Crane School Of Music

SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music is a community of educators, musicians and scholars in an environment dedicated to helping every student achieve his or her career and life goals. We hope you will consider joining the Crane community and become part of a tradition that stretches back over 125 years and includes thousands of educators, performers, composers, researchers, leaders in music industry, and musicians of renown, a network of graduates who can found throughout North American and around the world.

Crane consists of approximately 530 undergraduate and 25 graduate students, and a faculty of over 80 teachers and professional staff. Crane is housed in the Julia E. Crane Music Center on the north side of the campus and has two classroom buildings (Bishop and Schuette Halls), three concert areas (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. The new 97,000-square-foot Performance Arts Center opened in the Spring 2014 semester next door to the Crane Center, and includes three additional large performance spaces (a Proscenium Theater, a Black Box Theater, and a Dance Theater) as well as a recording studio with new, state-of-the-art equipment.