Revised, March 2020
Resources at the Graduate Office site
How to Prepare and Submit the Final Document
Critically Important Notes:
Reading Copy Deadline
Be sure to carefully read the Notation Style Guide and prepare your score in accordance with it. Reading copies must include all front matter, using the template available at the graduate office site. Candidates must submit reading copies of the dissertation by November 1 for fall graduation or Thursday the week after spring break for spring graduation. See Sequence.
Summer
Candidates are advised that approval of the dissertation by the research committee during the summer is not possible.
Performance
Dissertations (or portions thereof) with a duration of 15 minutes or less will be considered for performance with an IU orchestra, band, or the New Music Ensemble. Works involving chorus, concerto soloist or with durations exceeding 15 minutes will likely NOT be programmed.