University of North Texas 
Graduate Studies: Orientation and Exam Schedule - August, 2024
Please check throughout the Summer, 2024 for updates to the August, 2024 orientation schedule
August 13, 2024
To view the Pre-Orientation Presentation for Fall, 2024 Click here
All new graduate students are required to attend.
9:00-10:00am: General Orientation – Drs. Colleen Conlon and Don Taylor - (Recital
Hall)
All incoming graduate students, including international students, must attend this orientation.
To view the Orientation Presentation for Fall, 2024 Click here
10:00-11:00am: Degree Program Orientation
MM/DMA - Dr. Daphne Gerling (Recital Hall)
Composition - Dr. Joseph Klein (MU 2005)
Graduate Artist Certificate (GAC) - Dr. Caden Ridge (MU 247G)
MM Jazz Studies - Dr. Kimberly Teal (MU 262)
Music Education - Dr. Don Taylor (MU 324)
10:00-10:30am: Degree Program Orientation
Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology - Dr. David Heetderks (MU 250)
10:30-11:00am: Area Program Orientation
Music History - Dr. Bernardo Illari (MU 250)
Music Theory - Dr. Gillian Robertson (MU 308)
Ethnomusicology - Dr. Cathy Ragland (MU 318)
11:00-12:00pm: Degree Area Orientation
Keyboard - Dr. Steven Harlos (MU 253)
Music Education Master's Only - Dr. Don Taylor (MU 324)
Strings - Dr. Susan Dubois (Recital Hall)
12:00-12:30pm: Degree Area Orientation
Brass - Prof. John Holt (MU 250)
Graduate Placement Exams in Music History - Sage Hall 331 (click here for sample questions)
Times are Subject to Change
1:00 - 2:30pm Pre-1750 music history exam (master's students)
2:30 - 4:00pm Post-1750 music history exam (master's students)
4:30 - 6:00pm Pre-1750 music history exam (doctoral students)
6:00 - 7:30pm Post-1750 music history exam (doctoral students)
August 14, 2024
8:00-10:00am: Degree Area Orientation
Woodwinds only - Dr. Eric Nestler (Voertman Hall)
9:00-10:00am: Degree Area Orientation
Voice only - Prof. Molly Fillmore (MU 250)
Graduate Placement Exam in Music Theory - (click here for sample questions)
Students who are required to take this entrance exam will receive an invitation to
join the Canvas course "College of Music GPE Graduate Center." The exam will be available
to take from August 5-12 and may be taken at any time during that window.
Graduate Placement Exam in Jazz History - Music Building 262 (click here for the study guide)
(Master of Music Jazz Studies students only)
10:00-11:30am
Instrumental Studies TA/TF orientation - Dr. Kimberly Luevano - Lab West (MU 282)
12:00-1:00pm
Information Session for the new DMA 4th dissertation option - Project in Lieu of Thesis
- Dr. Daphne Gerling - (Recital Hall)
(click here for more information)1:00-2:00pm
The Graduate Writing Exam (GWE) is no longer required for new graduate students
Area Exams
August 14, 2024
Collaborative Piano Entrance Exams - Music Building 250, 1:00-3:00pm - All incoming DMA collaborative piano major students must take this exam
August, 2024
Voice Entrance Exams - August 1 - August 13
Vocal Diction Placement Exam (click here for descriptions of the vocal diction exams) The window for the exam is August 1 -
August 13. Graduate voice students will receive an invitation to join the course
on Canvas 1-2 weeks before the exam.
Vocal Literature (click here for descriptions of the vocal literature exam) Dr. Jeffrey Snider will enroll new
graduate voice students in the Canvas vocal literature course. For questions about
the exams, send an email to Dr. Jeffrey.Snider@unt.edu.
Vocal Pedagogy (click here for descriptions of the vocal pedagogy exam) The window for the exam is August 1 -
August 13. Graduate voice students will receive an invitation to join the course
on Canvas 1-2 weeks before the exam.
August 14, 2024
Keyboard Entrance Exams - Music Building 250 - All incoming MM/DMA piano major students
must take this exam (collaborative piano students do not take these exams)