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4584707203440Department of Music Graduate Handbook2015—2016A Supplement to be used in conjunction with the Stanford University Bulletin (Explore Degrees)00Department of Music Graduate Handbook2015—2016A Supplement to be used in conjunction with the Stanford University Bulletin (Explore Degrees)4629152540Stanford University00Stanford UniversityThis handbook augments the Bulletin and other University publications and contains department-specific policies, procedures, and degree requirements. The department reserves the right to make changes at any time without prior notice. Further information and resources are available from the Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee, student services staff, and can be found on our website.It is the responsibility of each student to familiarize himself/herself with this information and to seek clarification as needed. Additionally, it is the student's responsibility to review the Graduate Handbook on an annual basis. TOC \o "1-1" \t "DBH1,2,DBH2,3,DBH3,4" Introduction PAGEREF _Toc302888643 \h 4Policies You Must Know PAGEREF _Toc302888644 \h 5Stanford Office of Judicial Affairs PAGEREF _Toc302888645 \h 5Stanford Bulletin Policies, Statements, & Regulations PAGEREF _Toc302888646 \h 5Section 1:The Department of Music () PAGEREF _Toc302888647 \h 7General Information PAGEREF _Toc302888648 \h 8CCRMA Hour Fall, Winter and Spring Quarters PAGEREF _Toc302888649 \h 8Braun Music Center Hours Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters PAGEREF _Toc302888650 \h 8Braun Music Center After-Hours Access PAGEREF _Toc302888651 \h 8Music Library Hours Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters PAGEREF _Toc302888652 \h 8Center for Computer-Assisted Research in the Humanities (CCARH, ) PAGEREF _Toc302888653 \h 9Dinkelspiel Auditorium PAGEREF _Toc302888654 \h 9Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA, ) PAGEREF _Toc302888655 \h 9Facilities access, scheduling, and use policies PAGEREF _Toc302888656 \h 9Practice Rooms and Keys PAGEREF _Toc302888657 \h 9Instrument Lockers PAGEREF _Toc302888658 \h 10Concerts/Recitals and Receptions PAGEREF _Toc302888659 \h 10Concert Recordings PAGEREF _Toc302888660 \h 10Grad-Students’ ID Mailboxes PAGEREF _Toc302888661 \h 10Photocopying PAGEREF _Toc302888662 \h 11Computer/Copy Room (Braun 230) PAGEREF _Toc302888663 \h 11Guidelines Regarding Use of Music-Department Letterhead PAGEREF _Toc302888664 \h 11Important Sources of Information PAGEREF _Toc302888665 \h 12Music Department People () PAGEREF _Toc302888666 \h 14Friends of Music at Stanford (FoM, ) PAGEREF _Toc302888667 \h 14Departmental Committees PAGEREF _Toc302888668 \h 14Section 2:Registration () PAGEREF _Toc302888669 \h 15Registration Information PAGEREF _Toc302888670 \h 16Continuous Registration PAGEREF _Toc302888671 \h 17Registration Categories PAGEREF _Toc302888672 \h 17Full-Tuition Registration — Year 1 PAGEREF _Toc302888673 \h 17Research and Teaching Assistantships — Years 2 through 5 PAGEREF _Toc302888674 \h 17Reduced Tuition Adjustment PAGEREF _Toc302888675 \h 17Terminal Graduate Registration (TGR, ) PAGEREF _Toc302888676 \h 18Understanding TGR PAGEREF _Toc302888677 \h 19Graduation Quarter ( - tuitiontext-gradstudtuit-graqua) PAGEREF _Toc302888678 \h 20Leave of Absence ( - leavereinstatementtext) PAGEREF _Toc302888679 \h 20Discontinuation and Reinstatement ( - leavereinstatementtext-leavabsegrad-disrei) PAGEREF _Toc302888680 \h 20Withdrawal PAGEREF _Toc302888681 \h 21Preliminary Study List Deadlines PAGEREF _Toc302888682 \h 21Clarification Regarding Section Numbers for Music Courses PAGEREF _Toc302888683 \h 21University Grading Policies PAGEREF _Toc302888684 \h 22Music Department Grading Policies PAGEREF _Toc302888685 \h 22Admission to Candidacy PAGEREF _Toc302888686 \h 22Academic Progress Requirements PAGEREF _Toc302888687 \h 22Policy on Minimum Progress Requirements for Graduate Students PAGEREF _Toc302888688 \h 23Graduate Residency Transfer Credit and Course Substitution PAGEREF _Toc302888689 \h 23Changes to, and Addition of Degree Programs PAGEREF _Toc302888690 \h 24Residency ( - residencytext) PAGEREF _Toc302888691 \h 24Section 3:Graduate Degree Programs in music PAGEREF _Toc302888692 \h 25Graduate Degree General Information PAGEREF _Toc302888693 \h 26Diagnostic Examinations Required of all Doctoral Students PAGEREF _Toc302888694 \h 27Ear Training & Dictation Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888695 \h 27Harmony and Theory Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888696 \h 27The Piano Proficiency Exam PAGEREF _Toc302888697 \h 28History Exams PAGEREF _Toc302888698 \h 29Language Examination Requirement for all Doctoral Students PAGEREF _Toc302888699 \h 30German Language Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888700 \h 30French Language Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888701 \h 30Italian Examinations PAGEREF _Toc302888702 \h 30Latin Examinations PAGEREF _Toc302888703 \h 31Spanish Examinations PAGEREF _Toc302888704 \h 31Other languages PAGEREF _Toc302888705 \h 31Section 4:Requirements For the DMA in Composition PAGEREF _Toc302888706 \h 32Composition DMA Milestones & Examinations Timetable PAGEREF _Toc302888707 \h 33Composition Qualifying Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888708 \h 34Procedures and Format PAGEREF _Toc302888709 \h 34Sample Questions PAGEREF _Toc302888710 \h 35Section A PAGEREF _Toc302888711 \h 35Section B PAGEREF _Toc302888712 \h 35Jury/Portfolio Review PAGEREF _Toc302888713 \h 35Special Area Examination and Public Lecture/Presentation PAGEREF _Toc302888714 \h 36Sample Questions for Part 1 PAGEREF _Toc302888715 \h 36Recommended Guidelines for Final Project Proposals (Part 2) PAGEREF _Toc302888716 \h 37Appointment of a Final Project Reading Committee PAGEREF _Toc302888717 \h 37Final Project Defense/Public Presentation PAGEREF _Toc302888718 \h 37Final Project Preparation and Submission to the University PAGEREF _Toc302888719 \h 38PhD RILM Abstract PAGEREF _Toc302888720 \h 38Section 5:Requirements For the PhD in Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics PAGEREF _Toc302888721 \h 39CBMTA PhD Milestones & Examinations Timetable PAGEREF _Toc302888722 \h 40CBMTA Qualifying Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888723 \h 41Procedures PAGEREF _Toc302888724 \h 41Format PAGEREF _Toc302888725 \h 41Sample Questions PAGEREF _Toc302888726 \h 42Section A PAGEREF _Toc302888727 \h 42Section B PAGEREF _Toc302888728 \h 42Section C PAGEREF _Toc302888729 \h 42Special Area Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888730 \h 43Format PAGEREF _Toc302888731 \h 43PhD Dissertation PAGEREF _Toc302888732 \h 43Scope of the Dissertation PAGEREF _Toc302888733 \h 43Preparing and Submitting the PhD Dissertation Proposal PAGEREF _Toc302888734 \h 43Recommended Guidelines for PhD Dissertation Proposals PAGEREF _Toc302888735 \h 43Appointment of a Reading Committee for the PhD Dissertation PAGEREF _Toc302888736 \h 44University Oral Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888737 \h 45Schedule of the Dissertation Oral Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888738 \h 45Preparing the PhD Dissertation for Submission to the University PAGEREF _Toc302888739 \h 46PhD RILM Abstract PAGEREF _Toc302888740 \h 46Section 6:Requirements For the PhD in Musicology PAGEREF _Toc302888741 \h 47Expectations of Ph.D. Students in Musicology PAGEREF _Toc302888742 \h 48Suggested Schedule of Coursework; PhD Milestones PAGEREF _Toc302888743 \h 49Musicology Qualifying Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888744 \h 50For the exam format, see “Guidelines for Musicology Quals,” available at PAGEREF _Toc302888745 \h 50Procedures PAGEREF _Toc302888746 \h 50Special Area Exam PAGEREF _Toc302888747 \h 51Format PAGEREF _Toc302888748 \h 51Procedures PAGEREF _Toc302888749 \h 51PhD Dissertation PAGEREF _Toc302888750 \h 52Scope of the Dissertation PAGEREF _Toc302888751 \h 53Preparing and Submitting the PhD Dissertation Proposal PAGEREF _Toc302888752 \h 53Recommended Guidelines for PhD Dissertation Proposals PAGEREF _Toc302888753 \h 53Appointment of a Reading Committee for the PhD Dissertation PAGEREF _Toc302888754 \h 53University Oral Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888755 \h 54Schedule of the Dissertation Oral Examination PAGEREF _Toc302888756 \h 55Preparing the PhD Dissertation for Submission to the University PAGEREF _Toc302888757 \h 55PhD RILM Abstract PAGEREF _Toc302888758 \h 55Section 7:Additional Information you should know! PAGEREF _Toc302888759 \h 57Graduation General Information PAGEREF _Toc302888760 \h 58Conferral Of Degrees PAGEREF _Toc302888761 \h 58Spring Commencement PAGEREF _Toc302888762 \h 58Regalia PAGEREF _Toc302888763 \h 59Graduation Quarter PAGEREF _Toc302888764 \h 59Financial Obligations PAGEREF _Toc302888765 \h 59Graduate Aid Plan PAGEREF _Toc302888766 \h 59Format PAGEREF _Toc302888767 \h 61Monies PAGEREF _Toc302888768 \h 61Graduate-Student Teaching PAGEREF _Toc302888769 \h 62TA Training Course: Music 280, Spring Quarter PAGEREF _Toc302888770 \h 63International-Student-TA English Screening PAGEREF _Toc302888771 \h 64Work In Addition To Assistantship Appointment PAGEREF _Toc302888772 \h 64Applied Music Lessons & Scholarship Support PAGEREF _Toc302888773 \h 64Musician-Referral Service for Off-Campus Teaching and Performing PAGEREF _Toc302888774 \h 65Outside Fellowships, Post-Degree Plans, Career Planning And Placement PAGEREF _Toc302888775 \h 65Exchange Scholar Program PAGEREF _Toc302888776 \h 66Support Services at Stanford PAGEREF _Toc302888777 \h 66IntroductionWelcome to Stanford!In providing information about graduate study in music, this handbook is designed as a supplement to other University publications, in particular the 2015–2016 version of the Stanford Bulletin () THE official statement of University policies, processes, and degree requirements. The Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures (GAP) online manual () brings together into one resource the guiding policies, their rationale, and other information related to their implementation. Take the time to read the general material in the Bulletin concerning policies associated with graduate study at Stanford () as well as the Department of Music’s specific section (). It is the responsibility of each student to familiarize herself/himself with this information and to seek clarification as needed. ??The Stanford Bulletin 2015–2016: information and tips contained in these pages should prove useful throughout your course of study in the Music Department. If you’re still left with questions after having consulted it, further information and resources are available from the Graduate Studies Committee, and/or the departmental administrative staff, and the departmental website ().E-mail is the “official form of notification” at Stanford.[See the Bulletin, “Notification/Obligation to Read Email” at ] If you don’t have an account by the time you read this sentence, you can obtain one by visiting the ITS site (). Contact information for the entire campus community (students, faculty, staff, affiliates) may be found at Stanford.Who (). You can control what information the Stanford community and the public at large see about you by visiting and editing settings under “Maintain your personal data” at Stanford.You (login required –), the corollary to Stanford.Who and/or in Axess in the Student Center.The Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA – ) publishes its own website and it serves as an additional resource for master’s and doctoral students working at CCRMA.I wish you a productive and enjoyable period of graduate education.Stephen SanoChairNote on the use of this handbook:?This icon alerts you to particularly helpful sites (URLs) or PDFs and where to find them. You may find procedures documented here that have been changed. Please, if you discover errors, or if you have suggestions that will improve the usability of this manual, let me (Debbie Barney, Graduate Student Services Officer (GSSO), know!Policies You Must KnowStanford Office of Judicial Affairs are two major policies with which every Stanford student must be familiar: The Fundamental Standard and The Honor Code. Together, these policies create the framework underlying all your work and interactions while at Stanford.Make sure that you understand these policies, the adjudication process for addressing violations, and the sanctions that may be administered during the judicial process and the circumstances in which they may be applied.?The Fundamental Standard: Honor Code: Office of Community Standards (formerly Judicial Affairs), Bulletin Policies, Statements, & RegulationsStudents should take responsibility for informing themselves of applicable University policies, rules, requirements, and regulations.?Academic Policies and Statements, Regulations: Department of Music ()In this section you will find…General information about the departmentFacilities access, scheduling, and use policiesDepartment faculty and staffGeneral InformationAs the department has grown, it has spread out a bit over campus! The Knoll, above Florence Moore dormitory, (“FloMo”) was the home of the Music Department until 1984, when Braun Music Center opened. Now The Knoll houses CCRMA, while the rest of the Music Department resides amidst bustling activity in the area referred to as the “Campus Center” (southwest side of White Plaza). The new Bing Concert Hall opened at the start of winter quarter in January 2013. “BCH” () is located adjacent to Frost Amphitheater, directly across Museum Way from Cantor Arts Center () and is used for Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Stanford Wind Ensemble rehearsals as well as periodic concerts by various Music Department performing RMA HourFall, Winter and Spring QuartersMon.–Fri.9 am–5 pmBraun Music Center HoursFall, Winter, and Spring QuartersMon.–Sun.8 am–11 pmHours during university holidays falling within the three academic quarters will be posted and normally include only weekday hours. Holidays closed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Labor Day.Braun Music Center After-Hours AccessUndergraduate majors and graduate students who are willing and able to follow departmental policy may be granted after-hours access to the building for practice, etc. For 24/7/365 building access, please see Ardis Walling (ardis@stanford.edu) in the Music Department Central Office (Braun 101) for ID card activation.NOTE: this building access will not allow you access to the Music Library after hours!The Music Library () maintains a collection of writings, music, and sound recordings for use by enrolled graduate students. Borrowing privileges are granted by the Privileges/Service Desk in Green Library and vary with the status of the student. Doctoral students may apply for carrel assignments in the Music Library in fall quarter (SUNet ID and password required). Informative tours and helpful instructions about using the Music Library are available from Ray Heigemeir (raymondh@stanford.edu). After passing into candidacy, doctoral students are eligible to apply for Dissertation Room assignments in Green Library ). Remember: to borrow anything (and/or even to enter most libraries!), you’ll need your ID card!Music Library HoursFall, Winter, and Spring QuartersMon.–Thu.9 am–10 pmFri.9 am–5 pmSat.1 pm–5 pmSun.1 pm–10 pmHours during Summer Quarter, intersessions, and university holidays falling within the three academic quarters will be posted on the Music Library home page, and on the entrance door of Braun Music Center closest to the Library.Employment opportunities in the Music Library are available by applying at the Music Library circulation desk. Please contact Rich Powers (rpowers@stanford.edu) with questions.The Archive of Recorded Sound is located in the basement of Braun, and is accessible via the Music Library. The Archive is open to the public from 1–5 pm weekdays, or by appointment. Many grad students have found this an excellent resource in their research. Please contact Aurora Perez (aperez@stanford.edu).The Lange Historical Instruments and Bows Collection is housed in Braun 217. Herbert Myers (hwm@stanford.edu) is curator. We have a Stradivarius, and various other marvels; if you have interest in borrowing or just seeing instruments, get in touch with Herb.Center for Computer-Assisted Research in the Humanities (CCARH, )CCARH (pronounced “ka kar” or “see-kar”) is located in Braun 128, a center engaged in the development of large databases of musical and textual materials for applications in research, teaching, and performance. It has proved extremely useful to faculty and grad students in printing, analyzing, and otherwise accessing music. Department alumnus, Assistant Consulting Professor, Craig Sapp (ccarh@ccrma.stanford.edu), is their extremely helpful research associate.Dinkelspiel AuditoriumDinkelspiel (“Dink”) is open the same hours as Braun; during the summer, however, it is closed to all except workshop participants. During intersessions it is also closed. Dink is a heavily-used/much-in-demand concert hall with 710 seats. Ensemble rehearsals take place on stage and both classes and rehearsals are held in the rehearsal hall in the basement. There are also nine practice rooms and several offices in the lower level. Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA, )CCRMA (pronounced “karma”) is open weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Facilities access, scheduling, and use policiesPractice Rooms and Keys?Sign-ups for practice rooms are done online. ()(You’ll need an active SUNet ID in order to use the online webform. Contact the department receptionist, Ardis Walling (ardis@stanford.edu), if you do not have a SUNet ID.)The classrooms and rehearsal/recital halls are NOT intended for use as individual practice facilities (see Chamber Groups below). Practice rooms are located in the basement of Dinkelspiel and in Room 206 in Braun Music Center. Use is on a first-come, first-served basis. The nominal fee charged for room use is applied toward piano and practice-room maintenance. Fees for practice rooms ($50/quarter) are billed directly to students’ University Bills each quarter. For students taking private or class lessons, the quarterly practice room fee is included in the lesson fee; however, students must complete the online web form request in order to ensure card activation and practice room access for the quarter(s) requested.Chamber Groups may make arrangements in advance using the department’s on line music scheduling calendar () for rehearsal time in Rooms 103, 105, 106, and 131.Instrument Lockers?Sign-ups for lockers are also done online using your SUNet ID and password.()Locker fees are payable twice each year, at the start of Autumn Quarter (for the academic year) & at the end of Spring Quarter (for the summer quarter). Lockers not renewed will be cleared and reassigned! Lockers are available for storage of musical instruments, materials, and books. There is a rental fee charged for lockers, ($10 or $20, depending on locker size). Fees for lockers are billed directly to students’ University Bills. Lockers for basses must be approved by Herb Myers (hwm@stanford.edu). Follow the instructions on the web form.Concerts/Recitals and ReceptionsConcert/recital and reception bookings are managed by Scott Kepley, Technical Services Manager (sdkepley@stanford.edu). Limited publicity support is available for Department-sponsored events including PhD and DMA project recitals. Please contact William Keats (wkeats@stanford.edu), the department’s publicist, for information regarding programs and posters for department-sponsored concerts, periodicals, mail lists, and extra-departmental publicity.?Visit Recitals at a Glance for step-by-step instructions: opportunity for more informal concerts exists in the form of Wednesday- and/or Friday-Noon Recitals. Contact the department receptionist, Ardis Walling (ardis@stanford.edu) to schedule a noon concert/recital. Concert RecordingsRecordings of concerts may be made for participants only (copyright laws). Order forms are available to download at . Fees are currently $15.00 for copies of archived recordings and $30 advance payment for student recitals, but may change at any time. See the department receptionist to submit completed forms and to arrange payment.Grad-Students’ ID MailboxesIn Braun, labeled ID mailboxes are issued to grad student composers and musicologists. Student boxes are underneath the wooden faculty mailboxes in the main Music office (Braun 101). Computer-based music theorists’ and MST Master’s students’ ID mailboxes are at CCRMA in the lobby on the second floor. The Music Department cannot assume the burden of forwarding subscriptions, personal mail, etc.; we therefore ask that students not use the department for anything but university-oriented correspondence; especially that they not remain on any mailing lists which generate junk mail. Please keep personal mail at your residence! The importance of this cannot be emphasized sufficiently: the US Post Office cannot change the address of the Music Department at Stanford and if you attempt to use OUR address as YOUR address, what it means in reality is that YOU won’t be able to change your address with outside sources using the Post Office’s forms: therefore, all your mail will continue to come here after you are gone! And we won’t be forwarding it to you — we’ll be returning it to the Post Office!Last word about addresses: You are responsible for notifying the University (by keeping your information up-to-date in Axess and in Stanford.You) of any changes in contact information as it occurs during your academic career. No one ever expects an emergency, but we have first-hand experience that reinforces the importance of keeping your contact information, and your emergency contact information, up to date! PhotocopyingDepartment policy — students may deposit money into their SU ID cards (the “Stanford Card Plan”) to finance photocopying of their personal work (this includes research, music for chamber music or lessons, etc.) The photocopier in the Music Library is available for student use. The photocopiers in the main office (Braun 101), and in the upstairs computer/printer/copier room (Braun 230) are for faculty and staff (including students currently serving as TAs) and are available only for departmental business. This includes TA’s copying materials for their classes — syllabi, exams, handouts, etc. — and non-TA seminar students copying assignments to be handed out to the entire class. Departmental-ensemble librarians and/or managers are also able to copy music for rehearsals.?Stanford Card Plan Room (Braun 230)The department has a room set aside for student use of a Macintosh computer, a LaserWriter, an IBM Selectric typewriter (really!), and copier that can send scanned documents to your email account. The computers have Internet access and some basic software, including Finale and Microsoft Office. Keys to Braun 230 are available to TAing graduates and those wishing to use the computer and may be obtained from the receptionist, Ardis Walling in the Braun central office. ?The University has academic computing services for students ().Guidelines Regarding Use of Music-Department Letterhead1. Departmental letterhead is intended for use by members of the Department of Music in conducting business of the department or university.2. “Business of the Department or University” is understood to mean any concern, process, or task directly related to, or in the exercise of, a member’s appointment or a graduate student’s candidacy for an advanced degree, as it expresses the educational purposes of the department or university.3. Use of departmental letterhead for personal and non-university-related business is not permitted.4. Examples of approved uses:a. A student request for information or an order for material (such as microfilm from European libraries), in support of a credit-bearing project or a doctoral dissertation, with the approval of the student’s project or dissertation adviser.b. Students, faculty, or staff correspondence related to formal participation at professional meetings, when the department member is identified as representing the university.c. Correspondence or promotion related to a department-sponsored program, lecture, or concert, where the department member is assigned duties requiring such correspondence or promotion.d. Student letters related to job placement, provided that the student identifies his or her official affiliation with the department.5.Exceptions to the above policy may be arranged by students with approval of their academic advisers and by faculty and staff with the approval of the Chair.?Stationery and Business Card policy: ().Important Sources of InformationAs stated in the introduction to this handbook, students are expected to read and understand the policies — of both the University and the Department — relating to the particular degree they are seeking. ??The Stanford Bulletin 2015–2016: Time Schedule (in Axess () and at ExploreCourses () provides up-to-date information about courses offered each quarter. Graduate Advising Faculty: Your faculty program adviser is a terrific source of information for the duration of your graduate career. Initial program adviser assignments are made provisionally at the time of acceptance to a degree program. Only Academic Council Teaching Faculty (“ACTFac” – see list below) are eligible to serve as graduate program advisers; however, non-ACTFac instructors may serve as co-advisers in conjunction with an ACTFac instructor. Music students are required to meet with their program adviser at least once each quarter, and are actively encouraged to communicate clearly and frequently with their advisers. It is important to set clear expectations for advising and to revisit those expectations periodically. A critical component of the student-adviser relationship is learning how to advocate for oneself. At the time of developing a Ph.D. dissertation or DMA final project proposal the student should decide on a principal dissertation/project adviser and reading committee, in consultation with initial program adviser and other relevant faculty.If the adviser relationship is not conducive to academic progress or is otherwise problematic, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the Graduate Student Services Officer and/or the Department Chair to have a conversation about the issue and/or to initiate a change of advisers.?Academic Advising policies, for Good Practices in the Graduate Student - Faculty Advisor Relationship, Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE, works collaboratively with Stanford’s schools and departments to enhance the quality of graduate education at Stanford University. Among the many wonderful resources at their site is a set of Graduate Advising resources, Office Staff () are also sources of copious information. If they don’t know the answer, they probably know where to get it, or will try really hard to find out! (Warning! Beware or you may find yourself the object of gentle chiding if you should ask too many questions whose answers may be found by searching the Bulletin, Explore Courses, this manual, or by reading notices posted on the glass doors to Braun 101 (the central office) or on the bulletin board located between Braun 102 and Braun 103!)Registrar’s Office (): another good source for information about degree requirements and the primary source for downloadable PDF forms you will need during your career—bookmark this site, now! Office of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies (GUS, ) provides information and guidance on many topics.Bechtel International Center (“I-Center,” ) is an extremely important resource for all our international students. Please visit the I-Center frequently for updated information regarding your status as an international student and the ever-changing federal requirements concerning your study here in the States. Office of Accessible Education (OAE, ): Students with physical, psychological, or learning disabilities in need of academic, housing, or other accommodations should contact the OAE. Requests for accommodation need to be made in a timely manner, that is, within the first two weeks of the quarter, or as soon as a new need arises. Students must register with the OAE and provide documentation of their disability. Contact the OAE at (voice) 3-1066, (TTY) 3-1067 with questions.Bulletin Boards: The front- and back-hallway boards, the glassed-in board outside the Music Library, specialized boards adjacent to the Symphony and Chorale offices, in CCRMA, and Braun upstairs boards adjacent to faculty offices and next to the Faculty/Grad Student Lounge and TA Office should be checked regularly for announcements. All hard-copy gig, job, audition, and school/workshop announcements are posted on the back-hallway bulletin board across from rooms Braun 128-130.Email and Email Lists: As soon as you created your SUNet ID (Stanford University Net ID) when you responded to our offer of admission, your default Stanford email address became <yourSUNetID@stanford.edu>. This email address is the one to which all official University and Department correspondence is sent. You are responsible for reading and, if necessary, responding to all email sent to your Stanford account! If you decide to use a different email address (i.e. a Gmail or other account), you are responsible for forwarding your Stanford account to it! In addition, every music graduate student is a member of the list-serve named “musicgrads” and, (from an “@stanford.edu” email account, only) anyone with a Stanford email address may post announcements to this list by sending mail to “musicgrads@lists.stanford.edu.” ?For complete information on subscribing and unsubscribing to campus mail lists, visit: word about Debbie’s Email Policy: You must read all emails that come directly from me (dabarney@stanford.edu), faculty, or any official University administrative offices, as clarified in the “Notification/Obligation to Read Email” at - text-compwithunivpolihold-notreaema. That warning given, you are free to send all mail that comes from me as a “Forward” from someone else directly to the trash, or another folder that you look at only occasionally. Note that I receive scads of announcements about campus events that I will initially filter for pertinence to music graduates; however, I will always forward position announcements, gig announcements, fellowship announcements, composition competitions, workshops, anything to do with potential monetary benefit, etc. and if you choose to filter my Forwards to your trash you may miss out!In addition, the department keeps a list for students interested in learning about performance gigs requested by the immediate Stanford community as well as the local communities near our campus. If you are interested in receiving and, potentially, responding to the numerous and various gig requests received by the department each year, please contact Ardis Walling with your request to be added to this list. This is a wonderful opportunity to pick up some extra cash and experience as ambassadors for the Department (and, for music) to the rest of the campus and the surrounding community.The student-run Stanford Daily () and the Stanford Report (), are the major campus news sources and are available to all online (via RSS feed or email subscription). The Academic Senate has a way of changing things mid-year, and announcements of such changes often appear in these publications. The official Stanford Events calendar () is another excellent place to find out what’s happening all over campus.Music Department People ()Friends of Music at Stanford (FoM, )The Friends of Music (FoM) at Stanford is an extra-departmental group that provides funding for a variety of music student activities. The mission of the Friends of Music at Stanford is to support the activities of the Department of Music and to enhance musical life at Stanford and in the community. FoM is primarily involved with providing both full (to majors and grads) and partial (to non-majors) scholarship support to students who would be unable to take private lessons without financial assistance. [See “Applied Music Lessons & Scholarship Support” in Section Five of this manual for details.] Funds to support these scholarships are raised by Friends members through fundraising activities and private contributions. FoM occasionally picks up fees for other musical endeavors undertaken by music students: please consult with the Undergraduate Student Services Officer (USSO) and Friends of Music Liaison, Rowen Leigh (rleigh@stanford.edu), if you think you have a project with which FoM might be interested in assisting.Departmental CommitteesThe following is a list of departmental committees. Faculty and student membership changes from year to year. Please check the front hall bulletin board (outside Braun 102) for the new 2015–2016 committee memberships (TBD Autumn Quarter). If you are interested in serving as the student representative to any of these committees, please let Debbie or Rowen know.Undergraduate Studies CommitteeGraduate Studies CommitteeLibrary CommitteePerformance CommitteeGraduate Music Students’ Association (GMSA)Musicology Lecture Series Coordinator(s)Graduate Student Musicology ColloquiaNOTE: Ad hoc committees appointed as required. A membership roster is posted annually.)Registration ()In this section you will find…Registration InformationTGR RegistrationGraduation QuarterLeave of AbsenceDiscontinuation and ReinstatementWithdrawalStudy List DeadlinesUniversity Grading PoliciesMusic Department Grading PoliciesAdmission to CandidacyAcademic Progress Requirements and PoliciesResidencyRegistration InformationThe Registrar’s website and the Stanford Bulletin are THE sources of information about all things “Registration” at Stanford University. The office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE) is an excellent resource for all information about all graduate matters ().?Enrollment Requirements (Bulletin), , Enrollment and Academic Progress (GAP), students will be term-activated upon acceptance to Stanford. Term activation will continue for every quarter following (unless students notify the university that they’re going on leave), until the end of their careers at Stanford. (See the “Leave of Absence” section of the Bulletin information on leave policies, - leavereinstatementtext.)Photo ID cards are issued after arrival; if you completed the Stanford ID Card online submission, you may pick up your new card at the Student Services Center in Tresidder Memorial Union () when you arrive on campus. Their office hours are 9 am–5 pm. If you have any questions, call them at 650-498-2273. If you did not prearrange your ID, follow the instructions for obtaining a card at their website.Your university bill is issued through Student Financial Services and is always available in its most current form electronically in Axess. Questions regarding the assessed tuition should be directed to the Student Services Center filed as a HelpSU Ticket (). Any other questions regarding your university bill and/or charges that appear thereon should be addressed to Student Financial Services ().?For tuition information, visit For complete billing information, visit almost all registration and billing processes at Stanford are accomplished in Axess, you are responsible for making sure your mailing address (along with all other addresses!) is up-to-date in Axess. All University offices will use your current contact information as you have entered it in Axess.NOTE: The specific tuition and fees (including music lesson fees!) to which a student commits will be reported to the Student Financial Office for billing and collection together with any other separately reported charges (e.g., housing, ASSU fees, food service, etc.). Credit toward tuition charges provided by scholarship grants, or fellowships