Important dates for the 2025–26 academic year at Manhattan School of Music
FALL 2025
June 9–20, 2025
- Placement Exams for Fall semester (online)
July 1, 2025
- Official first day of the Fall semester
July 1, 2025
- Andersen Residence Hall opens at 10 AM for incoming Summer English Session (SES) students
July 2–3, 2025
- Summer English Session Orientation
July 4, 2025
- Independence Day holiday (administrative offices closed)
July 7, 2025
- First day of SES classes
August 13–15, 2025
- Final exams for SES
August 15, 2025
- Last day of SES classes
August 25, 2025
- Andersen Residence Hall opens for:
- New students (morning)
- 2nd-year Master’s Classical Voice students (morning)
- Musical Theatre students (afternoon)
- New Student Convocation
August 25–31, 2025
- Orientation
August 26, 2025
- Graduate Opera Theatre auditions begin
- Musical Theatre auditions begin
August 27, 2025
- Andersen Residence Hall opens for all other returning students
August 28, 2025
- In-person Instrumental Ensemble (Classical and Jazz) auditions begin
August 29, 2025
- Qualifying Exams for Fall semester (in-person)
September 1, 2025
- Labor Day holiday (administrative offices closed)
September 3, 2025
- First day of classes for the Fall semester
September 3–12, 2025
- Add/drop period
September 13–October 24, 2025
- Withdrawal from Fall semester classes permitted with a grade of W on transcript
October 11–14, 2025
- Fall Break: no classes, lessons, or rehearsals
November 6–8, 2025
- Friends & Family Weekend
November 26–30, 2025
- Thanksgiving Break (administrative offices close November 26 and reopen December 1)
December 10–16, 2025
- Fall Jury Week/Finals Week/Final week of classes
December 17, 2025
- Last Day of Fall Semester
December 17, 2025
- Andersen Residence Hall closes at 12 pm
December 18, 2025–January 11, 2025
- Winter Break for students and faculty
December 20, 2025–January 4, 2025
- Winter Break for staff (administrative offices closed)
December 30, 2025
- Submission deadline for Fall 2025 grades and outstanding grades (Incompletes) from prior semester
December 31, 2025
- December Degree Conferral
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