Welcome Week Schedule
FALL 2021
Welcome Week kicks off the start of Fall Quarter and takes place just before instruction begins.
Information critical to student success is shared during this period; please attend everything that applies to YOU – whether you’re a undergraduate or graduate, new or returning student.
ENSEMBLE AUDITIONS (Open to ALL UCI Students)
View Ensemble Auditions for signups and repertoire.
- Music 160: Symphony Orchestra
- Appointments Required (Welcome Week only)
- Music 161: Wind Ensemble
- Submit an audition video now and attend the first class (Week 1)
- Music 164: Opera
- Auditions held on Friday of Week 1
- Music 171: Chamber Singers
- Appointments Required (Welcome Week and Week 1)
- Music 178: Jazz Orchestra
- Open auditions are held at the first class session (Week 1)
QUESTIONS
Please contact us with questions about our Welcome Week Schedule and/or Ensemble Auditions.
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MANDATORY EVENTS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th
TIME
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EVENT & LOCATION
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ATTENDEES
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9:00am - 11:00am |
Music Graduate Foreign Language Exam
(MM 302)
|
Graduate students with a foreign language
requirement
|
9:30am - 10:10am
|
New Undergraduate Student Convocation
(Crawford Athletic Complex)
|
All New Undergraduate Students
(campus-wide)
|
10:35am - 11:05am
|
New Undergraduate Students Meeting with Dean, Associate Deans,
Department Chairs, and Student Affairs
(Arts lawn outside CAC ground floor)
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New Undergraduate Students
(All CTSA Freshmen & Transfer Students)
|
11:15am - 12:30pm
|
Dean's Meeting with Faculty & Staff
(Winifred Smith Hall/WSH 180)
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CTSA Faculty & Staff |
12:40pm - 1:20pm
|
Mandatory Music Students Production Meeting
(Winifred Smith Hall/WSH 180)
|
Undergraduate Juniors & Seniors, and
MFA graduate students
|
12:45pm - 2:00pm
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Department Faculty & Staff Meeting
(MM 218)
|
Music Faculty & Staff
|
2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Mandatory Undergraduate Music Majors Meeting with Faculty & Staff
(Winifred Smith Hall/WSH 180)
|
Undergraduate Music Majors NEW to Campus
(Admitted both in Fall 2021 & Fall 2020)
All other continuing students are welcome!
|
2:00pm - 4:00pm |
Confronting Anti-Blackness Workshop led by Office of Inclusivity & Excellence
(Claire Trevor Theater/CTT 118)
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CTSA Faculty & Staff
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4:00pm - 5:45pm
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Mandatory Graduate Students Meeting with Graduate Director
(AITR 190)
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New Graduate Students Arrive at 4:00pm
Returning Graduate Students Join at 5:00pm
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st
TIME
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EVENT & LOCATION
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ATTENDEES
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9:00am - 11:00am
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Mandatory Music Theory Placement Exam
(MM 316)
|
All New Undergraduate Music Majors
(Freshman & Transfer students)
|
9:00am - 11:00am
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Mandatory Graduate Music Theory Diagnostic Exam
(MM 302)
|
All New Graduate Students
|
9:00am - 5:00pm
|
Symphony Orchestra Auditions (String Instruments)
(MM 220)
*Appointments Required - View Ensemble Auditions
|
Open to ALL UCI Students
|
1:00pm - 4:00pm
|
Mandatory TA Training (TAPDP)
(online)
|
New Graduate Student TAs
|
2:00pm - 4:00pm |
Chamber Singers Auditions
(AITR 196)
*Appointments Required - View Ensemble Auditions
|
Open to ALL UCI Students |
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd
TIME
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EVENT & LOCATION
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ATTENDEES
|
9:00am - 11:00am |
Mandatory Musicianship Placement Exam
(MM 316)
|
All New Undergraduate Music Majors
(Freshman & Transfer students)
|
9:00am - 5:00pm
|
Symphony Orchestra Auditions (Winds, Brass, Percussion)
(MM 220)
*Appointments Required - View Ensemble Auditions
|
Open to ALL UCI Students
|
9:30am - 9:50am |
Union Orientation for Incoming Music Graduate Students
(MM 302)
|
NEW Graduate TAs in Music |
11:30am - 12:45pm
|
Arts Involvement Fair
(Arts Plaza)
|
All CTSA Students
|
1:00pm - 4:00pm
|
Mandatory TA Training (TAPDP)
(online)
|
New Graduate Student TAs
|
4:00pm - 5:00pm
|
Mandatory All Vocal Arts Students Meeting with Faculty
(AITR 196)
|
All Undergraduate & Graduate Vocal Arts Students
|
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd
TIME | EVENT & LOCATION | ATTENDEES |
***
|
First Day of Classes
|
***
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2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Chamber Singers Auditions
(Winifred Smith Hall/WSH 180)
*Appointments Required - View Ensemble Auditions
|
Open to ALL UCI Students |
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th
TIME | EVENT & LOCATION | ATTENDEES |
1:00 - 2:50pm |
ALL Piano Students Meeting with Faculty
(Winifred Smith Hall/WSH 180)
|
All Undergraduate & Graduate Piano Students |
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH
TIME | EVENT & LOCATION | ATTENDEES |
11:30am - 12:30pm |
Qigong Class with Adil Panton
Zoom ID: 270 266 8470
Password: 2020
|
Free and open to Music department students, faculty & staff. |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1ST
TIME
|
EVENT & LOCATION
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ATTENDEES
|
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Opera Auditions
(Winifred Smith Hall/WSH 180)
*Signup Required - View Ensemble Auditions
|
Open to ALL UCI Students |