Music Graduate Office

Graduate students,

 

By now you should be able to view your final grades for the fall 2006 semester on OneStart (see http://registrar.indiana.edu/~registra/gradeonestart.shtml for instructions).  Remember that you will not receive a copy of your grades in the mail.

 

Please note that if you received a grade of "I" in any course that you have a maximum of 1 year to complete that course; after 1 year the grade will turn into an "F."

 

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns about your grades for the fall semester.

This message is from Ron Sebben in the Music Theory office.  If you have any questions, please contact him directly at mustheor@indiana.edu.

  

Dear graduate students:

 

Current graduate students who wish to be considered for a music theory AI position for 2007-08 may sign up for an audition using the web page linked below.  Before signing up for an audition, please carefully read the audition format page to ensure that you possess the required musical skills.

 

The signup deadline is January 5, though preference for open audition slots will be given to those who sign up first.

 

http://theory.music.indiana.edu/ai/

 

Please feel free to call or e-mail if you have any questions.

 

~Ron

Ronald A. Sebben

Graduate students,

 

The registration period for spring semester 2007 is almost over. For those of you who have not yet registered but want to take classes this spring, you need to register by Thursday, January 4 to avoid late registration fees.  If you register on Friday, January 5 (or later) you will be charged a late registration fee.

 

Friday, January 12 will be the last day Jacobs School of Music students will be eligible to register.

 

Information on registration is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Registration.html.  Remember that it takes 24 hours for our office to process your program planning sheet, so don't wait until the last minute to turn it in. Please note that the Music Graduate office will be closed from Wednesday December 20^th through Tuesday January 2^nd for the Winter Break. 

 

If you can’t make it to the Music Graduate Office to turn in your program planning sheet in person, you can also submit the form on-line at the following Web page:  http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/ProgramPlanningSheet.htm. 

 

If you have any questions about registration, make an appointment to see me, stop by Merrill Hall 011, call 855-1738, or e-mail musgrad@indiana.edu.

 

Remember that if you are planning to graduate this December, you need to submit an application for graduation by Friday (December 15).  If you haven’t already done so, you can fill out the form either in our office or at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/ApplicationforGraduation.htm.

To all School of Music students:

 

School-wide Artist Diploma Auditions for the spring 2007 semester will be held Wednesday, February 28, 3:30-6 PM in Ford Hall. If necessary, additional auditions will be scheduled on Friday, March 2.

 

Who performs an audition

 

You may perform an AD audition if you are a School of Music student in another program and wish to be considered for the AD program beginning next semester; this is your admission audition for the program. You must first perform for your department and be recommended before you may perform the School-wide AD audition.

 

Please note that current IU students must audition both for their department and the School-wide committee in the spring semester if they wish to begin the AD program in the summer or fall; 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 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, January 26 to arrange a departmental audition. The department will report the result to the Music Graduate Office.

 

Students recommended for a 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, February 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 is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Diploma.html. If you have questions, please contact the Music Graduate Office.

 

Good afternoon,

 

Here are a few reminders of things you may want to be aware of as the semester draws to a close.

 

Keyboard Proficiency-

If you are planning on taking the Keyboard Proficiency exam this fall semester, see http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/sec_piano/proficiency.html for information about the sign-up procedure and requirements.  Remember that doctoral students need to pass the keyboard proficiency before the end of your fifth semester of enrollment.  Masters students need to pass it before you will be eligible to graduate.  We strongly suggest you take it early in your program so that if you need to retake it you will have time to do so.  Early music majors, guitar majors, organ majors, harp majors, and musicology majors take a departmentally administered exam.  This exam is required for Masters and Doctoral students only.

 

Graduate Entrance Exams -

If this fall (2006) was your first semester of enrollment in a Masters 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/som/grad/Dates.htm#GEE. 

 

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 and a pencil.  You do need to sign up for a Sight Singing exam time before Wednesday, January 3.  You can sign up for a Sight Singing time now by emailing musgrad@indiana.edu, calling 855-1738 or stopping by the Music Graduate Office in MU011.

 

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 the exam in January).

 

Registration –

If you have not yet registered, please do so soon (there are many classes that are already filling up).  See http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/RegistrationSIS.htm for registration information (and a link to the online Schedule of Classes).  The last day to register without late fees is Thursday, January 4 (which means that you need to submit your program planning sheet by Wednesday, January 3 at the latest to avoid late registration fees).

 

The Music Graduate Office will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday from Wednesday November 22^nd through Friday November 24^th.  The office will also be closed from Wednesday December 20^th through Tuesday January 2^nd for the Winter Break.  We will be open on Wednesday January 3^rd.

 

Let us know if you have any questions or concerns.  

Good morning,

 

The Auto-W Deadline for fall semester 2006 is Wednesday, October 25. 

 

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 25, 4 p.m.) and when you may potentially get a grade of "F" for a dropped course (after October 25).

 

Before the Auto-W deadline, you can drop a class with the approval of the chair of the department that offers the course and the Music Graduate Office.  You will need to pick up a late add/drop form from the Music Graduate Office (MU011) in order to gather the necessary signatures, then take the form in person to the Registrar's office in Franklin Hall.

