 pm
LOCATION
Leo R. Dowling
International Center
111 S. Jordan Ave.
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Maureen B. Baska
Counseling M.S. Candidate, 2010
Academic Advisor
Hutton Honors College
812-855-3555
mbresnah@indiana.edu
1 October 2009: To all graduate students
Music Graduate Office Announcements
Graduate students,
Here are the topics for this week’s Music Graduate Office announcements; scroll down for the details about each topic:
[1] All graduate student Associate Instructors and future teachers - Campus Instructional Consulting workshop: Designing Grading Rubrics
[2] All graduate students who were new to IU starting this fall 2009 semester - Immunization
[3] All graduate students who started a new graduate program in fall 2009 (doctoral or diploma) and who did not attend New Student Orientation – Your copy of the Jacobs School of Music Bulletin
Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
[1] All graduate students Associate Instructors and future teachers - Campus Instructional Consulting workshop: Designing Grading Rubrics
Please forward the following Campus Instructional Consulting workshop announcement to your faculty and graduate students. Registration is not required to attend this workshop. If you have a disability or need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 855-9023. Questions may be directed to Katie Kearns (kkearns@indiana.edu). Thank you!
Designing Grading Rubrics
Ballantine Hall 347
Friday, October 2, 2009
2:30—4:00 pm
Grading can be a time-consuming process, and grading consistency can wane when we are rushed or tired. Grading rubrics can speed up the grading process while at the same time assist with maintaining consistency. Katie Kearns from Campus Instructional Consulting and Jo Ann Vogt from the Campus Writing Program will share grading methods for assessing students' conceptual understanding of the material as well as for maintaining equity in assigning grades.
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Katherine D. Kearns, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Campus Instructional Consulting
Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Indiana University Bloomington
Franklin Hall 004K
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-6869
kkearns@indiana.edu
[2] All graduate students who were new to IU starting this fall 2009 semester - Immunization
Be sure to complete the Immunization Compliance Form on OneStart if you haven't already done so. To find the form on OneStart, first log in, then click the Services tab, then the Student Self-Service link on the sidebar, then locate the Services & Information section. Then, click the Immunization Compliance link. The Registrar’s office will block your registration for spring 2010 if you do not complete this form. http://registrar.indiana.edu/immunization.shtml has detailed information about this policy.
[3] All graduate students who started a new graduate program in fall 2009 (doctoral or diploma) and who did not attend New Student Orientation – Your copy of the Jacobs School of Music Bulletin
If you started a new graduate program in fall 2009 but were not required to attend New Student Orientation in August (for example, those of you who started a diploma program in the fall after being here as a master’s student recently), you need to stop by the Music Graduate Office (MU011) to pick up your copy of the 2009-2011 Jacobs School of Music Bulletin. The 2009-2011 version of the bulletin has the requirements specific to your program for those starting new programs in fall 2009. This will be your only opportunity to get a paper copy of the bulletin.
The Music Graduate office is open from 9 am to noon and from 1 to 4 pm Monday through Friday.
24 September 2009: To all graduate students
Music Graduate Office announcements
Graduate students,
I will be sending out email announcements in a slightly different format for the rest of the semester. Instead of sending a separate email for each subject, I will send an email once a week with all of the announcements for the week in one email. The reason for this change is to be able to send out more information (including announcements from other departments, fellowship and training opportunities, and that sort of thing) without cluttering your email inbox with too many emails.
I will format the weekly email announcement with a list of topics at the top and then details about the topics below (so that it is similar to the UITS Monitor). It is still very important that you read all email announcements from the Music Graduate Office.
Here are the topics for this week; scroll down for the details about each topic:
[1] All graduate students – Application for graduation
[2] Doctoral students – Suggestion for doctoral students who are nearing the end of the coursework stage of the degree
[3] All conducting majors – Recital reminder
[4] All master’s and doctoral students – University Graduate School’s internal awards/fellowships deadlines and details
Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
[1] All graduate students – Application for graduation
Remember that if you plan to graduate this December, you need to submit an Application for Graduation. If you do not remember whether you have already done this, you can check your academic advisement report on OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu). The way you get to your academic advisement report is to log on the OneStart, then click on the “student center” link. From that page, click on “my academics and grades.” That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc.
