<p>Hi,
i applied to SUNY Purchase since i wanna major in Composition but i know it's very selective.......How about SUNY Fredonia or other SUNYs!? Also, can i apply to more than one SUNY school?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You can apply to more than one SUNYs. Stony Brook has a reputable name. Purchase has a conservatory of music. Regina Spektor graduated from there. </p>
<p>SUNYs are cheap anyway so you can give yourself more options. Also it depends on your major and what you want to achieve from the school that matters. I turned down on SUNY Purchase because I didn't like the campus and I didn't want to only do classical music. But it's really cheap for conservatory.</p>
<p>Buffalo. Hands down no competition.</p>
<p>Alf3edd,</p>
<p>I think I've mentioned it to you before but Buffalo has a fantastic composition program. Here's what I wrote before:</p>
<p>I'm the internet publicist for the University at Buffalo. We have a small but competitive Masters Composition program here, headed by David Felder and includes also Jonathan Golove, Cort Lippe, and Jeffrey Stadelman. The director of the department likes to emphasize that we are a school that combines traditional discipline with twenty-first century ideas. Basically his point is that we encourage the traditional education as a foundation but only as a jumping off point for your own ideas and development. We're a theory-based school that encourages independent and unorthodox thought.</p>
<p>As a composer you'd be surrounded by some award-winning colleagues such as Paolo Cavellone, who has won several composition awards in Italy and the US. We're also inspired by our previous composition instructor Morty Feldman, who left a legacy of great teaching behind.</p>
<p>Personally as a theory PhD student there most of my friends are composers. They really are a great group of people and because the school is so small there's loads of funding as well as opportunities for performances of your work. In fact there's a Composer's Concert tomorrow night at 8 (Sunday Dec. 2) If you live in the area. </p>
<p>For more info on the department and facilities you can go to Welcome to the Music Department. We also have a myspace page - MySpace.com - University at Buffalo Music - 26 - Female - BUFFALO, US - MySpace.com</a> - University at Buffalo Music - 26 - Female - BUFFALO, US - <a href="http://www.myspace.com/buffalomusic%5B/url%5D">www.myspace.com/buffalomusic</a> and I'm listed as UBMusic on Facebook. There's a group there for the UB Music department and most of the composers are members of the group if you think you might like to get in contact with them. You can also email me at sbailey4 at buffalo.edu.</p>
<p>thanks does buffalo give a B.M. in composition?</p>
<p>Unfortunately for undergrads we only have a Bachelor of Arts with a focus in composition. More info on the undergrad program is here. Welcome</a> to the Music Department Basically all the undergrads go through the same courses in the first two years and in the last two years they separate more into divisions, taking composition lessons, specialized classes, etc.</p>
<p>I also forgot to answer your question before, you treat each SUNY school as its own entity so you would apply to them individually, as many as you like.</p>