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2025 Welcome Week Schedule

UCI Department of Music | Welcome Week Schedule, Fall 2025

Monday, September 22nd
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM 
 		 New Undergraduate Student Convocation            Bren Events Center
10:00AM - 11:30 AM  
 		 International Student TAPDP Training  TBD
10:35 AM - 11:05 AM Dean’s Welcome: New Undergraduate Students Meeting with Dean, UG Associate Dean, and Student Affairs  Claire Trevor Theatre
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM CTSA Faculty & Staff Launch Meeting (Lunch Provided)      

1st Floor MAB – Grass Lawn Area
12:15 PM - 12:50PM UCI Arts Graduate Orientation MAB 129
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 
 		 Music Department Faculty Meeting           AITR 190
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Music Graduate Student Meeting      
(All graduate students and Graduate Director) 		 AITR 190
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Music Graduate Student Organization Meeting AITR 190

Tuesday, September 23th
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM 
 		 Music Theory Exam (Mandatory for new Music Undergraduates)   MM 316
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Symphony Orchestra Auditions STRINGS
Sign up here.     		 MM 220A
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM TAPDP TA Training   
(All NEW TAs, including returning grads who have never TA’d before) 
https://dtei.uci.edu/opportunities/grads-postdocs/ta-professional-development-program/      		 TBD
1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Symphony Orchestra Auditions STRINGS
Sign up here.     		 MM 220A
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
 		 Musicianship Placement Exam (Mandatory for new Music Undergraduates)  MM 316
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Musicianship Sight-singing Hearings (Optional for new Music Undergraduates)     
Sign up here (UPDATED LINK).   		 MM 316 
7:00 PM - 8:30PM Symphony Orchestra Auditions STRINGS
Sign up here.     		 MM 220A

Wednesday, September 24th
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
 		 Chamber Singers Auditions 
Sign up here. 		 AITR 196
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM 
 		 Jazz Orchestra Auditions 
Sign up here. 		 MM 202
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
 		 Dean’s Treat / Arts Involvement Fair (Light Refreshments) CAC Plaza
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
 		 TAPDP TA Training 
(All NEW TAs, including returning grads who have never TA’d before) 
https://dtei.uci.edu/opportunities/grads-postdocs/ta-professional-development-program/ 
Please register for TAPDP by August 15, 2025		 TBD
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
 		 All Undergraduate Students in Music/Music Performance meeting with Chair, Undergraduate Director, and Staff MM 218
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
 		 Music Students Production Meeting 
(Mandatory for all students) 		 MM 218
4:00 PM – 5:00PM
 		 All Vocal Arts Students Meeting with Faculty 
(All undergraduate Vocal Arts students) 		 WSH 180

Thursday, September 25th (First day of classes)
9:00 AM  Jazz Combos Auditions (Video Submission Deadline)
Please access audition application form here.		  
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Symphony Orchestra Auditions WINDS/BRASS/PERCUSSION
Sign up here.		 MM 220A
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Chamber Singers Auditions
Sign up here.		 AITR 196
1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Symphony Orchestra Auditions  WINDS/BRASS/PERCUSSION
Sign up here.		 MM 220A

Friday, September 26th
1:00 PM – 2:50 PM All Piano Students Meeting with Faculty WSH 180
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Chamber Singers Auditions
Sign up here. 		 AITR 196

 

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