New Student Orientation Schedule

» First station: Residence hall check-in (Arrival Map)

Go directly to your residence hall at your scheduled time, park your vehicle as directed, and pick-up your keys at the check-in station. Our DePauw volunteers will help unload at your residence hall. You will then need to move vehicles to long-term parking at the Blackstock, Peeler, Julian, Olive Street, and other designated parking lots.

• Get your room key and student ID.
• Complete housing check-in.
• Pick up a schedule for the day and check your advising meeting location.
• Get a complimentary lunch ticket and mealtime for your guests. Students meal plan will be automatically used for the Community Picnic in Hoover Dining Hall. 

» Second station: Your room

• Start unpacking and meet your roommate(s) and your first-year resident assistant(s).

» Third station: Information tables – Memorial Student Union Building, lobby, and campus living room.

(Opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 1 p.m.)

• Visit the information tables and talk with representatives of various campus offices.

DePauw Police Department is located on the lower level of 101 E. Seminary St. and is staffed 24 hours a day. For questions, please call 765-658-5555.

The ID OneCard Office will be open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Friday, August 18, and 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. (noon) on Saturday, Aug. 19.

University offices are regularly open from Monday - Friday

• Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For a directory of essential contacts, click here.

• Emergencies: 911
• DePauw Police: 765-658-5555
• Housing and Residence Life Office: 765-658-4500
• Office of the Registrar: 765-658-4141
• Office of Student Affairs: 765-658-4270
• DePauw Health Wellness: 765-658-4555
• Counseling Services: 765-658-4268

Student meal plans are activated at dinner the Friday prior to Opening Day. Note that lunch on Saturday (Opening Day) will be from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. from your student meal plan. Guests will receive a meal ticket to join students in Hoover Hall for the Community Picnic. Please make sure to bring your student ID during meals.

Hoover Dining Hall will be open at the following times during orientation:

• Breakfast: 7 a.m. - 10 a.m.
• Lunch: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Dinner: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Meals & Dining Services

Please visit our online resources here for information on daily menus and hours. 

Questions regarding Student Employment can be directed to the student employment coordinator, Chloe O’Sullivan (chloeosullivan@depauw.edu), at 765-658-4281. More information can be found at online here. 

Talk with Payment Services staff to learn about the support and services available to students. To schedule an appointment, please contact 765-658-4015 or e-mail paymentservices@depauw.edu. To learn more about Payment Services, visit online resources here.

Ensemble auditions

All Information about School of Music ensembles and audition requirements will be available at https://www.depauw.edu/music/ during the summer. 

For students in the College of Liberal Arts, participation in ensembles may be applied toward arts and humanities requirements.

Voice:

Students who have had no previous instruction in voice should register for MUS 905, Beginning Class Voice I, when it is offered. Students in the College of Liberal Arts who have studied voice privately in high school and wish to take individual lessons will need to audition.  Students should choose an audition time on the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board outside the School of Music Office. If in-person auditions are not possible, students are to record one song that best displays their vocal accomplishments. Performances with accompaniment tracks or live accompaniment are preferred, but a cappella performances will be accepted. Video is preferred and you may use whatever recording device you have available.

Piano placement for the School of Music

School of Music students: a professor contacts all new music students over the summer to assess piano background and place everyone in the appropriate class sections. 

All SOM students must fill out the Piano survey at the beginning of June and take an in-person Class Piano Placement Test in August before classes begin.   

Class Piano Placement Exam

• Step 1: In the summer, incoming first-year students complete an online survey describing their prior keyboard experience. This survey will predetermine whether they will be placed in 901 (the first section of the Class Piano sequence). 
• Step 2: At the beginning of the fall semester, all incoming music students (except pianists) take a piano placement exam to determine the appropriate class within the 4-semester Class Piano sequence. Students placed in 901 must also take a placement exam as a follow-up to the online survey to ensure the best possible placement.  
• Step 3: Once placed in the appropriate class, students complete the remainder of the class piano sequence. Once students have passed 904, their piano proficiency requirement has been fulfilled. Please note, keyboard classes are taken in conjunction with the corresponding theory/musicianship class.

 Proficiency Exam

1. At the end of the semester, students take the corresponding level of the proficiency exam.
2. If students fail certain sections of the exam, they are required to retake and pass them by the third week of the following semester.
3. In rare cases, some students might be permitted to take the piano proficiency exam for the following section. 

College of Liberal Arts students:  Piano instruction is available for all levels of students, from beginning to advanced. Please contact Professor Dr. May Phang at mphang@depauw.edu for more information and placement.

Audition Dates for Fall 2024 coming soon!

Please sign up for an audition time online to audition for Chamber Singers or Vox Animae (make sure to scroll to the respective day in your calendar to find the available time slots) and arrive about 5 min early to fill out a form that you will find in front of my office.

Festival Choir is a non-auditioned ensemble.

Symphonic Band is a non-auditioned band, but doesn't count toward requirements for SOM students and CLA students with music scholarships.

First-Year woodwind, brass, percussion, harp, strings, and keyboard auditions

Auditions for first-year woodwind, brass, percussion, harp and keyboard students that must participate in large instrumental ensembles (music majors and CLA Honor Performance Award participants) will be held together the Monday before school begins.  Each musician should select a “home” ensemble's audition repertoire from which to audition.  All major instrumental ensemble directors, Craig Paré (Bands), Steven Snyder (Jazz Ensemble) and Orcenith Smith (Orchestra) will sit on a panel to hear all students auditioning.

All string players (regardless of year in school) will audition for Professor Smith before school begins and should contact him at osmith@depauw.edu. 

Audition registration for woodwind, brass, percussion, harp, and keyboard is here.

College of Liberal Arts majors interested in pursuing a music minor, adding a music major, or transferring to the School of Music should contact piano professor Dr. May Phang at mphang@depauw.edu at their earliest convenience to discuss options and any audition requirements.