Music Handbook and Resources

General Information

General degree information and course descriptions can be found in the University Handbook.

Academic Policies

• Recital Attendance Policy
• Ensemble Information and Requirements
• Competency Requirements
• Senior Capstone Requirement
• Declaring a Major
• Five-year Double Degree Policies

Assessment of Student Work

• Juries
• Sophomore Proficiency Examinations
• Piano Proficiency

Student Governance

• Student Advisory Board

Scheduling Policies

• Accompanists
• General Recital Information
• Scheduling Practice Rooms
• Event Scheduling Policy
• Room Reservation Policy

Recital and Concert Policies

• Recital and Concert Program Policy
• Recital and Concert Poster Policy
• Press Release Guidelines

Miscellaneous Policies

• Fees for Applied Lessons, Group Classes, Dance Courses, and Student Teaching
• Green Center Building Usage by Outside Organizations
• Internships
• Locker Usage
• Keyboard Usage Policy (Piano, Organ, Harpsichord)
• Professional Organizations and Honor Societies

• Robert Gable's posts are organized by title of piece; categories are by period in American history

• "A daily web log that allows invited contemporary composers to share their thoughts and ideas on any topic that interests them"

• Musicology student Jason Hibbard writes contemporary thoughts on "mostly classical music"

• Washington D.C. blog on music, art and literature

• Perceptions of DePauw music faculty member Scott Spiegelberg

• Composer, critic, musicologist and music professor Kyle Gann on "music after the fact"

• Tim Rutherford-Johnson, PhD candidate in musicology

• Blog of Daniel Wolf, American composer in Germany

• Articles and blog of Alex Ross, music critic of the New Yorker