Near the end of the academic advisement report there is a line for "Application for Graduation". If the line is red and says "Not Satisfied", we have not yet received an application for graduation. If the line says "Satisfied," then we have. If you haven’t submitted an application yet, you can do so online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ApplicationforGraduation.shtml (MA students should use this form: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Forms/Form--MAGraduationApplication.pdf and PhD students should use this form: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Forms.shtml).
You are required to apply for graduation even if you do not plan to go through the commencement ceremony. However, if you are interested in attending the commencement ceremony please note that the deadline to receive information from the Ceremonies office and have your name appear in the commencement program is October 2nd. If you apply after this date, your name may not be in the Commencement program.
[2] Doctoral students - Doctoral Students nearing the end of coursework
I am writing particularly to doctoral students who are in their final semesters of course work and looking towards qualifying exams. As you plan your last courses and think about your schedule for written and oral qualifying exams, I want to encourage you to be thinking about the proposal you will write for a doctoral final project or dissertation. In almost every field at the Jacobs School of Music you need to have an approved topic for your final project or dissertation to make progress on your qualifying exams. In those fields you must have completed the proposal and have it approved before you can take a major-field exam or an oral exam (depending on your department).
You will certainly be eager to get your exams done and officially become a candidate for your degree. The thing that most often delays students is the lack of a complete topic proposal, which sometimes entangles them in time limits. (Students must pass the oral qualifying exam within one year of taking the first written exam.) I am writing to urge you to read about what is required, to consult with potential research committee members, and to plan your work on this proposal as you take your last courses. Details are at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Doctoral/docindex.shtml, organized by program. Planning ahead and getting a start on your proposal represents the best way to help yourself make uninterrupted progress.
Please get in touch with the Music Graduate Office if you have questions.
Eric Isaacson
Director of Graduate Studies
[3] All conducting majors – Recital reminder
Please remember that in order for your recital to officially count toward your degree, you have to complete the on-line request at http://www.music.indiana.edu/admin/recsched/ before the performance. If you do not officially schedule your recital through the Recital Scheduling office, that recital may not count toward your degree.
This is true for all degree and diploma recitals, but we’re pointing it out to conducting majors specifically because a few conducting students recently had questions about this.
[4] All master’s and doctoral students – University Graduate School’s internal awards/fellowships deadlines and details
University Graduate School Internal Awards/Fellowships Deadlines. If you have questions about any of these awards or fellowships, please direct them to Yvonne Dwigans (her contact information is listed below).
Please see the attached list [below] for the University Graduate School’s internal awards/fellowships deadlines for 2009-2010. All applications can be found on our website, http://graduate.indiana.edu/internal-awards.php.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Yvonne
Yvonne Dwigans
Administrative Assistant & Fellowships Coordinator
Indiana University Graduate School
Kirkwood Hall, Room 111
130 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-8852 (office)
812-855-4266 (fax)
http://www.graduate.indiana.edu
Internal Fellowship & Award deadlines 2009-2010
Recruitment Fellowships
The Educational Opportunity Fellowship (EOF) is designed to enable promising students who are first generation college graduates and who do not fare well in conventional competition for graduate fellowships. This is a one year award, renewable one time. Students must submit an application to be eligible for nomination; the student application is due by January 15, 2010.
The Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowship is for outstanding McNair Scholars entering Ph.D. or M.F.A. programs at Indiana University, Bloomington.
The Graduate Scholars Fellowship is for U.S. or permanent resident students, who belong to an underrepresented minority group (African American, Hispanic American, Pacific Islander/Hawaiian or Native American, with tribal enrollment card or proof of descent).
Deadline: Friday, February 5, 2010
Esther L. Kinsley Master’s Thesis Award
Must have completed Master's Thesis during the previous academic year; one $1,500 award.
Student deadline: All materials must be turned into your department by Friday, October 2, 2009
Department deadline: All materials must be turned into the University Graduate School by Friday, October 16, 2009
Esther L. Kinsley Ph.D. Dissertation Award
Must have completed Ph.D. degree during the previous academic year; one $5,000 award.
