School of Music
Dates & Deadlines
This page contains important dates and deadlines specific to operations and academics in the 海角社区 School of Music.
Not all university鈥搇evel dates and deadlines are necessarily represented on this calendar. Please consult the official 海角社区 Academic Calendar for an exhaustive listing of all dates and deadlines across the 海角社区 system. The official academic calendar is the overruling authority in the event of a disparity / mismatch with information on this page.
This page was last updated on July 22, 2025.
Fall 2025
August
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11 |
Group Excused Absence Requests Due |
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17-24 |
海角社区 Welcome Week |
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18 |
Group Excused Absences Distributed to Faculty |
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19-23 |
CMDA Boot Camp |
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19 |
New Faculty Summit (Academic Affairs) |
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20 |
CMDA College Faculty & Staff Meeting
School of Music Faculty & Staff Meeting
Lunch for all Faculty & Staff
Curriculum Retreat Planning Group Meeting
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21 |
CMDA College Faculty & Staff Meeting
Diagnostic Exams:
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22 |
Learning and Teaching Collaborative: 9:00am 鈥� 1:00pm
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25 |
Classes Begin |
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26 |
CMDA Graduate Student Mixer with Light Breakfast
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29 |
Course Syllabi Due
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September
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1 |
Campus Closed - Labor Day Holiday |
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3 |
Last Day to Drop Courses without Receiving the Grade of "W" (Must be completed by 4:30pm) |
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4 |
Executive Committee Meeting
Last day to add courses or make section changes (Must be completed by 4:30pm) Final date for Degree Only resolution of editors' corrections to theses and dissertations (Must be submitted by 4:30pm) |
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5 |
Final date for submitting to the graduate school Application for Degree to be awarded at Fall Commencement (Must be submitted by 4:30pm) Final date for submitting to the graduate school Request for Final Defense (comprehensive exam, thesis/dissertation defense) for degrees to be awarded at Fall Commencement (Must be submitted by 4:30pm) |
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10 |
CMDA Student Travel Grant Application Due at 5:00pm |
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11 |
CMDA Research Roundtable
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12 |
General Exam Questions due to Trey Davis (treydavis@lsu.edu) (Must be submitted by 4:30pm) |
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17-19 |
Doctoral General Exams (Written Portion) |
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19 |
Sabbatical leave applications for 2026-2027 due in Elements |
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25 |
Faculty Meeting
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October
|
9 |
CMDA Research Roundtable
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16-17 |
Fall Holiday |
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21 |
Midterm Grades Due (Must be submitted by 9:00am) |
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23 |
Tenured Faculty Meeting
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30 |
Faculty Meeting
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31 |
Tenure track faculty reports on promotion, tenure, and reappointment due to Dr. Byo (jbyo@lsu.edu) |
November
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1 |
Kids Orchestra Event in School of Music and MDA Buildings |
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3 |
Final date for submitting to the Graduate School committee examination reports and uploading committee-approved theses and dissertations for those graduating in December 2025 Final date for dissertation title changes Deadline for submitting studio recital and recruitment/engagement events for Spring 2026 semester. (Must be submitted through Event Request Form by 4:30pm) |
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4 |
Recommendations for Promotion & Tenure along with 3rd Year Reviews due to Dr. Byo (jbyo@lsu.edu) |
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7 |
Last day to drop courses or resign from the University (Must be completed by 4:30pm) |
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13 |
Executive Committee meeting
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17 |
Deadline to submit marketing information for Spring 2026 events (Must be submitted through Marketing Information Form by 4:30pm) |
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20 |
Faculty Meeting
Mentor and Peer Reviewer reports for non-tenured faculty due to Dr. Byo (jbyo@lsu.edu) |
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24 |
Graduate School: Final Resolution of Editors' Requested Corrections to Theses & Dissertations Non-Thesis Exam Report Deadline for Graduating Students |
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26-28 |
Thanksgiving Holiday: Campus Closed
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December
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1 |
Priority Application Deadline for Graduate Students |
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3-7 |
Concentrated Study Period Begins |
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5 |
Graduate Assistant Evaluations Due from Supervisors Graduate Assistant Self-Evaluations Due |
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6 |
Classed End Graduate Schoo: Last day to submit grades for "Incompletes" from Spring or Summer previous semesters |
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8-13 |
Final Exams and Juries |
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12 |
Graduate audition time requests due to Lauren Stanford (lestanford@lsu.edu) Deadline for graduate pre-screening decisions on Slate |
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17 |
Grades due by 9:00am Executive Committee Meeting
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18 |
Commencement Activities
Graduate School: Defense deadline for degree-only graduates |
Spring 2026
Meetings in bold are mandatory. Deadlines or dates in bold are high-priority.
(This is a partial calendar. Check back in December for the full Spring Calendar)
January
|
Week of the 5th |
Opening Faculty Meetings |
|
12 |
Classes Begin |
|
17-20 |
LMEA Conference & All-State, New Orleans |
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21 |
CMDA Student Travel Grant Applications Due at 5:00pm |
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23 |
Initial nominations due for Distinguished Dissertation Award and Dissertation Year Fellowship (further materials will be required for selected nominees) |
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24 |
Audition Day 1 |
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31 |
Audition Day 2 |
February
|
5-7 |
Stately Oaks Festival |
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13 |
First-Round GSTA Nominations Due |
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16 |
Deadline to submit guest artist proposals for the 2026-2027 production season |
March
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1 |
Graduate admissions decisions due; GA awards due Undergraduate scholarship decisions due |
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4 |
Douthat Study Abroad Grant Applications Due |
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6 |
Faculty Reports on Instructor Promotions Due to Dr. Byo (jbyo@lsu.edu) |
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16 |
Calendar scheduling OPENS for all non-student events in Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 |
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30 |
Calendar scheduling CLOSES for all non-student events in Fall 2026 |
April
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1 |
CMDA Summer Travel Grant Applications due at 5:00pm |
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13 |
Deadline to submit marketing information for confirmed and scheduled events in Fall 2026 |
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13 (tent.) |
CMDA Research Expo |