 

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 still need a late add/drop form from the Music Graduate Office.  The main differences (other than the extra signature) 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 remember that even when you drop a class you are still responsible for maintaining a full-time course load - at least 8 credits for masters and doctoral students, at least 9 credits for diploma and visiting students.

 

Please make an appointment to speak with me or with Prof. Melamed, the Director of Graduate Studies, if you have any questions or concerns.  To set up an appointment, call 855-1738.

Good morning,

 

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.

 

Registration -

In order to register, follow the steps outlined at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/RegistrationSIS.htm.  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 drop it off in our office (or submit the online form) and will sign as the advisor.

 

If you have questions about what to register for, either make an appointment to speak with me (by calling 855-1738) or send me an email (serbes@indiana.edu).

 

Be sure to complete the Immunization Compliance Form on OneStart (it’s on the Self-Service tab under “Personal Info”) if you haven’t already done so.  The Registrar’s office will block your registration if you do not complete this form.  http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eregistra/immunization.shtml has information about this.

 

Graduate Entrance Exams -

If this fall (2006) was your first semester of enrollment in a Masters 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/som/grad/Dates.htm#GEE. 

 

You do not need to sign up for the Music History, Aural, 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 3.  I will send out an email 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 the exam in January).

 

For your information, the review courses are generally offered on the following schedule:

 

M541 Early Music History Review - every Fall and every Summer Session II of odd numbered years

M542 Late Music History Review - every Spring and every Summer Session II of even numbered years

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

 

The Graduate Entrance Exams and review courses are not required for Diploma and Visiting Students.

 

Remember that our website www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad is a great source of information about program requirements. 

Graduate Students:

Registration for the spring semester will begin on Thursday, October 19.  Please remember that you will need to submit a Program Planning Sheet to the Music Graduate Office before you will be eligible to register.  You can do this either in Merrill Hall 011 or by submitting an online Program Planning Sheet at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/ProgramPlanningSheet.htm.

For links to the on-line Schedule of Classes and information about how to prepare for registration, please read the following web site: http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/RegistrationSIS.htm

If you have any questions about 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.

To all Jacobs School of Music students:

School-wide Artist Diploma Auditions for the fall 2006 semester will be held Wednesday, November 1, 3.30-6 PM in Ford Hall. If necessary, additional auditions will be scheduled on Friday, November 3.

Who performs an audition

You must perform an AD audition if you are new to the Jacobs School of Music and began the AD program this semester; this is your confirming audition for the program

You may perform an AD audition if you are a School of Music student in another program and wish to be considered for the AD program beginning next semester; this is your admission audition for the program. You must first perform for your department and be recommended before you may perform the School-wide AD audition. Please note that current IU students must audition in the fall semester if they wish to begin the AD program in the spring.

How to schedule an audition

Current students in other 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 Monday, October 2 to arrange a departmental audition. The department will report the result to the Music Graduate Office.

Students recommended for a School-wide AD audition (AD students new this semester and current students recommended by their departments) 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 20.

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 is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Diploma.html. If you have questions, please contact the Music Graduate Office.

To all doctoral students:

 

The date of the doctoral styles examination is approaching, and we are writing to remind you about the exam and the requirement. The styles exam will be offered for the only time this fall on Saturday, October 7, 2006 from 9 AM to 11 AM in Sweeney Hall. Because of some recent changes to the requirement, the process is a little different depending on when you began your doctoral program:

 

--Doctoral students who began their program in the fall of 2006 may take the exam in October OR on Saturday, January 27, 2007; if you wish to take the exam this fall please sign up online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Doctoral/StylesSignUpForm.htm or in person in the Music Graduate Office by Wednesday, September 20.  Please note that you must take the styles exam on one of these two exam dates (October 7 or January 27).

 

--Doctoral students who began their program in the spring of 2005 must take the exam in October; please sign up online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Doctoral/StylesSignUpForm.htm or in person in the Music Graduate Office by Wednesday, September 20.

 

--Doctoral students who began their program since the fall of 2002 but before the spring of 2005 should already have met the requirement; if you have been given permission to take the exam this fall, please sign up online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Doctoral/StylesSignUpForm.htm or in person in the Music Graduate Office by Wednesday, September 20. If you are unsure about where you stand, please make an appointment right away to speak with Sara Erbes or Prof. Melamed.

 

--Doctoral students who began their program before the fall of 2002 need to meet the styles requirement before their oral qualifying examination; if you wish to take the exam this fall please sign up online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Doctoral/StylesSignUpForm.htm or in person in the Music Graduate Office by Wednesday, September 20.

 

Students who have a conflict with a religious observance on the exam date should contact the Director of Graduate Studies right away to arrange an alternative time.

 

Information on the exam is available at http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/grad/Doctoral/Styles.htm. Samples of old exams are on reserve in the Music Library, including the complete exam from Spring 2002, with recorded examples.

 

The Graduate Theory Association will hold a mock exam the week before the test. Information on the mock exam can be found at http://theory.music.indiana.edu/gta/Mock%20Styles%20Exam/InformationAndRegistration.htm.

 

Please get in touch with the Music Graduate Office if you have questions.