Student deadline: All materials turned into your department by Monday, February 1, 2010
Department deadline: All materials must be turned into the University Graduate School By Friday, February 12, 2010
Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship
For advanced IU Bloomington doctoral and MFA students to enhance their career preparation by experiencing faculty life in another academic environment, either, within and outside of Indiana.
Deadline: Friday, October 16, 2010
Grant-in-Aid of Doctoral Research
For advanced Bloomington graduate students for unusual expenses incurred in connection with doctoral dissertation research.
Student deadline: You must submit your application/materials to your department by Friday, October 2, 2009 (Fall competition) and Friday, February 5, 2010 (Spring competition)
Department deadline: You must submit all application/materials to the University Graduate School by Friday, October 16, 2009 (Fall competition) and Friday, February 19, 2010 (Spring competition)
Grant-in-Aid of Master’s of Fine Arts Projects
For advanced Bloomington MFA students for unusual expenses incurred in connection with MFA projects.
Student deadline: Application and materials must be submitted to your department by Friday, October 2, 2009 (Fall competition) and Friday, February 5, 2010 (Spring competition)
Department deadline: Application and materials must be submitted to the University Graduate School by Friday, October 16, 2009 (Fall competition) and Friday, February 19, 2010 (Spring competition)
The Adam W. Herbert Graduate Fellowship
The Adam W. Herbert Graduate Fellowship was created through an endowment from the President's Fund for the purpose of supporting graduate study at Indiana University for graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Deadline: Friday, February 5, 2010
Indiana University Credit Union Dissertation Fellowship
Provides stipend support ($10,000) for graduate students in the final year of their dissertation.
Student deadline: All materials must be turned into your department by Thursday, March 18, 2010
Department deadline: All materials must be turned into the University Graduate School by Thursday, March 25, 2010
The Wells Graduate Fellowship
One doctoral student doctoral or M.F.A. student who exemplifies the characteristics of Chancellor Wells; single-year award of $30,000 that must be used the year it is granted.
Deadline: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
15 September 2009: To all graduate students
Instrument Rental GA Position
Good afternoon,
This email is directed to all graduate string majors. Other students, please disregard this message.
This is from Ron Sebben in the Instrument Rental Office. If you have any questions or concerns about the message, please send them directly to Ron at rsebben@indiana.edu.
Sara
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Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
Music Graduate Office, Indiana University
www.music.indiana.edu/graduate
Dear students,
The Instrument Rental Office will have a job opening for a graduate string player during the Spring Semester of 2010. The job will entail working with students, faculty and staff in supplying needed instruments and accessories, and some maintenance and repair of instruments. The ideal candidate has good communication skills with people of all backgrounds, a thorough knowledge of modern string instruments and bows (knowledge of Baroque instruments and bows is a plus), and is flexible and patient. The candidate should also have a working knowledge of Microsoft Access, Outlook, Excel, and Word. Attention to detail is a must. The job consists of two hours per day in the office, Monday through Friday, beginning Monday, January 11, 2010 through Friday, May 7, 2010. The schedule for work is determined by mutual agreement of the three graduate assistants in the office and has some flexibility. Generally the three graduate students each work a 2-hour shift between 9am and 3pm when student traffic is at its highest.
Students interested in the position should contact Ron Sebben at rsebben@indiana.edu or by stopping by MA410 to set up a time for an interview.
Ronald A. Sebben
Instrument Inventory Manager
IU Jacobs School of Music
Phone: (812) 855-8720
Fax: (812) 855-4936
15 September 2009: To all music majors
Artist Diploma Audition
To all Jacobs School of Music students:
School-wide Artist Diploma Auditions for the FALL 2009 semester will be held Wednesday, October 28, 3:30-6 PM in Ford Hall. If necessary, additional auditions will be scheduled on Friday, October 30.
Who performs an audition
You may perform an AD audition if you are currently a Jacobs School of Music student in another degree or diploma program and wish to be considered for the AD program beginning spring 2010; this is your admission audition for the program. Before you may perform the School-wide AD audition you must first perform for and be recommended by your department.
Please note that current IU students must audition for both their department and the School-wide committee in the fall semester if they wish to begin the AD program in spring 2010; it is not possible for current students to enter provisionally and then perform the School-wide audition in a later semester.