will be shown on your University Bill, either as “anticipated aid” or as credit(s) to your account. Note that Teaching and Research Assistantships are salaried positions (i.e. you are an employee of the University) and these monies will NOT be reflected on your University Bill. Salaries are paid out of the Payroll Office. For complete information: to completion of registration, all students must consult with their Graduate Program Faculty Adviser. If you are a new student, your adviser will discuss with you your diagnostic exams as well as your program and course planning for this and subsequent quarters. Any student who does not meet with their adviser will have a hold placed on their enrollment!Continuous RegistrationRegistration is required for Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters of each academic year until the degree is conferred. Students must be registered in the current quarter to fulfill any university or departmental requirement (commonly referred to as “milestones”). All students must be registered in the current quarter in which a degree is conferred, a thesis or dissertation is submitted, or declaration of intention to complete is made in Axess.Graduate students in Music are expected to do coursework and research on campus unless the department gives prior approval for study in absentia. Students who wish to register in absentia must have a current mailing address on file in Axess while away from campus. International students must consult with Bechtel International Center for information concerning leave status and to ensure that they do not fall out of compliance with US government regulations regarding international student status.?Bechtel International Center: and CategoriesFull-Tuition Registration — Year 1First-year graduate students are expected to pursue their studies on a full-time basis. Full-tuition registration entitles students to enroll in 11 to 18 units of coursework. Full-time students may register for more than 18 units; however, your financial-aid package only covers the first 18 units. Maximum registration in summer quarter is 10 units. Graduate students are expected to enroll for full tuition unless they have departmental fellowships or assistantships that require part-time enrollment. Therefore, first-year quarters should be for 12–18 units each (in Music we encourage 15 for a speedy transition to Terminal Graduate Registration — TGR); in years two and three, and in the Autumn quarter of your fourth year, you should sign up for 8–10 units (again, we encourage 10). This is important in figuring your residency and getting you to “go TGR” in a timely fashion (see below), preferably by the end of Autumn quarter in your fourth year.Other categories:Research and Teaching Assistantships — Years 2 through 58–10 units or (after autumn quarter of the 4th year) TGR, unless otherwise specified by the department. All tuition adjustments based on student awards are administered in the Department. [Years II & III—TA’s; Years IV & V—RA and/or TA]Reduced Tuition Adjustment Graduate students who are within 3-7 units of achieving the required 135-unit minimum and who need only a single remaining quarter in which to complete all requirements prior to going TGR are eligible for areduced tuition registration. [N.B. This only applies to US citizens and is not possible for international students.] This registration status is granted only once and requires department approval. Submit the “Request for Graduate Tuition Adjustment” () to the graduate administrator in Braun 101.Terminal Graduate Registration(TGR, )A reduced-tuition registration is available for eligible students who are working on a dissertation, thesis, or final composition project. Students qualify for TGR status only when there is a valid program objective to justify their continued access to University resources. Eligibility criteria for TGR Status are as follows:Admission to CandidacyCompletion of all courses, special-area exam (including the approved dissertation proposal), and any language requirements for the degree as listed on the “Application for Candidacy for Doctoral Degree” form (). (Revisions to the plan delineated on the candidacy form must be approved by the student’s graduate program adviser and notification (via email) from the adviser provided to Debbie.)Completion of 135 academic units of graduate-level work (the Residency requirement).Please read the Stanford Bulletin, “Graduate Degrees” section, carefully! Remember, it is your responsibility to know and understand the requirements of your program! of dissertation/final-project proposal (the final section of the special-area exam for PhDs). [N.B. The DMA Special Area Examination topic proposal is due at the time of the Qualifying Examination.]Filing of a “Doctoral Dissertation Reading Committee Form” — for PhDs — ()or — for DMAs — a “DMA Final Project Reading Committee Form,” the last page of this handbook.Students applying for TGR status must complete the “Request for Terminal Graduate Registration (TGR) Status” form (). All requirements for TGR status must be completed prior to the start of the quarter for which TGR is requested (at the latest!).A student in TGR status must enroll in the TGR course (Music 801, TGR Final Project, for DMAs; Music 802, TGR Dissertation, for PhDs) with the adviser as the instructor. An “N” grade signifying satisfactory progress must be received each quarter to maintain registration privileges. See “General University Grading System” () for information about the “N”grade.Understanding TGRThe following explains why getting to TGR status is important, and why you need to sign up for as many units as you can handle in Year I, and the full amount of units allowed every quarter in Years II through V, plus the two summers you have of aid.Fellowship packages for doctoral students include:Year IFull-time tuition plus stipendSummer*8–10 units tuition plus 1/2-time salary (RA)Year II8–10 units tuition plus 1/2-time salary (TA)Year III8–10 units tuition plus 1/2-time salary (TA)Summer*8–10 units tuition plus 1/2-time salary (RA)Year IV8–10 units tuition (Autumn) and TGR (Winter & Spring), plus 1/2-time salary (RA or TA*)Year VTGR tuition (0 units plus 1/2-time salary (RA)*First summer aid occurs after Year I for DMAs and PhDs at CCRMA; after Year II for PhD musicologists; second summer aid occurs after Year III for all and is intended to provide an opportunity for students to prepare for their Special Area Exam (for PhDs, including submission and approval of the dissertation or final project proposal), to be taken in the first quarter of year IV (PhD) or the second quarter of year IV (DMA). Students in years IV and V may be required to TA if the need arises.The following chart illustrates the academic credits, which would have accrued if a student were to take the recommended number of units per quarter. (This example assumes that in Year I the student completes an average of 15 units each quarter.)YearUnits PerQuarterYearlyTotalI1545Summer1010II1030III1030Summer1010IV10 (A), 0 (WS)10V0 (AWS)0Total135After 12 quarters of aid, a grad student would thus have enough academic units to graduate. However, many students (especially PhD candidates who require a long time to research and write the dissertation) are not ready to graduate just as the unit requirement is fulfilled. That’s what TGR is for; to allow students at least 5 quarters of funded time where their sole focus is to research and write the dissertation!Students entering with an MA may request a transfer of up to 45 units of graduate course credit. [N.B. Please see the section below on Transferring Credit.] So, if we include transferred credit – done either at Stanford or elsewhere – and add that to the equation, we get:MA year45 units180 totalThose students who came in with an MA may be eligible to go TGR even earlier, assuming, of course, that they have completed the other requirements necessary for that step, as noted above.Students are required to go TGR as soon as possible in year IV. This means that the Special-Area Exam should be scheduled, taken, and passed no later than autumn quarter of the fourth year (for PhD students), including completion and approval of the dissertation or final project proposal (the final section of the Special-Area Exam). [N.B. DMA students follow a slightly different examination/review schedule and although they may be prepared to move to TGR status at the end of the 1st quarter of the fourth year, they are not required to schedule the Special-Area Exam until Winter quarter (2nd quarter) of the fourth year. Please see “Section Three: Graduate Degree Programs in Music, Doctor of Music Arts (DMA)” for details.]Graduation Quarter( - tuitiontext-gradstudtuit-graqua)A reduced-tuition registration ($100 per quarter) is available for eligible students who are putting the finishing touches on a dissertation or final composition project. Further information about Graduation Quarter status may be found on the “Petition for Graduate Student Graduation Quarter” form, . Graduation Quarter enrollment status may only be granted and used for a single quarter in a student’s career at Stanford. The intent is to provide a bit of extra time for students who are essentially ready to submit their dissertations (i.e. they have successfully defended and are deeply into the final editing process). If you miss the submission deadline in your Graduation Quarter you will need to register for any additional quarters at the normal TGR rate: consider yourselves forewarned!Leave of Absence ( - leavereinstatementtext)Students who wish to interrupt their registration may request a “Leave of Absence”. A request for a leave of absence beyond the expiration of candidacy must be accompanied by an “Application for Extension of Candidacy.” ()[N.B. An extension of candidacy may be granted one time for one year, only!] NOTE: GRADUATE STUDENTS MUST, IN ALL CASES, NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF THEIR LEAVE. We require adviser’s consent, even though the form does not!?Leave of Absence: and Reinstatement( - leavereinstatementtext-leavabsegrad-disrei)The official line: A student who has not registered for a quarter during the academic year and who is not on an approved leave of absence ceases to have registration privileges. (In common parlance, this is known as “stopping out”.)Reality: If you fail to register or take a leave when you are TGR, what the Department wants you to do is finish your dissertation, pass your PhD orals (or give your DMA final project defense), and get your degree! If you “stop out” you lose registration privileges and will need to complete the Application for Reinstatement, and pay the fees in order to return to complete the degree. The only supplementary material usually required, is a timetable of the student’s plans for completion (signed-in-approval by the adviser), and any special documentation required of international students (). If you “stop out” early on in your graduate career (i.e. before reaching TGR), however, there will be more examination of your ability to finish.International students take note! If you are unable to complete your degree requirements in the time covered by your fellowship monies must speak with Bechtel International center regarding what is and is NOT possible concerning your registration status.?Application for Reinstatement in Graduate Study: who wish to terminate study in a program should submit a letter of resignation to the Department along with the completed Request to Permanently Withdraw from Degree Program (). A student who has voluntarily withdrawn and later wishes to return to Stanford must follow the reinstatement procedures ().Preliminary Study List DeadlinesThe “study list” — enrollment in courses you are taking for the current quarter — must be completed prior to the 5:00 pm the third Friday of each quarter. There is a fee for filing late study lists! These deadlines follow the same pattern each quarter.?Academic Calendar: Regarding Section Numbers for Music CoursesAll courses have section numbers, but in Music, section numbers have different uses from class to class. Most academic classes in Music have just one section, “01”. Lecture/Seminar Classes with TAs have more than one section, but students sign up in section 01. [N.B. TA sections, numbered “02” and above are closed sections (i.e. un-enrollable), and exist so that the TAs may receive students’ evaluation. Do not select a discussion section in Axess or Simple Enroll when enrolling in a lecture or seminar class!]Individual Private Lessons (e.g., piano, voice, violin etc.) that are taught by more than one faculty member have multiple sections: in this instance, students sign up for the section designated for the instructor with whom they wish to study. Independent Study courses follow the same model: students must enroll in the section corresponding to the instructor with whom they wish to work. Class Lessons (i.e. group lessons in piano, voice, and guitar) have different sections designated for each level of the class. See the Department’s website about Lessons () for instructions on how to enroll in all types of lessons.Enrollment in Independent Study courses requires prior agreement with the instructor, so check with your chosen faculty member before enrolling!Music 171 (Chamber Music) also requires sections, but these differ from the independent-research sections listed above — they’re more like lessons, and sections are listed in Axess. Please sign up in the section designated for the instructor/coach with whom you are working.University Grading Policies?See the Stanford Bulletin, Grading Systems, Department Grading PoliciesAny Music course you want to count towards your degree must be taken for a letter grade (A or B), or an “S” (which is a course where everyone is pass/fail, as mandated by the instructor). Courses from other departments may be taken credit/no credit (C/NC): in that case, only a “C” will count towards the degree.Music 801, TGR Final Project and Music 802, TGR Dissertation are considered to be “continuing”—i.e., you sign up for them more than once—because they take more than one quarter to complete; the end-quarter grade is “N” until you’re done with the project you agreed on at the beginning with the professor (“N–” if you’re not making satisfactory progress).?Read more about the “N” grade policies: 341 and Music 399 may be considered “continuing” courses; however, if a student is prepared to petition for TGR status, it is necessary for the instructor(s) to provide final grades in these courses in order for the total of 135 units to be reached.Admission to CandidacyDoctoral students in Music are admitted into candidacy upon passing the qualifying exams. PhDs at CCRMA and DMA Composers are expected to achieve candidacy by the end of the first quarter of the second year. PhD Musicologists are expected achieve candidacy by the end of the first quarter of the third year. The Application for Candidacy form needs to be completed, signed by the adviser, and returned to the GSSO (who will review with you and then procure the Chair’s signature) by the end of Autumn quarter of that same year. Candidacy is valid for five years.?Application for Candidacy for Doctoral Degree, Progress Requirements?Minimum Progress Requirements for Graduate Students, - degreeprogresstext ?Academic Policies and Statements, on Minimum Progress Requirements for Graduate StudentsYou are responsible for reading and understanding the University’s Minimum Progress Requirements for Graduate Students as well as the Department’s expectations and requirements concerning your degree program. ?Minimum Progress Requirements for Graduate Students( - degreeprogresstext) ?Department of Music Degree Program Descriptions: guidelines that set higher standards take precedence over University policy. (i.e. In Music we require grades of A, B, or S in order for a course’s units to count toward your degree; the university only requires a B average over all courses.)Prior to the end of Spring quarter each year, the Academic Council Teaching Faculty (ACTFac) meet to review all graduates’ progress-to-date. Students who have not met the requirements for minimal progress (i.e. taking and successfully completing required courses offered during the academic year, and meeting degree milestones in a timely fashion), will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Students will have the opportunity to explain any special circumstances. Approval for continuation in the degree program will be contingent on the creation of a suitable plan to maintain satisfactory progress in subsequent quarters, including making up any course deficiencies. The student working in conjunction with the department chair, department manager, program adviser, and graduate student services officer will create the plan. A formal letter of understanding outlining the approved plan will be prepared, reviewed and signed by the student and the department Chair, copied to the student, and entered into the student’s file. Failure to meet the conditions outlined in the letter of understanding may lead to dismissal from the program.?Guidelines for Dismissal of Graduate Students for Academic or Professional Reasons - degreeprogresstext-guiddismgradstudacadprofreasGraduate Residency Transfer Credit and Course SubstitutionPer University policy, students may transfer up to 45 units of graduate work completed elsewhere as outlined in the Bulletin. ( - text-gradresitrancred)Composition and Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics graduate students may petition their adviser for permission to substitute a required course with another. The adviser must confirm the decision in an explanatory email to the GSSO who makes note of the substitution(s) in the student’s file. Musicology graduate students may petition their adviser for permission to substitute only two required courses, regardless of whether the substitutions arise from units transferred in from another institution or from