New Student Orientation Pre-Registration for Fall 2025
Please take a moment to pre-register for fall semester 2025 New Student Orientation. This form is for students who have already been admitted to a new graduate or diploma program for fall semester 2025.
Please fill out the information requested on the survey link below. This information will be sent to the Music Graduate Office.
Orientation videos will be available on June 16. Individual orientation advising appointments for all students (including diploma and visiting) will be online between July 7 and July 25.
The graduate entrance exams in music history, written music theory, and sight singing for master's and doctoral students will be online on June 23, June 24, and August 18/19. The graduate entrance exam in aural theory will be in person on August 30. The graduate entrance exams are required for all master's and doctoral students.
Diction exams (for voice, historical performance voice, choral conducting, and collaborative piano majors) will take place online during the week of August 18.
Here's the detailed schedule. All orientation activities will be held online. All new students must arrive in Bloomington by the end of the first week of classes at the latest (Friday, August 29). If you cannot arrive by that date you will need to defer the start of your program to a future semester.
Please pre-register immediately by clicking this link and answering the questions. This should take less than 2 minutes.
View answers to many frequently asked questions about graduate new student orientation.