Week of Welcome (WOW) occurs every year in the week preceding the start of Fall term. At the UO School of Music and Dance, many events are scheduled during WOW including orientation meetings, entrance examinations, and ensemble and studio placement auditions.
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SOMD WOW Full Schedule
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2023, THROUGH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Available starting at 8 AM Sunday through 8 PM Monday
MUSIC THEORY AND AURAL SKILLS ENTRANCE EXAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Online via Canvas
GRADUATES
Students will receive an invitation via their UOregon email address to add the course.
MANDATORY for all new Music Graduate Students.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
NEW JAZZ GE MEETING
GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
ALL JAZZ GE & FACULTY MEETING
GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
TIMES VARY
UO INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION
GRADUATES
More information at https://isss.uoregon.edu/iso
9:00 AM-9:50 AM
GRADUATE SIGHT SINGING EXAMS (BY APPOINTMENT)
GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Rooms 142 & 150
MANDATORY for all new Music Graduate Students; 5:00 PM time also available.
Sign up for your slot in Canvas.
If that link does not work for you, further instructions can be found, here.
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
GRADUATE MUSIC HISTORY ENTRANCE EXAM
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 178
GRADUATES
MANDATORY for all new Music Graduate Students.
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
SOMD GRADUATE STUDENT LUNCH
GRADUATES
Music Courtyard & Foo Lounge
All SOMD Graduate Students (new and returning) are invited.
1:00 PM-3:30 PM
JAZZ THEORY ADVISORY EXAM
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
MANDATORY for all incoming transfer students majoring in Jazz Studies.
Details listed here
1:00 PM-3:30 PM
JAZZ TRANSFER PLACEMENT AUDITIONS
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
Details listed here
1:00 PM-3:30 PM
JAZZ SOPHOMORE & JUNIOR BARRIER MAKEUP EXAMS
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
1:30 PM-3:00 PM
SOMD ORIENTATION & ACADEMIC ADVISING: NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS IN MM MUSIC EDUCATION, MM COMPOSITION, MM IMT
GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 150
MANDATORY for new graduate students in degrees MM Music Ed, MM Composition, MM IMT, MA Musicology, and MA Music Theory.
3:00 PM-4:30 PM
SOMD ORIENTATION & ACADEMIC ADVISING: NEW DOCTORAL GRADUATE STUDENTS
GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 150
MANDATORY for new graduate students in all doctoral degrees.
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
ADVISING MEETING: NEW JAZZ STUDIES GRADUATE STUDENTS
GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
GRADUATE SIGHT SINGING EXAMS (BY APPOINTMENT)
GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Rooms 142 & 150
MANDATORY for all new Music Graduate Students; 9:00 AM time also available.
Sign up for your slot in Canvas.
If that link does not work for you, further instructions can be found, here.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
11:00 AM-1:30 PM
GRADUATE STUDENT WELCOME LUNCH & RESOURCE FAIR
GRADUATES
Erb Memorial Union (EMU), Ballroom
RSVP through email from the Division of Graduate Studies
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWS FEDERATION: YOUR UNION, YOUR CONTRACT, YOUR INSURANCE
GRADUATE EMPLOYEES
Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, Room 180
RSVP
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
9:00 AM-1:00 PM
JAZZ ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: SAXOPHONE
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
Sign up for Auditions here
10:30 AM-12:00 PM
SOMD ORIENTATION & ACADEMIC ADVISING: NEW MM JAZZ/PERFORMANCE/CONDUCTING/CERTIFICATE
GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 163
MANDATORY for new graduate students in degrees MM Jazz Studies, MM Performance, MM Conducting, Graduate Performance Certificate.
1:00 PM-2:20 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: FLUTE
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
View Audition Details here
1:00 PM-2:50 PM
TEP LEADING DISCUSSION SECTIONS OR LABS FOR NEW GRADUATE EMPLOYEES IN MUSICOLOGY & MUSIC THEORY
NEW GEs IN MUSICOLOGY AND MUSIC THEORY
TBA upon Registration
Must Register in Advance
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
JAZZARTS OREGON/MERKER SCHOLARSHIP COMBO AUDITIONS
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
Sign up for Auditions here
2:30 PM-3:40 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: CLARINET
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
View Audition Details here
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
KEYBOARD LAB ORIENTATION - REQUIRED FOR ALL GRADUATE EMPLOYEES IN KEYBOARD SKILLS & PIANO PEDAGOGY
GEs IN KEYBOARD SKILLS AND PIANO PEDAGOGY
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 111 (Keyboard Lab)
MANDATORY for all GEs teaching in Keyboard Lab classroom.
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
VOICE GE MEETING
GEs IN VOICE
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 163
3:50 PM-5:00 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: HORN
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
View Audition Details here
4:30 PM-6:30 PM
JAZZ ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: PIANO
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
Sign up for Auditions here
5:10 PM-6:45 PM
ENSEMBLE & STUDIO PLACEMENT AUDITIONS: PERCUSSION
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
MANDATORY for both new and returning percussionists.
View Audition Details here
7:30 PM-10:00 PM
JAZZ ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: DRUM SET
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
Sign up for Auditions here
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
NEW GRADUATE EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION
GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 178
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
UNDERGRADUATE PLACEMENT EXAM - KEYBOARD SKILLS
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 111 (Keyboard Lab)
For undergraduate students who wish to test out of the Keyboard Skills sequence.