courses taken in another department within Stanford. In other words, Musicology students still have to complete, for credit, all the required courses of the musicology PhD program, minus a maximum of two. The adviser must confirm the decision in an explanatory email to the GSSO who makes note of the substitution(s) in the student’s file.?The Application for Graduate Residency Credit must be approved by the Department and the Registrar. Changes to, and Addition of Degree ProgramsStudents enrolled in a graduate degree program must have departmental and Registrar approval to add an additional degree program or to change the degree program to which they were originally admitted. The Graduate Program Authorization Petition (commonly referred to as a “grad auth” form — ) is available online in Axess. This automated petition is most commonly used by those doctoral students who wish to add a Master’s degree to their existing program (often referred to as “picking up the Master’s” after passing the Qualifying Examination).?Changes and Additions of Degree Programs, ( - residencytext)In addition to explicit course requirements in Music, each graduate-degree program requires a specified number of academic units [45 for the MA; 135 for the doctorate] to be completed in order to graduate or enter Terminal Graduate Registration (TGR – see above). It cannot be over-stressed that residency is granted only for completed, graduate-level units.Graduate Degree Programs in music In this section you will find…Graduate Degree General InformationExaminations Required of all Doctoral StudentsGraduate Degree General Information Students enrolled in graduate programs are expected to read and understand the requirements, procedures, and timetables for their respective degree plans as they are delineated in the Stanford Bulletin. ?Stanford Bulletin Graduate Degree information for all Graduate Students, Bulletin Degree Requirements for Doctoral Students in Music, - doctoraltextGraduate programs in the Music Department at Stanford lead to three degrees: the Master of Arts, Doctor of Musical Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy.The Master of Arts degree may be conferred (“picked up”) after completion of a minimum of 45 units. The Master’s degrees in Music History, Composition, and Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics are preparatory degrees (conferred only after passing the qualifying exams and entering into candidacy); the Master’s in Music, Science, and Technology (MST) is a terminal degree. As a terminal degree, the MST Master’s provides additional study beyond the Bachelor’s degree in the student’s special field of interest.?See ExploreDegrees (Stanford Bulletin) for specific requirements of the Master’s programs. - masterstextThe doctorate in the Music Department may be conferred after completion of four or five years, plus two summers, of study, although a longer time may be required, depending on the scope of the dissertation or final project elected by the student.The Doctor of Musical Arts degree is granted in composition only. The D.M.A. is offered to a limited number of students who demonstrate substantial training in the field and high promise of attainment as composers. Students may work in acoustic and/or electronic forms. Breadth is given through studies in other branches of music and in relevant fields outside music, as desirable. The final project for this degree is a large-scale composition. DMA composition term projects may be submitted to the Music Library (contact Mimi Tashiro, mtashiro@stanford.edu, for details) for inclusion in the Library’s collection of circulating manuscripts.The Doctor of Philosophy degree culminates in a dissertation that is an original contribution to musical scholarship. The degree may center on either musicology — including historical, aesthetic, or theoretical perspectives, or a concentration in historical performance practices, or computer-based music theory. The first two years of study are usually devoted to learning methods of research and analysis, after which time the student concentrates on research and writing. The dissertation demonstrates scholarly method and clear exposition as well as the ability to work systematically and independently. Quality, rather than scope or length, is of prime importance.?See ExploreDegrees (Stanford Bulletin) for specific requirements of each doctoral program. ( - doctoraltext) Diagnostic Examinations Required of all Doctoral StudentsMusicology, Composition, and CBMTA students will take…Ear training and dictation exam: given on Thursday of the week prior to the start of classes in the fall quarter from 2–4:00pm with Dr. Giancarlo Aquilanti in?Braun 103. The ear?training exam is a group session—one opportunity only.Harmony and theory exam:?a 24-hour, take-home exam provided by Dr. Aquilanti immediately after the ear?training exam. It will be due Friday afternoon before 4:00pm.Musicology and Composition students will take…Piano proficiency?exam: given in 20-minute time slots on Thursday morning of the week prior to the start of classes in the fall quarter.?The exam will be administered by Dr. George Barth in his studio,?Braun 234.Musicology students (only) will take…History ExamsTwo-hour short-answer IDs (composers, genres, terms, and concepts in basic periods of music history) Three-hour style IDs (six short score and/or audio excerpts from representative periods and genres) Teaching Assistant assignments and the funding associated with this portion of the doctoral financial aid package are determined based upon successful completion of these exams.Students must remedy any deficiencies in basic keyboard skills, and/or harmony and theory comprehension before being assigned a Teaching Assistantship at the end of spring quarter of the first year. Keyboard skills may be remediated either through private instruction or class piano (Music 12A, B, C). Contact Tim Zerlang at timzer@stanford.edu or 650.723.1549. George Barth will oversee re-testing of students’ keyboard proficiency prior to the end of spring quarter of the first year. Ear training skills remediation may be done through independent study in the undergraduate core theory program. Giancarlo Aquilanti and Erika Arul should be consulted in this area.Content and Description of the Diagnostic ExaminationsEar Training & Dictation ExaminationThe examination consists of three parts:Section I: scales, intervals, chordsSection II: melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictationSection III: listening (i.e. comment on form and analysis of samples from the standard literature)Practice software available online: search for “ear training” and go to work! Or available for purchase: Practica Musica.Harmony and Theory ExaminationThe examination consists of three parts:Sec I: HarmonizationHarmonize a diatonic bass line and a chromatic modulating bass line.Sec II: ABA Modulating Chord ProgressionChord progression to be embellished with non-chord tones (passing tones, suspensions, appoggiaturas)Sec III: Music AnalysisTonal and atonal music (i.e. Bach chorale, Mozart sonata, 12-tone piece)Any standard theory book used as an undergraduate may be used for review over the summer. (i.e. Tonal Harmony, Stefan Kostka, Dorothy Payne)The Piano Proficiency ExamScales and arpeggios: Hands separately, two octaves and back, minimum speed M.M. = 92 per each two notes:Major scales in E major, E-flat major, F major, F-sharp major;Melodic minor scales in C minor, A minor, F minor (descending in either melodic or natural minor);Diminished arpeggio (four notes to the octave) beginning on C;Major arpeggios in E major, A-flat major;Minor arpeggios in G minor, B minor.Students are expected to use traditional fingerings for the above scales and arpeggios (see fingering charts below).A simple tune, to be set by the examiner:Play the tune by ear.Play a simple accompaniment along with the tune (which itself may be either played or sung).Performance of a composition for piano:This should be a performance, with or without score, of a piece from Schumann’s Album for the Young, at the following Music Library call numbers:M1380 .S392 A3M1380 .S392 A3 1969M1380 .S392A3 1953 M22 .S39 B6M23 .S39 P5B V.1M23 .S39 F2DM25 .S392 OP.68 S3M25 .S392 OP.68M22 .S39 W9 L (miniature)Also available through Bartók’s Mikrokosmos, vol. 2:MT225 .B28 M6B 1987 V.2 (six copies at this call number)MT225 .B28 M6B V.2 (twelve copies at this call number)or a piece of comparable difficulty.Playing at sight a piece chosen by the examiner (level of difficulty as in C, above).scale fingerings: 2 octavesemajorrh123123412312345lh543213214321321e-flatmajorrh212341231234123lh321432132143212fmajorrh123412312341234lh543213214321321f-sharpmajorrh234123123412312lh432132143213212c melodicminorrh123123412312345lh543213214321321a melodicminorrh123123412312345lh543213214321321f melodicminorrh123412312341234lh*543213214321321* If you choose to descend this scale in the natural minor, this is the traditional LH fingering:f natural minor*lh543214321321321diminished arpeggio fingering: 2 octavescrh123412345lh543214321arpeggio fingerings: 2 octavesemajorrh1231235lh5321321a-flatmajorrh2124124lh3142142gminorrh1231235lh5421421bminorrh1231235lh5421421History ExamsThese are written exams to test your knowledge of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, Romantic, Twentieth Century and American music.Three-hour short-answer IDs (composers, genres, terms, and concepts in basic periods of music history)Three-hour style IDs (six short score and/or audio excerpts from representative periods and genres)Advisement: Students are expected to arrive at Stanford with the ability to serve as Teaching Assistants (TA) in any of the Department’s core theory, ear training, and analysis classes. To that end, a diagnostic exam is administered to all new doctoral students in the week prior to the start of classes. If the exam results indicate insufficient skills in any required area, new graduates will be expected to undertake remedial work during their first year that will allow them to pass the diagnostic examination prior to the end of spring quarter of the first year. Failure to remedy deficits sufficient to TA the required courses will jeopardize your funding package. The whole purpose of the above process is to determine strengths/weaknesses, to give the adviser an idea of areas to be explored, and to ensure that a student may be placed in the correct courses for his/her needs. To that end, students are counseled to speak with their advisers as soon as possible after the exams are corrected (usually after the first or second week of classes).Language Examination Requirement for all Doctoral StudentsAt the time of advancement to candidacy (preferably, before the end of the second year of doctoral study), all Ph.D. students in Musicology must have passed a Ph.D. Language examination in German and in a second language, chosen from French, Italian, or Latin (or, on a case-by-case basis, another language, if it has significant bearing on the candidate’s field of study); Ph.D. students in Computer-Based Music Theory and Acoustics (CBMTA) and DMA Composition students are required to pass a single language examination in a language pertinent to their area of research. If a student’s native language is other than English, the student may be exempted from an examination. Language exams for French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Latin are given by the Stanford Language Center. Each language has a different procedure: descriptions are posted at the Language Center site (see URLs below). In order to meet these requirements, entering PhD students should be prepared to take their first language exams in October according to the schedules provided. If either exam is failed, remedial coursework is required, and the exam must be retaken as soon as possible.Demonstrating a reading knowledge in a language at the beginning of graduate study is not always doable, of course. If you arrive without any other language, we won’t expect you to be reading at the doctoral level within ten weeks: in that case, you should start studying your chosen language(s) immediately and take the exam(s) as soon as possible. [N.B. There are no exams during summer quarter, but there are intensive, accelerated language courses give over summer through the Language Center.]Successful completion of these examinations will be reported by the Language Center to the department after the exam. (Departments are not informed if students do not pass the exam; students wishing to know whether they have passed should inform the examiner at the time of the examination. Debbie will also send you a confirmation of same when (if) she receives the hard copy confirmation.)The University requires that any units graduate students wish to count towards their degree MUST be taken in courses numbered at or above the 100 level.Since most of the beginning reading language classes are offered as courses below the 100 level, the procedure for registering for these classes and obtaining graduate level credit is described below. For question about this procedure, please contact Allison Margaret Kopp, SSO in the Language Center, (amkopp@stanford.edu, (650) 725-5378).Enroll for a letter grade only. You have the option of taking the course from 2–5 units. In the class search screen enter the following:“Course Subject” [choose language of your choice from the drop-down menu]“Course Number” enter “395”.“Course Career” [choose “Graduate” from the drop-down menu]Click the “Search” button. Open class sections will come up. Enroll.German Language Examination Language Examination Examinations Examinations Examinations languagesSee Debbie and we’ll figure out what to do!Requirements For the DMA in CompositionIn this section you will find…Composition DMA Milestones & Examinations TimetableComposition Qualifying ExaminationJury/Portfolio ReviewSpecial Area Examination and Public Lecture/PresentationAppointment of a Final Project Reading CommitteeFinal Project Defense/Public PresentationFinal Project Preparation and Submission to the UniversityComposition DMA Milestones & Examinations TimetableYearQtrQtr # $UnitsMilestones/ExamsAssociated Form/ActionIAut1 FS12-18/qtr (15 rec.)Diagnostic ExamsCollaborative determination of 15 worksWin2 FS12-18/qtr (15 rec.)Spr3 FS12-18/qtr (15 rec.)Establish Quals CommitteeInform GSSOSum4 RA8-10 (10 rec.)Qualifying Exam PreparationMid-August library reserve of Section A piece and scoreIIAut5 TA8-10 (10 rec.)Qualifying ExaminationSpecial Area Exam Topic approval (by end of quarter) After passing: Candidacy GrantedQualifying Exam ReportAfter passing: Candidacy FormWin6 TA8-10(10 rec.)Doctoral (“PhD”) Language Examination(any quarter prior to TGR; soonest recommended)Spr7 TA8-10 (10 rec.)Jury/Portfolio Review PreparationSchedule Review w/instr. of Music 324 for fall of Year III. Finalize Special Area Exam Committee membership: tell GSSO!IIIAut8 TA8-10 (10 rec.)Jury/Portfolio Review(prior to end of week 9)Bound anthology & recordings on reserve at library 1 month priorWin9 TA8-10 (10 rec.)Special Area Exam Prep. & ResearchSpr10 TA8-10 (10 rec.)Special Area Exam Prep. & ResearchSum11 RA8-10 (10 rec.)Special Area Exam Prep. & ResearchFinal Project Reading Committee FormIVAut12 RA8-10 (10 rec.)Special Area Exam Prep. & ResearchTGR Petition (when 135 units reached); Schedule Public Lecture in Music 324 (before end of wk. 9)Win13 RA0; TGR (Music 801)Special Area Exam (1st wk. )Public Lecture in Music 324 (before end of 9th wk.)Spr14 RA0; TGR (Music 801)Final Project PreparationVAWS15-17 RA0 ea. qtr.; TGR (Music 801)Final Project Defense & Submission (before end of 9th wk.)Schedule Defense 1qtr. in advance (Music 324)Apply to Graduate in AxessComposition Qualifying ExaminationExams are normally taken electronically, via CourseWork (). Students may petition, in advance of the exam, to write their exams in hardcopy. Students who live on campus can choose to move in early at the end of the summer leading up to the exam. To exercise this option, email Stanford Student Housing (housingassignments@lists.stanford.edu) in May, explaining that you need to return to campus early to fulfill departmental requirements.Procedures and FormatThe examining committee will consist of the student’s graduate adviser, a chair (not the adviser) from the student’s program, and a third faculty member. The student consults with the adviser to choose committee members, and asks prospective members to serve. It is the student’s responsibility to finalize committee membership and convey this information to the graduate administrator prior to the last day of spring quarter in the first year. Answers for Parts A & B are sent directly to the members of the student’s committee.Section A: Written discussion of 20th-/21st-century example (complete work): 3 hours. The piece will be announced and put on reserve in the music library one month before the exam.Section B: Written discussion of approximately 125 works covering a wide historical range and representing various musical issues of interest to composers: 24 hours. 