06.01 General Information Master of Music in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music, Performance and Literature, Opera (stage directing), Music Education, Early Music, Composition, Conducting (choral or orchestral), and Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media (performance or writing). Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music, Performance and Literature, Music Education, Early Music, Composition, Conducting…
05.13 Reinstatement into Graduate Degree Program Students who have been on a Leave of Absence, or those who have not maintained continuous registration, for longer than three consecutive years and who wish to be considered for reinstatement into a graduate degree program at the Eastman School of Music must contact the chair of their respective…
05.12 Resolving Problems A variety of difficulties may arise during a graduate student’s degree-study. If things are not going smoothly between the student and the major applied teacher, advice should be sought from the relevant applied department chair and/or the Senior Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs. Problems with other courses should be taken…
05.11 Graduate Student Association All graduate students at Eastman are automatically members of the Graduate Student Association (GSA), the primary purpose of which is to provide an effective forum for communication among graduate students and a communication channel between those students and the faculty and administrative officers of Eastman and the University of Rochester. This…
05.10 Graduate Calendar The Graduate Calendar is maintained by the Graduate Studies Office, and can be found on following web page: www.esm.rochester.edu/grad/current.
05.09 Graduation Graduate degrees are conferred in August, October, December, March and May of each academic year. It is the student’s responsibility to verify with his or her academic advisor and with the Registrar’s Office that all degree requirements have been satisfied. The student must also complete a Degree Application with the Registrar’s Office at least…
05.08 Graduate Scholarships and Stipends Benefits Health-Insurance Policy Coverage for Eastman Doctoral Students (effective Fall 2019) The following policy pertains only to doctoral students at Eastman (DMA and PhD) who matriculate in fall 2019 and thereafter. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2019 fall under the previous policy. New Policy: Doctoral students who teach 10…
05.07 Eligibility for Graduate Scholarships and Stipends A graduate student with an assistantship is not required by the School to enroll as a full-time student, though the student must make satisfactory academic progress toward degree completion during the period in which s/he holds a Scholarship and Stipend, as discussed in section 5.06 above. To maintain…
05.06.04 Dismissal In cases where a student is unable to remove themselves from Financial Aid Probation after one full semester, they will be dismissed from studies at the Eastman School of Music. Once a student has been dismissed, they are not permitted to re-apply for future graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music
05.06.03 Financial Aid Probation Graduate students on Financial Aid Warning who do not satisfy the requirements outlined by the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies to remove themselves from warning status within one semester will be placed on Financial Aid Probation. A student placed on Financial Aid Probation is ineligible to receive Title IV federal aid,…