How to schedule an audition
Current students in other Jacobs School of Music programs should discuss their interest in the AD program with their teachers. They should then come to the Music Graduate Office (MU011) to sign up for the audition and contact the chair of their department no later than Friday, September 25 to arrange a departmental audition. The department will report the result to the Music Graduate Office.
Students recommended for the School-wide AD audition should then consult with their department chair about appropriate repertory for the School-wide AD audition. Students should prepare a typed program and have it approved and signed by the department chair, then bring the approved program to the Music Graduate Office (MU011) by 4:00 PM on Friday, October 16.
The audition schedule will be posted outside the Music Graduate Office. Students must provide an accompanist, if needed.
Information about the AD program and this School-wide audition (including new repertory guidelines) is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Diploma.shtml.
If you have questions, please contact the Music Graduate Office (MU011, musgrad@indiana.edu, 855-1738).
9 September 2009: To all doctoral students
Doctoral Information Session
To all doctoral students:
If you are finishing course work and are approaching doctoral qualifying exams, we invite you to attend the Music Graduate Office's information session on written and oral qualifying exams, candidacy, and dissertations/final projects.
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 16 at 3:30 pm in the Music Graduate Office conference room (MU011). The meeting will be over by 5 pm.
We will provide a packet of useful information and outline the qualifying exam process. We will also go over dissertation/final project guidelines.
No sign-up is necessary. We hope to see you there!
8 September 2009: To all graduate students
Announcement - Invitation for Conductors' Orchestra
Good morning graduate students,
This announcement is from Ben Bolter, the coordinator for the Conductors’ Orchestra. If you have any questions, or if you want to sign up, be sure to email Ben Bolter directly at condorch@indiana.edu.
Sara
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Sara Erbes, Academic Advisor
Music Graduate Office
Merrill Hall 011, 812-855-1738, serbes@indiana.edu,
http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/
Dear Students,
The IU Jacobs School of Music is excited to announce the 5th year of the Conductors’ Orchestra. This year the orchestra will begin playing for the Instrumental Conducting Classes this Fall semester, starting Monday October 5, 2009. The pay scale will be $15 per hour.
If you are interesting in applying for the fall semester, please send an email to condorch@indiana.edu with your name, ID#, instrument, Degree and year by September 14th, 2009. No audition is necessary. Admission will generally be based on seniority and degree rank but will not be limited to these criteria. You will be notified by September 21st, 2009 of your acceptance.
Please be aware that Attendance will be required for all services. The Instrumental Conducting Class takes place every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:00am-11:00am in MA 454. If you find an absence unavoidable it is your responsibility to find a reliable sub.
AGAIN, Please be aware that your attendance is required for every rehearsal and conducting class that you are called.
**You also must have a social security card to be eligible for payment**
Also, please note that this is only for entrance into the orchestra for the Fall Semester. A separate process will be conducted for the Spring Semester at a later date.
For Fall 2009, the following positions are available: Flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Timpani, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass.
If there are any questions please direct them to Ben Bolter, the Orchestra Manager, at condorch@indiana.edu
8 September 2009: To all graduate students
Dropping and adding classes starting Tuesday, September 8
Starting today (Tuesday, September 8), adding and dropping classes will follow a different procedure than logging in to the registration system through OneStart.
To drop a class on Tuesday, September 8 through Wednesday, October 28, you can follow the procedure outlined here: http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eDrop.pdf. This procedure is called eDrop. Remember that dropping a class at this point in the semester means that you do not get a full refund of your tuition for the credits you drop. This is true even if you drop one class and add another in its place.
To add a class on Tuesday, September 8 through the end of the semester, you will be able to use the eAdd procedure (which is similar to the eDrop procedure; details are outlined here http://registrar.indiana.edu/pdfs/eAdd.pdf).
The eDrop and eAdd procedures are relatively new – please let us know if you have problems with these systems.
A few reminders – you are required to maintain full-time enrollment. Full-time enrollment for master’s and doctoral students is at least 8 credit hours (except for those doctoral students who are in the exam stage of their degree, and some masters student’s in their final semester) and full-time enrollment for diploma and visiting students is at least 9 credit hours.