110 of the pieces will be selected by the composition faculty and announced by mid fall quarter of year 1; the remaining 15 works will be selected collaboratively by the students taking the exam and submitted to the composition faculty for approval by the end of the fall quarter of Year I. Each work will be available at the Music Library.Resources: During both sections A and B of the exam students may consult only the following resources: the score itself (and/or any personally annotated copy of the score that the student may have made during their preparations); the recording; and any personal notes of original authorship. Also, original, previously composed prose attributed entirely to the student may be accessed (cut and pasted) during the exam. Students may not consult: books, articles, or online resources; photocopies of secondary materials; the notes of other students; other scores or recordings; etc. In addition, students are not permitted to discuss the exam with other individuals during the exam period. Section C: 1-hour oral exam/discussion of Sections A and B with the student’s committee. Students are required to propose and discuss their Special Area Exam topic. Schedule: Sections A and B are to be taken immediately prior to the start of fall quarter of Year II. Section C, the oral exam/discussion with the student’s committee is to be convened by the student. It should be scheduled at least one week after the exam is completed but no later than week 9 of the fall quarter of year 2. Qualifying Exam Report Form Filing: Prior to the end of the quarter, a Qualifying Exam Report form, obtained from the GSSO and signed by each of the exam committee members, must be returned to the GSSO (regardless of outcome). Not-Passing Outcome and Process: Students who do not successfully pass one or both Sections A and B will be entitled to retake the failed section(s) (in the subsequent, current version(s)) during the week prior to the start of classes in Year III. Failure to pass either or both Sections A and B during the second attempt will result in dismissal from the DMA program. Passing Outcome and Process: Students who successfully pass both Sections A and B, and whose Special Area Exam Topic is approved by the committee must immediately complete the Candidacy Form, procure the adviser’s signature, and review it with the GSSO (prior to the end of fall quarter). The GSSO will subsequently obtain the department chair’s signature and complete the milestone in Axess, officially admitting the student into Candidacy for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition . Sample QuestionsSection A The 3-hour exam is based on a thorough analysis of a single contemporary composition. The questions posed will be the same for all students taken the exam in that particular year. Typical exam questions might be: Discuss the composer’s primary influences as reflected in the given work. Also discuss it in context of 21st-century compositional styles/aesthetics. Describe the compositional materials/processes employed.Provide a graphic representation of the work (include explanatory notes). Also, be sure to include a clear representation of its formal structure. Where applicable, describe in general terms the instrumental/orchestral elements and characteristics. Section B The 24-hour exam will relate to a core list of 125 works. The questions may include identification, analysis, historical context for individual works, as well as essay questions that cluster multiple works (or ask the student to categorize and compare works) within and across wide range of categories. The questions posed will be the same for all students taken the exam in that particular year. Examples of these are:Describe the approach to timbre in five or more of the works in the list. Please include examples from acoustic and electronic music. What is modulation? How has it been used across different epochs, genres and musical parameters? Discuss using five or more examples selected from the core list.Counterpoint has been a primary development element in works from different epochs and genres. Choose five or more contrasting composers and give an overview of their approaches to counterpoint. Jury/Portfolio ReviewEach student will have a public critique session of his or her portfolio of completed works by the doctoral committee plus available composition faculty. Copies of the portfolio (e.g., a bound anthology plus recordings) should be made available to the committee members—and one copy to the Music Library for the benefit of student colleagues—by one month prior.The Review occurs at the start of Year III, prior to the end of week nine of the fall quarter. The Review will take place during the Graduate Composition Forum (Music 324). The schedule should be coordinated with members of the committee and the Forum instructor at least one quarter in advance. The student must invite all graduate and faculty composers by one month in advance.Students whose portfolios are deemed qualitatively or quantitatively insufficient may be given urgent suggestions for remediation in order to maintain good standing in the DMA program.The DMA candidate’s work culminates in a required Final Project. The final project in composition must be a substantial composition, the scope of which shall be agreed upon by the members of the committee. Typically, work on the final project encompasses several quarters. Usually, smaller works, for specific performances, are composed at the same time.Special Area Examination and Public Lecture/PresentationA topic, proposed by the student at the qualifying exam and approved by the committee before the conclusion of the fall quarter of year 2, is researched during years 2, 3, and the fall quarter of year 4. A Special-Area Exam on this topic is to be taken during the first week of the winter quarter of the fourth year. The duration of the exam is 7 days. It includes three parts; Parts 2 & 3 may be prepared in advance of the exam period:Part 1.Essays on the special area exam topic. Part 2.A detailed syllabus for a course on the special area exam topic. The course should be pitched to an upper level undergraduate music major. Part 3.A proposal for the final composition project. The final, approved proposal should be sent to the graduate administrator directly by the adviser indicating his/her approval of same. The exam is “open book.” However, all sources used must be cited assiduously.The exam will be followed by a 1-hour oral exam/discussion of Parts 1, 2, & 3 with the student’s committee. It shall be convened by the student and scheduled at least one week after the exam is completed but no later than week 9 of the winter quarter of year 4.After the exam—but before the conclusion of the winter term—a Public Lecture Presentation is to be given on the topic in the Graduate Composition Forum. The schedule should be coordinated with members of the committee and the Forum instructor at least one quarter in advance. The student must invite all graduate and faculty composers by one month in advance. The lecture will be 60 minutes in duration followed by 30 minutes of Q & A.Students who do not successfully pass their special area exams may be dismissed from the DMA program.Sample Questions for Part 1? Discuss the use of sonification of complex data. Using specific examples, classify the use of auditory representation display of data with graphic visualization of musical practices.? Discuss the use of layering in the music of Ives, with particular reference to perception.? In what ways can music affect the meaning of drama? Relate to ideas of what music means “in itself.”? Give an account of the beginnings of the spectral movement.? Discuss ways in which knowledge of the microstructure of sound material has pointed towards new types of musical form.? Write an extensive analysis of the first movement of Bartók 3rd Piano Concerto.* Discuss the relationship of the movement to the entire work. Include comments on the work’s historical context. List a bibliography of any reference material used.*or any other work of like dimensionsRecommended Guidelines for Final Project Proposals (Part 2)Passed by the Academic Council Teaching Faculty, February, 1997A statement of c.700–1000 words (2–3 pp.) describing the nature of the proposed composition with regard to medium (instrumental, vocal, electronic, etc.); approximate scope (length/dimensions/proportions); elements of “language,” style, idiom, aesthetic; (nature of text/s or textual material, if applicable); structural ideas, principles envisioned; [etc./misc.].These aspects of the projected composition should also be put in the context of other composers’ work: past or present; local, national or international.How does the composition compare to the candidate’s previous and most recent work? In what ways does it, or might it, serve as an appropriate summation or end-point of graduate work in composition, as this has been pursued to date?Appointment of a Final Project Reading CommitteeThe notice of appointment of a DMA Final Project Reading Committee should be submitted to the department at the same time as the TGR Petition, as early as possible in Year IV. The membership of the reading committee is the principal final project adviser and a minimum of two additional members. It is the responsibility of the student, with the advice of his or her adviser, to approach appropriate faculty members and obtain their consent to serve on the reading committee. Print a copy of the DMA Final Project Reading Committee form; fill it out; obtain committee members’ signatures; return to the department office. The composition of the committee is then presented, via the graduate administrator, to the department chair for approval.?Find the DMA Final Project Reading Committee Form on the last page of this manual.Final Project Defense/Public PresentationThe Final Project Defense/Public Presentation may be scheduled anytime during Year V prior to the end of week nine of the spring quarter. The Presentation is made during the Graduate Composition Forum (Music 324). Scheduling should be coordinated with members of the Reading Committee and the Forum instructor at least one quarter in advance.The presentation will be 50-70 minutes in duration (including live performance or playback of excerpts or the entirety of the project), followed by public Q & A. The committee may then deliberate in private and/or may engage in discussion with the candidate in private.All graduate composition students are required to attend final project defenses. As such, the candidate must invite all graduate and faculty composers by two months in advance of the defense. Students who cannot attend must send a written explanation for their absence to the candidate and to every member of the composition faculty.Final Project Preparation and Submission to the University?Instructions for Submission of the Dissertation (both hard and electronic processes): follow all instructions carefully, or the Registrar may not accept your submission!?Video for Electronic Submission (very helpful!): RILM AbstractAn abstract is to be prepared by the candidate for publication in RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. It will be published just as it is submitted, so the author and advisor are urged to check its contents very carefully. Please see the RILM site (and your advisor) for instructions about submitting your dissertation abstract to them, For the PhD in Computer-Based Music Theory and AcousticsIn this section you will find…PhD CBMTA Milestones & Examinations TimetableCBMTA Qualifying ExaminationSpecial Area ExaminationAppointment of a Dissertation Reading CommitteeUniversity Oral Dissertation DefenseDissertation Preparation and Submission to the UniversityCBMTA PhD Milestones & Examinations TimetableYearQtrQtr # $UnitsMilestones/ExamsAssociated Form/ActionIAut1 FS12-18/qtr (15 rec.)Diagnostic ExamsWin2 FS12-18/qtr (15 rec.)Spr3 FS12-18/qtr (15 rec.)Establish Quals CommitteeEmail to Committee & GSSOSum4 RA8-10 (10 rec.)Quals PreparationIIAut5 TA8-10 (10 rec.)Qualifying ExaminationAfter passing: Candidacy GrantedQualifying Exam ReportAfter passing: Candidacy FormWin6 TA8-10(10 rec.)PhD Language Exam(any quarter prior to TGR; soonest recommended)Spr7 TA8-10 (10 rec.)Special Area Exam Prep. & ResearchIIIAut8 TA8-10 (10 rec.)Special Area Exam Prep. & ResearchWin9 TA8-10 (10 rec.)Special Area Exam Prep. & ResearchSpr10 TA8-10 (10 rec.)Special Area Exam Prep. & ResearchSum11 RA8-10 (10 rec.)Special Area Exam Prep. & ResearchIVAut12 RA8-10 (10 rec.)Special Area Exam(before end of 9th wk.)TGR Petition (when 135 units reached); File approved Dissertation Proposal with GSSO; Reading Committee FormWin13 RA0; TGR (Music 801)Dissertation Research and WritingSpr14 RA0; TGR (Music 801)Dissertation Research and WritingVAWS15-17 RA0 ea. qtr.; TGR (Music 801)Oral Defense & Submission (before 10th wk. Spr qtr.)Apply to Graduate in AxessCBMTA Qualifying ExaminationTo advance to candidacy, students must pass the Qualifying Examination. This exam must be taken during the week before the beginning of the fifth quarter (start of Year II) for CBMTA PhDsExams are normally taken electronically, via CourseWork. Students may petition, in advance of the exam, to write their exams in hardcopy. Students who live on campus can choose to move in early at the end of the summer leading up to the exam. To exercise this option, email Stanford Student Housing (housingassignments@lists.stanford.edu) in May, explaining that you need to return to campus early to fulfill departmental requirements.ProceduresThe examining committee will consist of the student’s graduate adviser, a chair (not the adviser) from the student’s program, and a third faculty member. The student consults with the adviser to choose committee members, and asks prospective members to serve. It is the student’s responsibility to finalize committee membership and convey this information to the graduate administrator by May 31st (Year I).Answers for Parts B & C will first be graded by the faculty members who generate the questions; Part A is sent directly to the members of the student’s reading committee. Corrected exams and/or correctors’ comments will be forwarded to the student’s exam committee for final review and assessment.After the written sections are completed, the committee and student together schedule the oral portion. This should happen during the first month of classes (usually after the second week) and as soon as possible thereafter. If any of the first written portions of the exam are not passed, the committee may recommend that a second examination be given if it appears that additional brief preparation will enable the candidate to be qualified. Otherwise, the student is dismissed from the doctoral program.After completion of the oral exam (and regardless of the outcome), committee members must obtain a Qualifying Examination Report from the graduate administrator, sign the form, and return it to the graduate administrator. Should the adviser choose to provide a letter to the student, a copy should be sent to the Graduate Student Services Office (GSSO).FormatSection A: Essays and problem-solving on a choice of topics representing the core curriculum for 1st-year students in the CCRMA doctoral program: 220A, B, and possibly C. Additional material could be included to reflect the particular background and interests of individual students, at the discretion of the exam committee. 3 hoursSection B: Written identification/discussion of 6 score examples representing a range of historical styles, medieval through 20th century: 3 hoursSection C: Written analysis of a short composition from the 18th/19th-c. repertoire (e.g., a minuet or scherzo movement; a Beethoven bagatelle; a small-form piano work by Schumann, Chopin, or Brahms; a Lied by Schubert, Schumann, Fauré, Wolf): 2 hoursSection D: 1-hour oral exam. The oral exam will entail further discussion of the material on the written exam (the essays the candidate chose to write, score examples, analysis); questioning should be limited to the specific questions and examples of the exam, or extend only to closely related material, including important scholarship in the area.Sample QuestionsSection AWhat sampling rate should be used for digital audio and why?What is the correct increment, in samples, for a wavetable oscillator to make it produce a fundamental frequency of 100 Hz, given that the sampling rate is fs = 10,000 Hz, and the wavetable length is N = 1000 samples?Describe the principle behind the “auditory streaming” illusion and propose computer-generated examples illustrating the effect for a) register and b) timbre.