<p>My band director and I were discussing good academically stimulating schools with great music/band programs. He brought up these two. I just wanted to see everyone's views on them. </p>
<p>Syracuse interests me a lot. I've heard little about SUNY Fredonia though. </p>
<p>(I guess he has a cousin at Syracuse, so he's obligated to support it. :))</p>
<p>Here's a link to an earlier thread.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/497360-crane-vs-fredonia.html?highlight=suny+fredonia%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/497360-crane-vs-fredonia.html?highlight=suny+fredonia</a></p>
<p>You can use the search this forum function, and find old threads and posts on each. Your current post is the only one that comes up via advanced search/thread title using Syracuse as the criteria, but if you search for posts as opposed to thread title, there are numerous mentions of each school.</p>
<p>I've also suggested using the prior "Master List threads" as a means of identifying posters that have acceptances or are actually attending specific schools. You can also search for posts by user name, or by PM. Part of the beauty of this board is the willingness of others to share experiences and information.</p>
<p>Here's a link to the last post in the '08 Master List of Acceptances. For the uninitiated, the use of [brackets] around a [school] indicates that was the final choice of the poster indicated. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1060444933-post487.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1060444933-post487.html</a></p>
<p>I just re-read the above thread a year later. There is a ton of info on Fredonia on there. Comparing Fredonia to Syracuse is apples to oranges. Syracuse is huge, private, and in an urban setting, w/ lots of endowments backing it, Fredonia is a medium sized to small public univeristy in a more rural setting. </p>
<p>Syracuse has a big sports atmosphere, and many difference schools within the University. Syracuse is not primarily known for being a music school but does have a fine music program. When one thinks of Syracuse one usually thinks of sports, the Newhouse School of Communications, and the medical school. I believe they have quite a business school as well. </p>
<p>Fredonia, on the other hand, has many majors and wonderful programs but the music school is by far their biggest draw. Fredonia has a very private school feel for a public school price. My D is a freshman there and so far her experiences in the music school have been wonderful. </p>
<p>Without knowing your instrument it is a little harder to get a grasp on what kind of info you are looking for. If Music Ed is your ambition you may find the SUNY school price tag a little more to your liking.</p>
<p>My D (a singer) applied/auditioned and was accepted at these 2 schools last year. She ended up going out of state, but had a hard choice between Fredonia and her current school, for a number of the reasons Momof3 states above. </p>
<p>Fredonia's costs are about 15K, Syracuse is over 47K this year. Although she liked the voice faculty she met at SU, she was more drawn to Fredonia. Size of SOM at Fredonia (if I recall correctly) is about 500, SU has about 200. Fredonia's facilities are quite nice, a beautiful mix of old and new, SU's are old (see link to article).</p>
<p>One thing to be aware of if you are considering Music Ed. is the length of your private lesson. Many, if not most, schools give 1 hour lessons to performance majors while music ed. majors receive a 30 minute lesson. Both SU and Fredonia give the 60 minute "equal opportunity" lesson time! The several times we visited Fredonia they always spoke about wanting their aspiring teachers to consider themselves performers as well.</p>
<p>You may or may not find this interesting!
SU's</a> Crouse College in need of repairs</p>
<p>PS: Hi Momof3Stars! Isn't it nice to have some of the snow melted?!</p>
<p>My D applied to both of these schools this year and I agree with Musmom2 on all accounts.</p>