Graduate Student Information
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UNI School of Music
115 Russell Hall
(319) 273-2024
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Graduate Student Orientation
An orientation is held in the week prior to the fall semester for incoming graduate students.
All exams and meetings will be held in Russell Hall #116. For more information, contact music@uni.edu. Please register EARLY (at least three weeks prior to exam date). Late registration will be granted only under extenuating circumstances, at the discretion of the the graduate exam committee and/or the graduate coordinator.
Thursday, August 22. 2024 - Russell Hall
- 9:00-9:30 a.m. Welcome Session: All NEW Music Graduate Students (Room 116)
- 9:30-11:30 a.m. First-year Graduate Student Orientation meeting (all new students) (Room 116)
- 10:30 AM MANDATORY MEETING – all new and returning graduate students (Room 116)
Graduate Assistant meeting will be held immediately following the mandatory meeting;
all new and returning graduate assistants are required to attend. - 12:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
- 1:45 p.m. Diction diagnostic (all new vocal students) (Room 116)
- 2-4:30 p.m. Advising Appointments for new and returning students (non-vocalists only) (Office 163)
Friday, August 23, 2024 - Russell Hall
- 1:00-4:30 p.m. Advising Appointments for new and returning students (Office 163)
DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS
New voice students must take a diction diagnostic Thursday, August 22 at 1:45 p.m.
REGISTER FOR DIAGNOSTICS HERE: https://music.uni.edu/diagnostic-examinations
Ensemble Auditions
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Friday, August 23 - Sunday, August 25. Wind/Percussion students please check your assigned audition times on the School of Music website or the posted list at Davis Hall (GBPAC). If your name is not listed please contact the Music Office at (319) 273-2024 or email music@uni.edu. String/Orchestra Auditions: Contact Dr. Erik Rohde. Choral Ensemble Auditions: Contact Dr. John Wiles.
Continuing Graduate Students
Comprehensive Examinations
Need to register for an off-campus exam?
- Register for the Music Theory Exam
- Register for the Music Education Exam
- Register for the Music History Exam
Schedule of Upcoming Exams:
All exams are held in RSL 116 and RSL Computer Lab (147).
- August 16, 2023
- November 4, 2023
- April 13, 2024
- August 5-11, 2024
Written General Comprehensive exams, based on the core classes, and Music Education Specialty exams should be completed four (4) weeks prior to the end of the semester in which the student wishes to graduate (with the exception of Online MME students taking comprehensive exams in August). Students on the MM Vocal or Instrumental Performance or Jazz Pedagogy degree programs should contact their committee chairperson for information concerning Specialty Area Comprehensive Exams. Specialty Exams must be completed one (1) week prior to the end of the semester the student wishes to graduate.
The exams during the fall and spring semesters generally follow this schedule:
- 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Foundations in Theory
- 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Topics in Theory
- 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. BREAK
- 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Music History
Please note that summer exams follow a different timetable; please see the graduate orientation schedule.
Music Theory and Music History comps are offered during the graduate diagnostic examination times for those subjects.
Students whose primary language is not English may have 30 minutes of extra time for each exam, but must request this time one week in advance. Students may bring a hardback or paperback dictionary. No electronic dictionaries or translation devices allowed.
PLEASE NOTE: You must register for the comprehensive exams in Music History and Music Theory (Analytical Techniques I and II) at least 3 weeks prior to the examination date. You must arrange your specialization area comprehensives directly with your graduate committee.