“Spatialization” involves several auditory cues and underlying percepts. Discuss the requirements of a spatialization system and its control from the point of view of a composer. Cite works that incorporate such techniques.Section BScore identification and discussion: Discuss the score excerpts given here in a few brief paragraphs (1–2 handwritten pages, 8”x11” format) for each example. Begin by identifying the period, style, probable date and composer, genre, and (perhaps) musical form represented by each excerpt. Point to a few salient features of melody, counterpoint, motive, phrase structure, harmony, scoring (instrumental or vocal), etc. that might serve as significant indicators of the historical style, composer, formal design or process of the larger work or movement, and that contribute in some way to the expressive or (more generally) aesthetic effect of the work. Allow about a half-hour for each.In addition to your general commentary, address the specific questions for each example, where indicated.Sample questions for the sample pieces available at the URLs below:Example B–1. What is the nature of dissonance treatment in these two short pieces? What is the nature of the contrapuntal relation of voices?Example B–2. Indicate the tonality at the beginning and at the end of the excerpt. Although the sforzando markings in mm. 398–403 fall on the accented beats of the measure, what generates a feeling of metrical syncopation (hemiola) across this passage?See the following downloadable files for the corresponding sample scores:Ex. B–1. B–2 CAnalysis: Begin by identifying the period (approximate date), possible composer, genre, and overall form represented by this movement.Provide a written (prose) analysis of the movement, which you may supplement by any diagrammatic means you find useful (letter schemes, harmonic outline, etc.).Your analytical remarks should include some mention of the following:overall tonal design of the movementidentification of the basic melodic/thematic material and its motivic componentsaspects of meter and phrase structure, noting in particular any striking divergences from expected normsIn addition, comment specifically on the following points:the harmonic progression from m. 49 through m. 66the function of the “Coda” (mm. 119–27) and the use of that term in this contextSee the following downloadable file for the corresponding sample scores:Section C Area ExaminationDoctoral candidates in computer-based music theory and acoustics must pass the Special Area Examination no later than the end of autumn quarter in Year IV. Format Part 1. Essays on special topics in the candidate’s chose dissertation field (written: 3 hours).Part 2. A take-home problem in the candidate’s field: may be analysis of a specific work or research on a given topic (written: 24 hours).Part 3. An oral defense of the dissertation-proposal draft in the following steps:a. Appointment of committee, normally three members, potentially the readers of the dissertationb. Submission of a proposal draft to committee members in advance of the examc. One-hour oral examd. Revision of the proposal, taking into account suggestions made during and after the examination processe. Submission of revised draft to the committee members. The final, approved proposal should be sent to the graduate administrator directly by the adviser indicating his/her approval of same.PhD DissertationAfter the first two years of graduate study, the student concentrates on research and writing of the dissertation. The dissertation demonstrates the student’s ability to work systematically and independently to produce an essay of competent scholarship.Scope of the Dissertation Topics for the dissertation may be drawn from one of the following areas:study of one or more major works or a composer;translation of and commentary upon a theoretical treatise;studies of performance practice;historical aspects of music theory;an examination of style trends.Preparing and Submitting the PhD Dissertation ProposalThe dissertation proposal for the PhD is part of the Special-Area Exam and must be approved by the student’s special-area examination committee. See “Special Area Examination, Procedures, Step 3” above.Recommended Guidelines for PhD Dissertation ProposalsPassed by the Academic Council Teaching Faculty, February, 1997A preliminary [draft] of the dissertation proposal should be finished by the end of the spring quarter of the third year. The final proposal should be submitted as part of the Special-Area Exams so that it may be approved no later than the end of the first quarter of the fourth year.Recommended length for the dissertation proposal is between 3,000–6,000 words (10–20 [+] pp.), including (additionally) a full bibliography. The precise format is open, but the proposal should cover the following areas:Working titleBrief description (in abstract form) of project (c. 2 pp.), including a provisional justification of its significance and relation to existing work in the field, some indication of methodology(ies) informing this work, whether historical/ documentary, theoretical, experimental, analytical, critical, cross-disciplinary etc.A more detailed summary of existing scholarship in the field (and closely related fields, as applicable). Give as clear as possible an idea which prior work will be most important for the present study, and ways in which this study will constitute a significant contribution to the field (5–15 pp.). An annotated bibliography might serve this purpose, up to a point; however, some contextualized discussion of the literature and its relation to the proposed topic is desirable.Detail as closely as is possible, at this stage, your plans for proceeding: general methodological premises (starting point); anticipated stages of research; anticipated structure of dissertation; structure of the underlying argument/thesis (as far as this applies); order in which material will be presented, discussed, analyzed, with reference to specific compositions, primary sources, research, or other types of material to be considered. To the extent that results and conclusions remain contingent on findings of research, try to set out the nature of these contingencies, and the nature and variety of possible or foreseen results (5–15 pp.). If possible, include an outline of proposed sections, chapters, and subheadings for the dissertation.Bibliography (with optional annotations)Appointment of a Reading Committee for the PhD DissertationThe notice of appointment of a Reading Committee should be submitted to the department at the same time as the approved dissertation proposal and the completion of the Special-Area Exam. It is the responsibility of the student, with the advice of his or her adviser, to approach appropriate faculty members and obtain their consent to serve on the reading committee.Obtain the form; obtain committee members’ signatures; return to the department office.?Doctoral Dissertation Reading Committee Form: Degrees: Dissertations and Dissertation Reading Committees (GAP 4.8) Oral ExaminationThe University Oral Exam is generally taken near the completion of the dissertation. The student proposes four (or more) department faculty members to serve as examiners using the University Oral Examination Schedule. [These four (or more) faculty members will ordinarily include the members of the reading committee.] The Department chair must approve all examination committee members by signing off on the form. The University Orals Chair (a member of the Academic Council Teaching Faculty) is selected from another department, in consultation with the student, the student’s adviser and the music department chair. Unless the student or adviser is more comfortable with the role, the graduate administrator will contact the candidate for Orals Chair.It should be noted that the student, in consultation with the major adviser, is responsible 1) for determining the availability and willingness to serve of all necessary committee members, and 2) for arranging an examination time convenient to all. [Allow time for this — at least a month! It can be difficult to coordinate the schedules of five busy people.]. The examination may not be scheduled during the first two weeks of the quarter nor after the last day of instruction in any quarter. Students are strongly urged to schedule these exams in some quarter other than the summer quarter!Candidates for the PhD degree must be registered at the time the PhD oral exams are taken and University “holds” must be cleared before registration for the orals can be completed.When a suitable examination time has been found, fill out the University Oral Examination Schedule, including a list of the examiners’ names; give the form to the graduate administrator, along with an abstract (described below). You will receive a packet confirming date, time and location. Again, this process should commence at least a month before the proposed date of the exam!A one- or two-page abstract should be submitted to the Department when submitting the request for University Oral Examination. The abstract will be attached to the Orals Committee form and given to the Exam Committee as a briefing of the topic of the exam.?University Oral Examination Schedule: Degrees: University Oral Examinations and Committees (GAP 4.7) announcement of your University Oral Exam is sent to Public Events for publication in the Stanford Report. The topic listed on this announcement is the dissertation title shown on your University Oral Examination Schedule, unless you have advised the Music Department office in writing of a change. To assure that the announcement copy is accurate, please check with the graduate administrator three weeks before your exam.Schedule of the Dissertation Oral Examination1.Open Sessiona.Formal presentation by the candidate (1 hour)b.Questions (30 min.)c.Intermission (15 min.)2.Closed sessiona.Questions from the committee (30 min.)b.Voting by the committee (15 min.)c.Notification of the student3.AdjournmentPreparing the PhD Dissertation for Submission to the UniversityBefore beginning preparation of the final project for submission to the Registrar, students should familiarize themselves with the Registrar’s instructions for electronic and/or hard copy paper dissertation submissions.?Instructions for Submission of the Dissertation (both hard and electronic processes): follow all instructions carefully, or the Registrar may not accept your submission!?Video for Electronic Submission (very helpful!): RILM AbstractAn abstract is to be prepared by the candidate for publication in RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. It will be published just as it is submitted, so the author and advisor are urged to check its contents very carefully. Please see the RILM site (or your advisor, or Mimi Tashiro in the Music Library) for instructions about submitting your dissertation abstract to them, For the PhD in MusicologyIn this section you will find…Expectations of Ph.D Students in MusicologySuggested Schedule of Coursework; PhD MilestonesMusicology Qualifying ExaminationSpecial Area ExaminationAppointment of a Dissertation Reading CommitteeUniversity Oral Dissertation DefenseDissertation Preparation and Submission to the UniversityExpectations of Ph.D. Students in MusicologyThe success of our program depends on students’ involvement in departmental life. We’ve laid out several expectations below with the aim of encouraging a culture of participation and engagement.Colloquia. Attend all musicology colloquia and a majority of post-colloquium dinners, plus on-campus presentations by department faculty, your fellow students, guest faculty, and other visitors. Courses. Treat each course as an opportunity to delve deeply into a literature and/or repertory. Embrace unfamiliar materials and methods by reading at least what’s assigned, making presentations (large or small) professional and rigorous, and bringing final papers up to a publishable standard (or close to it). In seminars try to choose a topic early (ten weeks pass quickly). Use Independent Studies to pursue topics not covered in seminars and to shore up repertorial knowledge and analytical skills.Advising. Be an active advisee. Don’t wait for your advisor to email you: arrange for meetings to discuss your coursework, summer plans, Quals preparation, language study, and, later, your dissertation topic, fellowship applications, and other aspects of professional development. Prepare for these meetings carefully, recognizing that your advisor’s time is limited.Teaching. Make the most of teaching assignments. Aim to TA at least one course in the Music 40 series as part of a varied teaching portfolio. Doing so will make you a better teacher, a more attractive job candidate, and a better scholar. Take advantage of the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning.Exams. Take Quals and Special Area preparations seriously. Start early. Be organized. Beat deadlines.Public presentations. Remember that each public appearance, however minor, shapes your reputation and reflects on our program as a whole. Get feedback from faculty and colleagues before submitting conference abstracts. If possible, practice presentations here before taking them on the road.Reactions to your work. Treat critical feedback from faculty and colleagues as an opportunity. When editing your work, strive not only to address concerns raised explicitly, but also to anticipate objections.Enrichment. Use your time wisely, not least to……read widely in both your main area and other (sub)fields.…hone your musicianship skills, beyond what’s required in coursework and on exams.…attend AMS chapter and national meetings, as well as other conferences, funding permitting.…develop expertise in foreign languages, above and beyond what’s required to pass exams.…attend concerts, listen to recordings, and study scores from a range of periods and traditions.Performance is central to the life of our department. We encourage you to find opportunities to perform while recognizing that a rehearsal should not cause you to miss a colloquium or class.A few things that should go without saying:Maintain an attitude of respect toward your colleagues and their research areas.Take an active role in enriching the departmental culture by showing up regularly and volunteering for departmental service (e.g., hosting visiting prospective students).Our department wouldn’t survive a day without our staff. Be respectful of department and library staff members.Suggested Schedule of Coursework; PhD MilestonesCourses in bold type must be taken in the quarter indicated below. Other requirements can be juggled around within this framework. *Asterisks indicate courses generally offered every year.Register for all courses for the maximum number of units allowed (unless your desired course load exceeds the limit). Plan on 15–18 units per quarter in Year 1 and exactly 10 units per quarter in Years 2–5 and in Summers 2–3. Total required units by the end of Year 4, Fall Quarter: 135. All courses must be taken at the 100 level or higher and for a grade, unless the course has been designated Pass/Fail. FallWinterSpringSummerYr. 1*Mus 310 (Musicology seminar)*Mus 200A (Musicology Prosem.)*Mus 305A (Repertory/Analysis)Language I*Mus 310 Music 200B (Ethno. Prosem.)*Mus 305BLanguage I *Mus 310Mus 300A (Medieval Notation)*Mus 305C*Mus 280 (T.A. training)[Language study]Yr. 2*Mus 310Mus 312A (Aesthetics sequence)Language II[TAship 1]*Mus 310Mus 312BLanguage II[TAship 2]*Mus 310Music 300B (Renaissance Notation)Mus 199 (Indep. Study) [TAship 3]10 units of Mus 302: Quals studyYr. 3*Mus 310 (two 310s total in Yr. 3) [TAship 4]CCRMA/Composition course*Mus 310 (two 310s total in Yr. 3)[TAship 5]ElectiveOptional: *Mus 330 (Diss. Colloquium)[TAship 6]Elective10 units of Mus 302: Special Area Exam prep./diss. Work[Mus 199: Independent studies (1–3 per quarter): use these largely to develop a dissertation prospectus]Yr. 410 units per quarter, chiefly as Mus 341 (Ph.D. research/writing) *Mus 330 (Diss. Colloquium)Yrs. 5+*Mus 330 (every year)Quals-Related Deadlines (for more information download Guidelines for Musicology Quals from the Department website)31 May, end of Year 1In consultation with your advisor, form a Quals committee and select six fields of study. Email this information to the graduate administrator and your committee (the same goes for subsequent deadlines).15 September, beginning of Year 2Create repertoire lists and bibliographies.15 July, end of Year 2Finalize changes to bibliographies and repertoire lists.Other Important Milestones in Your Graduate Career By the end of Year 1Pass at least one language exam. If applicable, pass the keyboard, ear training, and theory exams.By the end of Year 2Pass both language exams (German and one other).By 30 November, Year 4Final year1. Submit TGR form to grad. admin., having accumulated 135 units; 2. Complete Special Area Exam1. Schedule Defense before (ideally well before) 30 May; 2. Submit diss. in time for Registrar deadline.Musicology Qualifying ExaminationPassage of both the written and oral portions of the Qualifying Examination is a precondition for advancement to candidacy. This exam must be taken during the week before the beginning of the eighth quarter (start of Year 3) for Musicology PhDsExams are normally taken electronically, via CourseWork. Students may petition, in advance of the exam, to write their exams in hardcopy. Students who live on campus can choose to move in early at the end of the summer leading up to the exam. To exercise this option, email Stanford Student Housing (housingassignments@lists.stanford.edu) in May, explaining that you need to return to campus early to fulfill departmental requirements.For the exam format, see “Guidelines for Musicology Quals,” available at examining committee will normally consist of the full musicology and ethnomusicology faculty. The committee will be chaired by the musicologist/ethnomusicologist currently serving on the Graduate Studies Committee. (If that person is the student’s advisor, another musicologist/ethnomusicologist will be designated as chair.) The student consults with the advisor and other members of the faculty to choose survey and topic areas. It is the student’s responsibility to convey this information to the graduate administrator by 31 May (Year 1).The written exam is in six sections. Answers will normally be graded by the entire musicology and ethnomusicology faculty. The student must pass at least four out of six sections of the written exam to be admitted to the oral exam,After the written exam, the student will be notified if s/he has been admitted to the oral exam. Students who do not advance to the oral exam may be considered for the Master’s degree (see below).The oral exam will take place during the second week of classes at a time determined by the faculty. It will normally be conducted by the entire musicology and ethnomusicology faculty.Students who have failed one or at most two sections of the written exam and who otherwise have performed well on the oral exam and in the program as a whole may be permitted to retake those sections. In such cases the committee will settle on a date, ideally sometime toward the end of fall quarter. At that time the student will retake the relevant sections under identical conditions: a timed exam with new questions based on the original bibliography and repertoire lists, followed by a shorter oral exam focused only on these sections.After the oral exam, the faculty will make two determinations: first, whether the student has passed all or part of the qualifying exam; second, whether s/he should be advanced to candidacy. Advancement to candidacy occurs only when a majority of the faculty agrees the student has: (1) passed both portions of the qualifying exam; (2) made good overall progress in the program to date; and (3) has the potential to successfully complete the requirements of the degree program, including writing and defending a Ph.D. dissertation. Students who do not meet one or more of these conditions may be considered for the M.A.To be considered for the M.A., the student must pass at least a substantial portion of the qualifying exam. S/he must also have shown satisfactory progress in the program to