The waitlist no longer exists. If you were on the waitlist for a class that was not fulfilled by the end of the day on Friday, September 4, that means that you are NOT enrolled in that class and you will need to add it to your schedule using the eAdd procedure if the professor of the class approves.
Please come by the Music Graduate Office is you have any questions or concerns. To set up an appointment to speak with me, call 855-1738.
Sara Erbes
31 August 2009: To all graduate students
Schedule adjustment, registration, and graduation reminder
Graduate Students:
The last day to adjust your schedule through the registration system on OneStart is Friday, September 4 (the last day of the first week of classes). There is an $8.50 per session schedule change fee that is charged when you adjust your schedule on OneStart through Friday, September 4.
Please look at your schedule on OneStart to make sure that your schedule reflects every course that you are attending. Master’s and diploma students, you need to check to make sure that you are registered in a major ensemble, too.
Friday, September 4, is also the last day to get a 100% refund on a dropped course. Remember that even if you drop a class you are still responsible for being enrolled full-time (in most cases): at least 8 credits for master’s and doctoral students, unless you are a master’s or doctoral student in your final semester of coursework, and at least 9 credits for diploma and visiting students. If you drop a class after Friday, September 4, you will not get a full refund of your tuition for that class.
Starting Tuesday, September 8, in order to add or drop a class you will be able to use the eAdd/eDrop system, I’ll send out more details at that time. The fees for dropping and adding classes are different after September 4.
If you are planning to graduate this December, you will need to fill out an application for graduation. You can submit the application online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/ApplicationforGraduation.shtml or you can submit the paper form in the Music Graduate Office (MU011). The form is very short (one page) and should only take a few minutes to complete.
If you do not remember whether you have already applied for graduation, you can check your academic advisement report on OneStart. The way you get to your academic advisement report (formerly called the degree progress report) is to log on the OneStart (www.onestart.iu.edu), then click on the “student center” link. From that page, click on “my academics and grades.” That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc. Near the end of the report there is a line for "Application for Graduation". If the line is bold and says "false", we have not yet received an application for graduation. If the line is not bold and says "true," then we have.
Please contact the Music Graduate Office if you have any questions. Our phone number is 855-1738. Our email address is musgrad@indiana.edu. The best way to set up an appointment to see me is by calling or by stopping by our office in MU011.
Sara
Summer 2009
10 August 2009: To all graduate students
Reminder- Registration for fall 2009
Graduate Students:
The registration period for the fall semester is nearing its end. Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register. We are only accepting on-line Program Planning Sheets, which you can fill out at http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/ProgramPlanningSheet.shtml.
For links to the on-line Schedule of Classes and information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web page: http://www.music.indiana.edu/graduate/Registration.shtml. You will not be eligible to register until after you have submitted your program planning sheet and your registration plans have been approved.
Don't forget that you can track your degree progress and requirements by using the Academic Advisement Report on OneStart. The way you get to your Academic Advisement Report is to log on the OneStart (https://onestart.iu.edu), then click on the Go to Student Center link. From that page, click on My Academics & Grades. That brings you to a page that includes a link to your advisement report, class schedule, grades, etc.
Late registration fees will be charged to any student registering after Thursday, August 27.
Remember that it takes at least 24 hours for our office to process your program planning sheet after you submit the online form, so don't wait until the last minute to turn it in. In order to have a guarantee that your program planning sheet will be processed in time for you to register before late fees begin, you must submit your program planning sheet by Monday, August 17.
If you have any questions about your degree requirements, please make an appointment to see me by calling 855-1738. You can also email either serbes@indiana.edu or musgrad@indiana.edu with your questions.
Sara Erbes
10 June 2009: To all doctoral students
Doctoral Information Session
To all doctoral students:
If you are finishing course work and are approaching exams, we invite you to attend the Music Graduate Office's information session on written and oral qualifying exams, candidacy, and dissertations/final projects.
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 24 at 3:30 pm in the Music Graduate Office conference room (MU011). The meeting will be over by 5 pm.
We will provide a packet of useful information and outline the qualifying exam process. We will also go over dissertation/final project guidelines.
No sign-up is necessary. We hope to see you there!
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Summer and Fall 2008 and Spring 2009
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