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Audition Dates
The School of Music holds 5 audition days per academic year (3 Undergraduate dates and 2 Graduate dates in alternation), according to the following pattern:
| Saturday before Thanksgiving | Undergraduate |
| Saturday before first day of Spring instruction* | Graduate |
| Last Saturday in January | Undergraduate |
| Second Saturday in February | Graduate |
| Last Saturday in February | Undergraduate |
* The UW-Madison academic calendar is published 5 years at a time, currently through Spring 2030. The first day of Spring instruction generally falls on the second-to-last Tuesday of January.
Performance faculty and instructional staff must be available all day on these dates. Absences must be approved by the Director via the absence request form. Finalized schedules will be sent to the faculty shortly before the audition day.
2025-26
| November 22 | Undergraduate |
| January 17 | Graduate |
| January 31 | Undergraduate |
| February 14 | Graduate |
| February 28 | Undergraduate |
2026-27
| November 21 | Undergraduate |
| January 16 | Graduate |
| January 30 | Undergraduate |
| February 13 | Graduate |
| February 27 | Undergraduate |
2027-28
| November 20 | Undergraduate |
| January 22 | Graduate |
| January 29 | Undergraduate |
| February 12 | Graduate |
| February 26 | Undergraduate |
2028-29
| November 18 | Undergraduate |
| January 20 | Graduate |
| January 27 | Undergraduate |
| February 10 | Graduate |
| February 24 | Undergraduate |
2029-30
| November 17 | Undergraduate |
| January 19 | Graduate |
| January 26 | Undergraduate |
| February 9 | Graduate |
| February 23 | Undergraduate |