Important dates for the 2025–26 academic year at Manhattan School of Music
FALL 2025
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 16, 2025
- Last Day of Fall Semester
December 17, 2025
- Andersen Residence Hall closes at 12 pm
December 17, 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
SPRING 2026
January 5, 2026
- Administrative offices open
January 11, 2026
- Andersen Hall opens at 10 AM
- Qualifying Exams for the spring semester (inperson)
January 12, 2026
- First day of classes for the Spring semester
January 12-16, 2026
- Add/drop period
January 17–February 20, 2026
- Withdrawal from Spring semester classes permitted with grade of W on transcript
January 17–18, 2026
- Musical Theatre Fall 2026 entrance auditions (tentative)
January 19, 2026
- Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (No classes and administrative offices closed)
January 24–25, 2026
- Musical Theatre Fall 2026 entrance auditions continue (tentative)
February 27–March 6, 2026
- Fall 2026 Audition Week
February 28–March 15, 2026
- Spring Break (no classes)
March 16, 2026
- Classes resume
April 15, 2026
- All Doctoral performances, recitals, and thesis work completed for anticipated DMA graduates
May 5–11, 2026
- Finals Week/Final week of classes for Spring semester
May 11, 2026
- Last day of Spring semester classes
- Due date for student submission of Spring 2026 work
May 12–18, 2026
- Jury Week
May 15, 2026
- Submission deadline for Spring 2026 grades and outstanding grades (Incompletes) from prior semester
May 20, 2026
- Doctoral Hooding and Graduation Awards Ceremony
May 20, 2026
- Move-out day for Andersen Hall residents (nongraduating students only)
May 21, 2026
- Last Day of Spring semester Commencement
- Spring Degree Conferral
May 22, 2026
- Move-out day for Andersen Hall (graduating) residents by 12 pm
Questions?
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registrar@msmnyc.edu
