Please see the list below for undergraduate-specific WOW events. Your attendance will be mandatory for some Music WOW events, click here for a list of mandatory.
All new undergraduate Music students in Composition and Music Performance are required to attend the orientation.
10:00–11:00 a.m.
All new undergraduate Music students in Composition and Music Performance are required to attend the orientation.
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
All new undergraduate Music students earning a Bachelor's of Arts or Bachelor's of Science degree in General Music, Music History & Culture, Music Technology, Music Theory, Applied Voice or Applied Piano are required to attend the orientation.
noon
All new and returning undergraduate Music Education majors are required to attend the meeting.
Get to know your cohort, meet Music Education faculty, and learn about NAfME (National Association for Music Education) from current members.
All new undergraduate Music Education majors are required to attend the orientation, (which is separate from the Music Education Undergraduate meeting).
1:00–2:00 p.m.
All new undergraduate Music Education majors are required to attend the orientation, (which is separate from the Music Education Undergraduate meeting).
All new and returning undergraduate Jazz majors are required to attend the meeting.
2:00–3:00 p.m.
All new and returning undergraduate Jazz majors are required to attend the meeting.
All new undergraduate Jazz Studies majors are required to attend the orientation, (which is separate from the Undergraduate Jazz Majors meeting).
3:00–4:00 p.m.
All new undergraduate Jazz Studies majors are required to attend the orientation, (which is separate from the Undergraduate Jazz Majors meeting).
REQUIRED FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS; Optional for freshmen wishing to test out of Music Theory sequence courses.
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
REQUIRED FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS; Optional for freshmen wishing to test out of Music Theory sequence courses.
REQUIRED FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS; Optional for freshmen wishing to test out of Keyboard Skills sequence courses.
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
REQUIRED FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS; Optional for freshmen wishing to test out of Keyboard Skills sequence courses.
noon
REQUIRED FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS; Optional for freshmen wishing to test out of Aural Skills sequence courses.
To be paired with the Aural Skills sight singing exam.
1:00–3:00 p.m.
REQUIRED FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS; Optional for freshmen wishing to test out of Aural Skills sequence courses.
To be paired with the written Aural Skills dictation exam. Students will sign up for an individual appointment for the sight singing exam portion.
3:00–5:00 p.m.
Required for all new incoming graduate students in composition, and optional for undergraduates (to be determined during advising).
The exam is offered by appointment only and held in person.
- Graduate Students Sign up for an appointment here.
- Undergraduate Students Sign up for an appointment here
The exam will consist of the following components:
- Two-octave scales: Major and harmonic and melodic minor, all keys
- Three-octave arpeggios: Major and minor, all keys
- Sight reading: Comparable to the level of Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook or Bartok’s "For Children" Book 1
- Bach invention or dance movement
- Classical sonatina (first movement): Comparable to Clementi Op. 36 No. 2 or Op. 36 No. 4, Kuhlau Op. 20 No. 1 or Op. 55 No. 3
- Romantic or contemporary character piece: Comparable to Schumann's Album for the Young, Grieg's Lyric Pieces, Bartok's Mikrokosmos Volume 5, or Tcherepnin's Bagatelles Op. 5
If the exam is not passed, students must enroll in three consecutive terms of MUP 163: Functional Piano for Composers.