School of Music
Dates & Deadlines

 

This page contains important dates and deadlines specific to operations and academics in the LSU School of Music.

Not all university–level dates and deadlines are necessarily represented on this calendar. Please consult the official LSU Academic Calendar for an exhaustive listing of all dates and deadlines across the LSU 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 December 17, 2025.

Spring 2026

January

2

Campus Reopens at 7:30am

7

CMDA College Welcome Meeting

  • 9:00am, MDA Building, Shaver Theatre

School of Music Faculty Meeting

  • 10:15am, SoM Building, Room 115

CMDA Lunch

  • 11:30am

8

SOM Faculty Curricular Retreat

  • 8:30am – 3:00pm, French House

9

Faculty Colloquium: Marc Watkins, "Teaching in Turbulent Times" (Registration Required)

  • 8:30am – 1:00pm, South Stadium Classes

12

Classes Begin at 7:30am

16

Submit course syllabi to Kaitlin Richard at krichard1@lsu.edu 

17-20

LMEA Conference, New Orleans

19

Campus Closed – Martin Luther King Day Holiday

21

Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of "W" (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

CMDA Student Travel Grant Applications due (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

22

Last day to add courses or make section changes (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

Degree-only document upload recommended date

23

Graduate School: Final date to submit the Application for Degree

Graduate School: Final date to submit Request for Final Defense (Doctoral and Master's Students)

Initial nomination due for Distinguished Dissertation Award and Dissertation Year Fellowship 

  • Additional materials will be required for selected nominees

24

Audition Day #1

29-31

GMEA Conference: Athens, GA

31

Audition Day #2

February

5-7

Stately Oaks Festival

Week of the 9th

Executive Committee Meeting

11-14

TMEA Conference: San Antonio, TX

12

First Round of GSTA nominations due

16-18

Mardi Gras Holiday

Classes Resume 12:30pm on February 18th

20

Comprehensive Exam Questions due from Faculty Graduate Committee Members

  • Must be submitted to Trey Davis (treydavis@lsu.edu) via envelope only (No digital formats are permitted)

Annual Activity Report due in ELEMENTS

23

Deadline to submit guest artist proposals for the 2026-2027 production season

25

Faculty Meeting

  • 1:30pm – 2:30pm, SoM Building, Room 115

March

1

Music Premiere scholarship award descision due (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

Graduate Admissions decisions due

Graduate Assistant awards due

4

Douthat Study Abroad Grant Applications Due

6

Midterm Grades due (Must be completed by 9:00am)

  • Mandatory for undergraduate students

Promotion & Tenure Panels' reports on instructor promotions due to Dr. Byo (jbyo@lsu.edu)

Comprehensive Exam for Master's Students

  • 9:30am – 12:30pm

9-13

Spring Break Holiday – Campus will remain open

16

Production calendar opens to request Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 dates.

  • This includes ensemble, faculty, guest, chamber, studio events, and dress rehearsals
  • All requests should be made through the event request form

19

Faculty Meeting

1:30pm – 2:30pm, SoM Building, Room 115

27

Last day to drop courses or resign from the University (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

Final date to request a reschedule of a final examination when three examination are scheduled within 24 hours of one another

Graduate School: Deadline to submit/upload for committee-approved Dissertation/Monograph/Thesis

Week of 30th

Executive Committee Meeting (Date and time to be announced)

30

Tentative: Course scheduling for summer and fall 2026 semester begins at 5:00pm

Deadline to request all event dates for Fall 2026 season

  • This includes all ensemble, faculty, guest, chamber, studio events, and dress rehearsals
  • The production calendar will be closed for adding new events at this time

April

1

Reports of Tenure Track Faculty Review Committee due

3

Campus Closed – Good Friday Holiday

13

Deadline to submit marketing information for confirmed and scheduled Fall 2026 events

CMDA Research Expo

16

Faculty Meeting 

1:30pm – 2:30pm, SoM Building, Room 115

17

Final Resolution of Editors' Requested Corrections to Theses and Dissertations

  • All final revisions requested by the editor must be uploaded to Digital Commons by 4:30pm
  • Departments must submit final defense reports for non-thesis students by 4:30pm 

23

School of Music Student Awards Ceremony

  • 2:00 pm – 3:00pm, MDA Building, Shaver Theatre

29

Concentrated Study Period Begins

May 

1

Concentrated Study Period Ends

2

Last day of classes

4-9

Final Exams & Juries

13

Final grades due for degree candidates (Must be completed by 9:00am)

14

Final grades due for non-degree candidate candidates (Must be completed by 9:00am)

15

College of Music & Dramatic Arts Commencement Ceremony

  • Union Theater

 

Summer 2026 

May

25

First Summer Session (Session B) Begins

25

No Classes Held – Memorial Day

26

Classes Begin

28

Last day to drop courses without receiving the grade of "W" or making section changes (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

29

Last day to add courses for credit or make section changes (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

  • Final date to petition deans' offices to invoke the Grade Exclusion Policy

June

10

Interim grades due

19

No classes held – No Classes Held

22

Last day to drop courses or resign from the University for Session B (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

30

Final grades due for Session B (Must be completed 9:00am)

First Summer Session (Session B) ends

July

3

No Classes Held – 4th of July Holiday

6

Second Summer Session (Session C) begins

8

Last day for dropping coursesd without receiving a grade of "W" or making section changes (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

10

Last day to add courses for credit and find date to petition the Deans' offices to invoke the Grade Exclusion Policy (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

23

Interim grades due (Must be completed by 9:00am)

30

Last day to drop courses or resign from the University for Session C (Must be completed by 4:30pm)

August  

8 & 10

Final classes and final examinations held

11

Second Summer Session (Session C) ends

  • Final grades due by 9:00am

14

Commencement