date, including the successful passage or completion of at least: (1) 45 units of coursework; (2) one language exam; (3) seven Music 310 courses (or sanctioned substitutions); and (3) eight quarters’ worth of: Music 200(A, B), 300(A, B), 305(A, B, C), and 312(A, B). Students awarded the M.A. will normally continue in the program through the end of the fall quarter (Year 3).After completion of the oral exam (and regardless of the outcome), committee members must obtain a Qualifying Examination Report from the graduate administrator, sign the form, and return it to the graduate administrator. Should the advisor choose to provide a letter to the student, a copy should be sent to the Graduate Student Services Office (GSSO). Special Area ExamDoctoral candidates in musicology must pass the Special Area Examination no later than the end of autumn quarter in Year IV. FormatPart 1.Essays on special topics in the candidate’s chosen dissertation field (written: 3 hours).Part 2.A take-home essay in the candidate’s field, with bibliography (written: 24 hours).Part 3.Translation of and commentary on one or more texts in the candidate’s field; ordinarily in the primary language of the candidate’s research, but may also include examination in the secondary language. The exam must be in a non-native language (written: 3 hours).Part 4.Oral defense of the dissertation-proposal draft, in the following steps:a.Appointment of committee, normally three members, potentially the readers of the dissertationb.Submission of a proposal draft to committee members in advance of the examc.One-hour oral exam d.Revision of the proposal, taking into account suggestions made during and after the examination processe.Submission of revised draft to the committee members. The final, approved proposal should be sent to the graduate administrator directly by the adviser indicating his/her approval of same.ProceduresThe examining committee will consist of the student’s graduate adviser, a chair (not the adviser) from the student’s program, and a third faculty member. The exam committee will normally correspond to the eventual dissertation reading committee. Step 1.The student consults with the adviser to choose two further committee members, and asks prospective members to serve. It is the student’s responsibility to finalize committee membership, schedule both the written and oral portions of the exam, and convey this information to the committee and graduate administrator.Step 2.At least two weeks prior to the exam, the student should submit a draft of the dissertation proposal to the committee. (The adviser should submit written questions to the graduate administrator at least 24 hours before the first scheduled written portion.)Step 3.After completion of the oral exam (and regardless of the outcome), committee members must obtain a Special Area Examination Report from the graduate administrator, sign the form, and return it to the graduate administrator. Should the adviser choose to provide a letter to the student, a copy should be sent to the Graduate Student Services Office (GSSO). PhD DissertationAfter the first two years of graduate study, the student concentrates on research and writing of the dissertation. The dissertation demonstrates the student’s ability to work systematically and independently to produce an essay of competent scholarship.Scope of the DissertationThe dissertation should be as long as a scholarly monograph and make a significant contribution to the field.Preparing and Submitting the PhD Dissertation ProposalThe dissertation proposal for the PhD is part of the Special-Area Exam and must be approved by the student’s special-area examination committee. See “Special Area Examination, Procedures, Step 3” above.Recommended Guidelines for PhD Dissertation ProposalsPassed by the Academic Council Teaching Faculty, February, 1997A preliminary [draft] of the dissertation proposal should be finished by the end of the spring quarter of the third year. The final proposal should be submitted as part of the Special-Area Exams so that it may be approved no later than the end of the first quarter of the fourth year.Recommended length for the dissertation proposal is between 3,000–6,000 words (10–20 [+] pp.), including (additionally) a full bibliography. The precise format is open, but the proposal should cover the following areas:Working titleBrief description (in abstract form) of project (c. 2 pp.), including a provisional justification of its significance and relation to existing work in the field, some indication of methodology(ies) informing this work, whether historical/ documentary, theoretical, experimental, analytical, critical, cross-disciplinary etc.A more detailed summary of existing scholarship in the field (and closely related fields, as applicable). Give as clear as possible an idea which prior work will be most important for the present study, and ways in which this study will constitute a significant contribution to the field (5–15 pp.). An annotated bibliography might serve this purpose, up to a point; however, some contextualized discussion of the literature and its relation to the proposed topic is desirable.Detail as closely as is possible, at this stage, your plans for proceeding: general methodological premises (starting point); anticipated stages of research; anticipated structure of dissertation; structure of the underlying argument/thesis (as far as this applies); order in which material will be presented, discussed, analyzed, with reference to specific compositions, primary sources, research, or other types of material to be considered. To the extent that results and conclusions remain contingent on findings of research, try to set out the nature of these contingencies, and the nature and variety of possible or foreseen results (5–15 pp.). If possible, include an outline of proposed sections, chapters, and subheadings for the dissertation.Bibliography (with optional annotations)Appointment of a Reading Committee for the PhD DissertationThe notice of appointment of a Reading Committee should be submitted to the department at the same time as the approved dissertation proposal and the completion of the Special-Area Exam. It is the responsibility of the student, with the advice of his or her adviser, to approach appropriate faculty members and obtain their consent to serve on the reading committee.Obtain the form; obtain committee members’ signatures; return to the department office.?Doctoral Dissertation Reading Committee Form: Degrees: Dissertations and Dissertation Reading Committees (GAP 4.8) Oral ExaminationThe University Oral Exam is generally taken near the completion of the dissertation. The student proposes four (or more) department faculty members to serve as examiners using the University Oral Examination Schedule. [These four (or more) faculty members will ordinarily include the members of the reading committee.] The Department chair must approve all examination committee members by signing off on the form. The University Orals Chair (a member of the Academic Council Teaching Faculty) is selected from another department, in consultation with the student, the student’s adviser and the music department chair. Unless the student or adviser is more comfortable with the role, the graduate administrator will contact the candidate for Orals Chair.It should be noted that the student, in consultation with the major professor, is responsible 1) for determining the availability and willingness to serve of all necessary committee members, and 2) for arranging an examination time convenient to all. [Allow time for this — at least a month! It can be difficult to coordinate the schedules of five busy people.]. The examination may not be scheduled during the first two weeks of the quarter nor after the last day of instruction in any quarter. Students are strongly urged to schedule these exams in some quarter other than the summer quarter!Candidates for the PhD degree must be registered at the time the PhD oral exams are taken and University “holds” must be cleared before registration for the orals can be completed.When a suitable examination time has been found, fill out the University Oral Examination Schedule, including a list of the examiners’ names; give the form to the graduate administrator, along with an abstract (described below). You will receive a packet confirming date, time and location. Again, this process should commence at least a month before the proposed date of the exam!A one- or two-page abstract should be submitted to the Department when submitting the request for University Oral Examination. The abstract will be attached to the Orals Committee form and given to the Exam Committee as a briefing of the topic of the exam.?University Oral Examination Schedule: Degrees: University Oral Examinations and Committees (GAP 4.7) announcement of your University Oral is sent to Public Events for publication in the Stanford Report. The topic listed on this announcement is the dissertation title shown on your University Oral Examination Schedule, unless you have advised the Music Department office in writing of a change. To assure that the announcement copy is accurate, please check with the graduate administrator three weeks before your exam.Schedule of the Dissertation Oral Examination1.Open Sessiona.Presentation of the dissertation by the candidate (50 min.)The student should begin by explaining how the topic of the dissertation is situated within the immediate field. Following that, the student presents a summary of the structure and content of the individual chapters, discussing also relevant points of methodology.b.Questions (10 min.)c.Break (10 min.)2.Closed sessiona.Questions from the committee (50 min.)b.Voting by the committee (10 min.)c.Notification of the student3.AdjournmentPreparing the PhD Dissertation for Submission to the UniversityBefore beginning preparation of the final project for submission to the Registrar, students should familiarize themselves with the Registrar’s instructions for electronic and/or hard copy paper dissertation submissions.?Instructions for Submission of the Dissertation (both hard and electronic processes): follow all instructions carefully, or the Registrar may not accept your submission!?Video for Electronic Submission (very helpful!): RILM AbstractAn abstract is to be prepared by the candidate for publication in RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. It will be published just as it is submitted, so the author and advisor are urged to check its contents very carefully. Please see the RILM site (or your advisor, or Mimi Tashiro in the Music Library) for instructions about submitting your dissertation abstract to them, Information you should know!In this section you will find…Graduation General InformationFinancial Aid OpportunitiesStudent OpportunitiesGraduation General InformationConferral Of DegreesStudents should apply to graduate on Axess just before or early in the conferral term in order to allow sufficient time for department and Graduate Degree Progress review of degree requirements—preferably in the second week of the degree quarter, but definitely before the deadline published in the Stanford Academic Calendar ) as “Application deadline for _____ Quarter degree conferral.” (Note that the deadline for spring commencement is at the end of the second week of the quarter!) Recommending lists of students who have applied for conferral of graduate degrees are reviewed by the Registrar and the Department to verify completion of degree requirements. Students who wish to defer their conferral date must file another application for a later quarter and withdraw the one they have made previously. Application to graduate is made in Axess. Late applications and withdrawal of the application to graduate are made by visiting the information windows at the Student Services Center and completing the appropriate paper form.?Applying to Graduate: certificates are sent to students who have been awarded degrees for all but Spring-quarter (see below). Transcripts verifying conferral of degrees may also be requested on Axess and obtained from the Registrar’s Office.?Degree Certification: CommencementCommencement ceremonies are held each June for students who have received degrees in the previous Summer, Autumn, Winter, and the current Spring quarters. Students who wish to receive their diplomas at June commencement must apply, via Axess, by the deadline printed in the Academic Calendar to allow adequate time for preparation of the diploma. Information on commencement activities and distribution of diplomas is sent by the Registrar’s Office in early April to the address provided in Axess. Students indicate in Axess at the time of submitting the application to graduate whether they would like to receive their diploma at commencement ceremonies or have it mailed to them.Students who expect to complete their degree requirements in Summer Quarter but wish to participate in commencement activities in advance of conferral of their degree must notify the graduate administrator via email prior to May 31. Walk-through petitions are approved for students who are in good standing and are not on the June degree list.?Late applications to graduate and withdrawal of application to graduate must be made with hard copy forms available at: Official Stanford Commencement site has complete information about University commencement activities: provide the above link to parents and friends who may wish to attend! Music’s departmental ceremony occurs in Campbell Recital Hall at ~12:30 pm on the same Sunday as the University commencement (usually the 3rd Sunday in June). This provides anyone interested in attending the University’s stadium ceremony ample time to amble back up the hill to Braun for Music’s diploma-award ceremony and gala reception immediately following in the adjacent Courtyard.RegaliaBelow is the “last word” about regalia and hoods.MAWhite = Arts. However, this is usually academic arts, like musicology or theory.Pink = Music. This is the more professional or “performer-ish” side. Usually composers, conductors, and the MST Master’s students should get this one, unless they really want the white for whatever reason.DMAPink. That’s right: pink. (Sorry, guys.)Ph.D.ALL (Musicology, Music & Humanities, and CCRMA) should get the darkish “Philosophy blue,” because you’re getting a Doctor of PHILOSOPHY, even though it is in Music. (Note: This is where the bookstore often has misunderstandings.)You may order your commencement regalia at the bookstore, if you intend to participate in the graduation ceremony(ies) in June. Deadline for ordering regalia from the bookstore is usually April 30th.There is also a cap and gown supplier that offers discounted regalia. Their site is: QuarterStudents who meet the requirements defined by the Registrar, and described on the form (available using the link below), may enroll in their final quarter at a special tuition rate of $100.?Graduation Quarter Petition: Obligations While you are a Stanford student, whether registered or not, you will receive a University Bill containing information about all charges and credits on your account for a given quarter.Most financial aid awarded for the quarter will appear as a credit on your bill. The aid included on your bill includes scholarships, grants, and outside awards (agency support, honors). Teaching and research assistantships are salaried positions and the monies from this employment will not appear on your University Bill. ?For complete information concerning your University bill and payment procedures/options, see: Aid PlanFellowship (1st year)The tuition grant is automatically applied to the tuition charge on your university bill. The stipend is paid as a quarterly check. Unless you make special arrangements with the Financial Office, the stipend will automatically be applied to outstanding charges on your university bill, with any balance issued as a refund check. Research or Teaching Assistantships (2nd through 5th years and both summers)International Students: Note that you will need to apply for a Social Security number as it is required on the I-9 form. Please see Bechtel for information about where and how to apply for the Social Security number at the start of Spring Quarter in your first year! will not receive any funding for paid summers and Years II, III, IV or V without first submitting:INS I-9, plus enclosuresComplete in late spring or summer of your first year;(You must complete this form in person with the appropriate form(s) of identification.See Velda Williams, Financial Officer, in the central Braun office for further information.)IRS W-4File on-line in Axess under the employee tab (which will appear in your Axess tabs just prior to the start of your first term as a Teaching Assistant),LA-6, for international students/non-residentsComplete in late spring or summer of your first year; see the Financial Officer for this form.?Sign up for Direct Deposit in Axess at your earliest opportunity! tuition grant associated with your assistantship is automatically applied to the tuition charge on your university bill.Your TA or RA salary is paid semi-monthly on the 7th and 22nd of each month. If those dates fall on a weekend, the checks come to the department on the preceding Friday (and will be available from the Financial Officer), or are directly deposited to your bank account (if you have made arrangements for direct deposit: see above). There are six pay periods (hence, six paychecks) in Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters. Summer quarters are two weeks shorter than the AWS quarters, and there are only four pay periods in summer quarter.Note that for any “pay period” (i.e. 9/16-9/30) the paycheck for that period will be received by the student on the next scheduled pay day (i.e. 10/7).Teaching and Research Assistantships (which include both summers and years 2–5 of graduate aid) are entered on a schedule that corresponds to the following calendar:Pay Period for Research