Crane School of Music

The Crane School of Music is located in Potsdam, New York, and is one of three schools which make up the State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam.

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Potsdam, New York - State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam

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Crane consists of 550 undergraduate and 30 graduate students and a faculty of 70 teachers and professional staff in a college of 4300 students and 250 faculty. Crane is housed in the Julia E. Crane Music Center on the north side of the campus. The complex consists of two classroom buildings (Bishop and Schuette Halls), three concert areas (the newly renovated Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall, 1290 seats, the Sara M. Snell Music Theater, 452 seats and the Ralph Wakefield Lecture and Recital Hall, 130 seats) as well as extensive supporting areas.

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Crane is known for having the largest and one of the most distinguished music education programs in the country. Throughout Crane's history, the school's primary mission has been to educate music teachers with an emphasis on excellence in performance, the foundation on which all music teaching is based. There are more than 600 students currently studying music at Crane, with the support of internationally-renowned faculty and one of the largest collections of instruments in music education. In addition to music education and performance, The Crane School offers programs in music business, music composition, musical studies and the theory and history of music.

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Music composition - Theory - History of music

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