Crane School of Music

MomOf3Stars
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:58:00 +0000

Crane is definitely the best SUNY school for music. My DD will definitely be auditioning for Crane although the small town/rural atmosphere is something she is wary of since she has lived in a small town all her life. (SUNY Potsdam is only a couple of hours drive from where we live and as such there are a lot of people from our area that go there as well as to neighboring colleges like Clarkson and Paul Smith)
We are due to go to Potsdam on April 28th for an open house. I do know some people that have gone to Crane and it is still a very competitive atmosphere, particularly for voice. I do believe that like Ithaca there are no “special music groups” for music ed majors and that they play and sing along side performance majors therefore getting a full music school experience. I have had the impression that at many schools (particularly conservatory and conservatory-type schools) music ed majors are looked down upon as not being as good as performance majors.

Please let us know if your DD decides to go to Crane and what her experience is like. I also know that although it is a SUNY school Potsdam does have deep pockets in the aid dept. I know a girl who entered Crane w/ a full tuition and room and board scholarship plus money for books and a living stipend. I believe this was merit based as after a year she decided to change her major from music ed (flute player) to some kind of psychology but she did keep her scholarship.
Hope this helps…