Register for Exam here
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: CHAMBER CHOIR, UNIVERSITY SINGERS, AND REPERTOIRE SINGERS
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 163
Sign up for Auditions here
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
ORIENTATION: ALL NEW UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN JAZZ STUDIES
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
MANDATORY for all new Undergraduate Jazz Studies majors.
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
STUDIO PLACEMENT AUDITIONS: PIANO
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Beall Hall (Frohnmayer Music Building Room 160)
Sign up for Auditions here
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: BASSOON
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
View Audition Details here
1:00 PM-3:30 PM
JAZZ ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: TROMBONE
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
Sign up for Auditions here
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: OBOE
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
View Audition Details here
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
ORIENTATION: DANCE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
UNDERGRADUATES
GRX 354
MANDATORY for all incoming undergraduate students in Dance.
2:00-4:00 PM
MUSIC THEORY ENTRANCE EXAM FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
In Person
Frohnmayer Music Building Rm 142
3:00 PM-4:30 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: SAXOPHONE
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
View Audition Details here
3:30 PM-6:00 PM
JAZZ ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: TRUMPET
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
Sign up for Auditions here
4:30 PM-6:30 PM
UO OPERA ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Beall Hall (Frohnmayer Music Building Room 160)
Sign up for Auditions here
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
HIP HOP & POPULAR MUSIC ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 173
Sign up for Auditions here
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
8:00 AM-9:00 AM
MUSIC ED GRADUATE STUDENT MEETING
GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 140
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
MUSIC ED & NAfME INFORMATIONAL MEETING
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 140
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
STRING GE MEETING
GEs IN STRINGS
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 150
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
DANCE PLACEMENT CLASS
UNDERGRADUATES
For all new Dance Students (including non-majors)
Dougherty Dance Theatre (Gerlinger Annex Rooms 353/354)
Sign up here
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
ORIENTATION: ALL NEW MUSIC EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 167
MANDATORY for all incoming undergraduate students in Music Education.
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: CHAMBER CHOIR, UNIVERSITY SINGERS, AND REPERTOIRE SINGERS
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 163
Sign up for Auditions here
10:00 AM-1:00 PM
JAZZ ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: BASS
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
Sign up for Auditions here
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
ORIENTATION: ALL NEW MUSIC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN PERFORMANCE AND COMPOSITION
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 167
MANDATORY for all incoming undergraduate students in Music Performance and Composition.
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
411 WITH DANCE OREGON
UNDERGRADUATES
Gerlinger Annex Student Lounge(located in basement)
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
VOICE STUDIO PLACEMENT AUDITIONS: BMME CHORAL, BM VOICE, BA/BS APPLIED STUDY: VOICE, MM VOICE, MM CHORAL CONDUCTING, DMA VOICE
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Beall Hall (Frohnmayer Music Building Room 160)
Voice studio placement auditions are for MOST majors and scholarship recipients
12:00 PM-1:20 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: EUPHONIUM & TUBA
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
View Audition Details here
12:30 PM-3:00 PM
BFA DANCE AUDITIONS
UNDERGRADUATES
New BFA candidates only
Dougherty Dance Theatre (Gerlinger Annex Rooms 353/354)
Sign up here
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
ORIENTATION: ALL NEW MUSIC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN GENERAL, HISTORY, CULTURE, MUSIC THEORY
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 167
MANDATORY for all incoming undergraduate students in General Music, Music History, Music Culture, Music Technology, and Music Theory.
1:30 PM-2:50 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: TRUMPET
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
View Audition Details here
1:30 PM-4:00 PM
JAZZ ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: GUITAR
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 184
Sign up for Auditions here
1:30 PM-2:30 PM
STUDIO PLACEMENT AUDITIONS: WOODWINDS (NON-MAJORS ONLY)
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 178
2:00-3:00 PM
AURAL SKILLS ENTRANCE EXAM FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Frohnmayer Music Building Rm 142
This test is REQUIRED for transfer students and OPTIONAL for incoming freshmen.
*Please note that for the aural skills exam, there is also a sight-singing portion that will take place on Friday, September 22, 3:00-5:00 PM.
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
ORIENTATION: ALL NEW POPULAR MUSIC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 167
MANDATORY for all incoming undergraduate students in Popular Music.
3:00 PM-4:20 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: TROMBONE
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
View Audition Details here
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
UNDERGRADUATE PLACEMENT EXAMS - SIGHT SINGING (BY APPOINTMENT)
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 142
MANDATORY FOR ALL TRANSFER Students; optional for freshmen with a strong background in theory.
3:30 PM-6:00 PM
STUDIO PLACEMENT AUDITIONS: GUITAR (POPULAR MUSIC MAJORS ONLY)
UNDERGRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 150
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: STRINGS (CELLO & BASS)
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
Sign Up for Auditions here
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
12:30 PM-5:00 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: STRINGS (VIOLIN & VIOLA)
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 190
Sign Up for Auditions here
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS: CHAMBER CHOIR, UNIVERSITY SINGERS, AND REPERTOIRE SINGERS
UNDERGRADUATES & GRADUATES
Frohnmayer Music Building Room 163
Sign up for Auditions here