Academic Year 2010-11

Semester I
September 4
Orientation & Class Tour
September 11
Classes & Rehearsals Begin
November 27
Thanksgiving Holiday Week
No Classes or Rehearsals
December 4
Classes & Rehearsals Resume
December 11 - January 7
Winter Break
No Classes or Rehearsals
January 8
Classes & Rehearsals Resume
Janurary 15
Final Exams
January 22
Final Exams

Semester II
January 29
Classes & Rehearsals Resume
February 6 - 13
Mid-Winter Break
No Classes or Rehearsals
February 22
Classes & Rehearsals Resume
April 30
Final Exams
May 7
Final Exams
May 9 - 11
Performance Juries
May 14
Annual Picnic
May 16
Graduation Recital

Senior Division
ACADEMIC COURSE PROGRESSION
The following schedule is a typical overview of the Academic Program course progression.

Year I
Music Theory I
Ear Training I
Music History I – Survey
Collegiate/Performance Preparation Class (grades 8 & up)
Final Jury Exams

Year II
Music Theory II
Ear Training II
Dalcroze at the Keyboard
Music History II – Baroque through Early Romantic music
Collegiate/Performance Preparation Class (grades 8 & up)
Final Jury Exams

Year III
Counterpoint
Ear Training III – 19th and 20th Century music\
Music History
Composition
Collegiate/Performance Preparation Class (grades 8 & up)
Final Jury Exams

Year IV
20th Century Music Techniques
Ear Training IV
Music History – Special Topics
Conducting and Orchestration (* Offered in alternating years)
Collegiate/Performance Preparation Class (grades 8 & up)
Final Jury Exams

Year V-VIII
Advanced Music Theory Seminar – Special Topics
Advanced Ear Training
Music History – Special Topics
Keyboard Harmony (non-pianists)/Adv. Piano Literature (pianists)
Final Jury Exams