1016 Music Building, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York 10577, USA

Undergraduate program

Bachelor of Arts in Arts Management. Four years. Bachelor of Music. Four years. Concentrations in performance (classical, jazz, opera), composition, theory, music history, music technology, studio production. Studies include aural skills, basic conducting.

Graduate program

Master of Music. In performance, opera performance, musicology, theory, composition, music technology.

Diploma program

Artist Diploma. For advanced performance.

This campus of the State University of New York can trace its history back to 1734. Nowadays it is commonly referred to as Purchase College. Located 25 minutes from the Lincoln Center, the College offers programs in dance, music, theatre arts and film, and visual arts. The Conservatory of Music at Purchase College draws faculty from the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet Orchestra, Orpheus and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. Performance facilities include six halls ranging in capacity from 275 to 1,400. There are over 80 grand pianos, mostly Steinways. There are several state-of-the-art recording studios and digital keyboard laboratories. An extensive instrument collection includes early keyboard instruments, renaissance, baroque and classical string, wind and brass instruments, a complete baroque string quartet and a number of Indian instruments. Music students have opportunities for collaboration with majors in theatre, dance, film and visual arts. The State University of New York (SUNY) was founded in 1948 with the amalgamation of a number of universities and colleges throughout the State of New York, some of which can trace their history back to 1816. Music programs at the State University of New York (SUNY) are offered at the campuses at Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Buffalo State, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, New Paltz, Oneonta, Oswego, Plattsburgh, Potsdam (the Crane School of Music), Purchase and Stony Brook.

November 2022