Assistants:Corresponding Pay Dateson the 7th and 22nd of each month beginning:Autumn Quarter: 10/1 to 12/3110/22 and running through 1/7 (6 paychecks)Winter Quarter: 1/1 to 3/311/22 and running through 4/7 (6 paychecks)Spring Quarter: 4/1 to 6/304/22 and running through 7/7 (6 paychecks)Summer Quarter for AWS RAs: 7/1 to 8/317/22 and running through 9/7 (4 paychecks)Summer Qtr for TAs on Alt Sched: 6/16 to 8/157/7 and running through 8/22 (4 paychecks)Please visit the financial folks at the Student Services Center upstairs in Tresidder Memorial Union [] with questions you may have about your stipend checks or university bills. [N.B. If you have questions you’d like to run by music administration prior to visiting the Student Services Center, know that the graduate and department administrators have the ability to see your student bill online (as you do).] FormatYear I: Full fellowship and full tuition (12–18 units tuition per quarter; living stipend)Years II and III: Half-time TA responsibility and half-time tuition (8–10 units tuition per quarter; teaching assistant salary)Years IV and V: Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow (8–10 units tuition in the first quarter of the 4th year and TGR tuition thereafter; research salary)Summer: Support is provided for two summers during the student’s aid tenure. PhD CCRMA and DMAs take their first summer of aid between years I and II; PhD Musicologists, between years II and III, both in preparation for Quals (8–10 units of tuition; research salary). The second summer of aid for all doctoral students is taken between years III and IV in preparation for the Special-Area Examination. Summer funds not taken during these specified times will be forfeited.MoniesFirst-year fellowship students will receive full tuition (11-18 units, 15 recommended), paid directly to Stanford, and a stipend for the academic year; that is, a check (or a direct deposit to your bank account arranged through Axess) on the first day of each Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters.Students in their second through fifth years will receive either 50% TA, or 50% RA salaries. The Teaching Assistantship salary is paid in 18 semi-monthly installments (i.e. 6 pay periods per quarter), plus half-time tuition (8–10 units per enrolled quarter).All doctoral students in music are expected to achieve Terminal Graduate Registration (TGR) status by the end of the first quarter of the fourth year (12th enrolled quarter). For the final two quarters of the fourth year and all of year five graduates will receive TGR tuition per quarter (up to 3 units; must register in Music 801 or Music 802), and an annual salary.?Minimum Assistantship Salaries: and Fees: teaching component of your graduate work: Privileges and responsibilitiesTeaching is an integral part of the graduate academic program. Your dedication and commitment as a Teaching Assistant is important to your own future career path, as well as to Stanford’s core teaching mission. Your success as a Teaching Assistant is crucial to completing a doctoral course of study at Stanford University. All students in the doctoral programs will spend at least two years (six quarters) working half-time (20 hours/week) as Teaching Assistants (figured as an obligation of 20 hours per week for each quarterly course). In the event of departmental need, the School of Humanities and Sciences has directed departments to require students in their fourth or fifth years to serve as TAs. In the event of such an occurrence, the fifth year student would be compensated at the TA rate, rather than the RA rate, for her/his stipend; such substitutions of type of quarter are not reversible (i.e., “losing” a quarter of RA to TA is not compensated by an additional RA quarter later in time).TAing must be taken seriously. This includes complete collaboration with the faculty member teaching the course, course preparation, assignment and examination preparation and grading, holding regular office hours, and making yourself available to assist both the professor and all the students as needed. Each TA is required to be trained (by taking and passing both the Diagnostic Examination and the Music 280 course in the first year), and (for students whose first language is not English) to demonstrate proficiency in English sufficient to teach. Failure to pass the English proficiency exam could lead to loss of funding. (See, “International-Student-TA English Screening”, below.)Graduate-Student TeachingGraduate-student teaching assignments are made based on enrollment size of the course and the need for additional qualified teaching assistance to the faculty charged with teaching the course. The graduate administrator in consultation with the Music Theory Coordinator and course instructors allocates assignments.In keeping with the nature of the academic job market, the department ideally tries to designate TA assignments such that at least half the courses are in the student’s main area of study with the other half in either related fields or as “general music” courses. Thus, for example, a PhD in Musicology will have a core of courses in the 40 or 140 series and/or the general music courses; a PhD at CCRMA would be assigned to 251, the 220 or 250 series, 320, etc.; a DMA would work in the theory/analysis sequence (21–23; 121–122C).Graduate-student teaching is both supervised and evaluated. By “supervision,” we mean faculty providing advice and suggestions on planning of teaching, as well clear direction on what materials need to be covered over what period of time. By “evaluation,” we mean a series of conferences and/or one or two classroom observations by a faculty member of the graduate student currently engaged in teaching, as well as the formal University evaluation provided to the students about the TA’s teaching.A copy of the official course evaluations (completed by the students from the class via Axess) is available to each TA under the “Instructor” tab in Axess. The most important purpose of such evaluations is to help the graduate student improve his or her teaching effectiveness. Teaching, as a professional communication process, should not be viewed as a private activity exempt from professional criticism. Another purpose of evaluation is to enable faculty members, when writing recommendations to possible employers, to comment usefully on the graduate student’s teaching qualities.Teaching Stanford undergraduates is a privilege and not a right. In the event that your work as a Teaching Assistant is deemed unacceptable you may be removed from the position and forfeit the Teaching part of your graduate stipend.Teaching is extremely rewarding when done with devotion and commitment.TA Training Course: Music 280, Spring QuarterCourse Description: TA Training Course [Music 280] Instructors: Alex Hay and Victoria Chang; Fridays, 12:00 noon/1 unit-S/NC grading only.TA training is required for doctoral students serving as Teaching Assistants. The course includes orientation to resources at Stanford, guest presentations on principles of common teaching activities, and supervised teaching experience, among other topics.Note: Students entering in Autumn 2015 must take Music 280 in the Spring quarter 2016.Music graduate students teach undergraduate students and other graduate students. It is not uncommon for our graduate students to have relationships with other students (both at the graduate and undergraduate level). Given this situation, Lauren Schoenthaler, staff attorney in the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) and Susan Weersing, Associate Dean, Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, request that you become familiar with Stanford’s Policy on Sexual Harassment and Consensual Sexual or Romantic Relationships (Bulletin, - text-sexuharaconssexuromarela. Graduate students teaching a class that includes another student with whom the student has a relationship should not be evaluating that student. The key language is as follows:Where such a relationship exists, the person in the position of greater authority or power will bear the primary burden of accountability, and must ensure that he or she—and this is particularly important for teachers—does not exercise any supervisory or evaluative function over the other person in the relationship. Where such recusal is required, the recusing party must also notify his or her supervisor, department chair or dean, so that such chair, dean or supervisor can exercise his or her responsibility to evaluate the adequacy of the alternative supervisory or evaluative arrangements to be put in place.?Required Training for Teaching Assistants: Harassment Policy Office: Center for Teaching and Learning–Teaching Commons is an especially valuable resource for TAs, offering workshops on techniques, etc. Notification is disseminated via e-mail to all grad students. CTL has developed some really useful tools to assist faculty, graduate students and other instructors in creating a syllabus. This information may be found at Teaching Commons: English ScreeningBefore non-native-English-speakers can TA, they must be tested for English proficiency. Non-native-English-speaking permanent residents are NOT necessarily nor automatically exempted. Such students should check with Allison Kopp in the English for Foreign Students office (EFS—follow the process outlined in the contact link below). If it is required and not done, the student cannot be paid as a Teaching Assistant, so this is not a “soft” requirement!Screening must be done well before TAing begins—preferably in the winter quarter of the first year of study at Stanford, since summer is iffy and TAing starts in the fall. If the student does not pass the screening, the course(s) he or she will be required to take is (are) offered in Spring quarter. Students do NOT need to prepare for this screening, which consists of a simulated office-hour situation in which a student asks questions of the TA. The EFS office in Axess will note “OK to TA” certification). Students are asked to bring a textbook on the subject matter they will be teaching: since assignments may not be made by the time this should be done, an undergraduate text from the student’s specialty will do. If you’re a composer, for instance, see a professor who’s teaching Music 19, 21, 22, 23, or any of the 122 series; if you’re a musicologist, see someone who teaches 40, 41, or 42; if you’re a CCRMAlite, see the instructor of Music 251, 220A/B/C, 250A/B, or 320.?English for Foreign Students (EFS): In Addition To Assistantship AppointmentAs opportunities come up to make extra money (e.g., reading and grading papers and/or exams), please note the university policies on hours:Students on a 50%-time assistantship (i.e. working 20 hours per week) may not be employed more than an additional eight hours a week: those eight hours cannot be in another assistantship position.International students on F-1 and J-1 visas are limited to a total of 20 hours of employment per week, including their assistantship appointment. (TAships are considered to be 20 hours per week (half-time)) [N.B. International students: Please check with the I-Center for up-to-date information regarding summer work. ]Applied Music Lessons & Scholarship SupportApplied music lessons for music majors and music graduate students, are currently available at the cost of $325 per quarter (these costs are in addition to fees for tuition credits). There are minimum-proficiency requirements for private study; acceptance into an instructor’s studio is by audition. Audition signups are done online via the Music web site.?Audition and Lesson Information: you sign up for lessons, either in Axess or directly with an instructor, and THEN decide that you do NOT wish to take lessons that quarter, you MUST drop the course in Axess prior to the add/drop deadline – 5:00 PM on the third Friday of each quarter.Failure to comply will result in your being billed for lessons!The Friends of Music (FoM) at Stanford provides both full (to music majors and grads) and partial (to non-majors) scholarship support to students who would be unable to take private lessons without financial assistance. Funds to support these scholarships are raised by Friends members through fundraising activities and private contributions. Each scholarship recipient is required to send a thank-you note to his or her patron, to invite the patron to concerts in which he or she is performing, and to attend an orientation meeting and scholarship reception (if you are sent an invitation). Failure to do any of these things will result in the forfeiture of the scholarship: PLEASE read the instructions accompanying the application completely to avoid heartache later!?Friends of Music Lesson Scholarships: Service for Off-Campus Teaching and PerformingThe Department receives frequent requests for musicians to perform and/or teach off-campus. If you need the income or the experience, please get your teacher’s written recommendation, and have your name entered in the departmental list of Recommended Students.The department keeps a “gig list” – an email list of students wishing to be informed of possible performance opportunities on and off campus. If you’re interested in picking up some extra spending money and are happy to perform for dinners, weddings, mall extravaganzas etc., contact the Receptionist, Ardis Walling about how to get on the email gig list!NOTE: Department facilities and instruments may NOT be used for private teaching [it is Stanford University policy that no university facilities may be used for private gain]: all such activity must take place outside the Music building!Outside Fellowships, Post-Degree Plans, Career Planning And PlacementThe department and the university encourage matriculated graduate students to apply for outside fellowships. Registers of sources of outside fellowships, including brief descriptions and application deadlines, are available in the Financial Aid Office, [], and in the Bechtel International Center () [for international fellowships]. Current flyers are posted on the bulletin board in the back hallway, and any announcements received from H&S or faculty are forwarded via e-mail to all grad rmation about Dissertation Fellowships in the Humanities is available at the Stanford Humanities Center . Well in advance of his/her expected graduation, each student should consult with the major adviser and with members of the reading committee concerning career plans and the strategies and conventions for obtaining either outside fellowships or faculty positions. Announcements of faculty job openings are posted on the back bulletin board and/or emailed to students (depending on how the information is sent to the department). A completed placement folder should be on file at Career Development Center (CDC) (). The CDC also offers group seminars and individual counseling for job seekers.Exchange Scholar ProgramOpen to matriculated graduate students, this program enables students to take courses not offered at Stanford. Participating institutions include the University of California (Berkeley and San Francisco campuses), Brown University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University.?Exchange Scholar Program (GAP 5.8): contact Sue Emory (emory@stanford.edu) for details about the exchange scholar program. Application for Exchange Program at UC Berkeley or UC San Francisco: Services at StanfordStanford has a well established network of support services that includes: Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), The Bridge Peer Counseling Center, graduate residence staff, the Office for Religious Life, the Dean of Students Office, and the Graduate Life Office. To meet the needs of a diverse student body, Stanford provides many points of contact for students seeking help. (A list of many of these resources, in no particular order, is below.) Please know that you are always welcome to ask the office staff or faculty advisers for assistance. Graduate Life Office Provost for Graduate Education Health Center of Accessible Education & Access Office International Center Affairs for Religious Life American Activities Center Community Services Center Centro Chicano American Cultural Program Community Resources Center’s Center UniversityDepartment of Music94305-3076(650) 725-3101DMA Final Project Reading Committee FormThis form is used to appoint a DMA Reading Committee. The notice of appointment of a D.M.A. Final Project Reading Committee should be submitted to the department at the same time as the approved final project proposal and the completion of the special area exam. [NOTE: The University requires submission of the Reading Committee Form prior to a student going TGR.] It is the responsibility of the student, with the advice of his or her adviser, to approach appropriate faculty members and obtain their consent to serve on the reading committee.The membership of the reading committee is the principal final project adviser and a minimum of two additional members. [N.B. At least two (2) committee members will be Academic Council (i.e., Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, or other rank designated by the University). The third member may be someone with relevant expertise in some aspect of the material of the defense and will be agreed to by both the candidate and the Doctoral Final Project Adviser. A fourth member is optional.] Each member of the final project reading committee will certify on the signature page for the final copy of the project submitted to the University that the work is of acceptable scope and quality. NAME:Student No.:Working Project Title:The DMA Final Project reading committee will consist of:PrincipalAdviserPrinted NameSignatureDateSecondReaderPrinted NameSignatureDateThirdReaderPrinted NameSignatureDateOther(Optional)ReaderPrinted NameSignatureDateDepartmental Approval:DepartmentChairPrinted NameSignatureDateDept Admin. Verification/PS Input:NameDate ................
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