School of Music
The School of Music is one of the premier music schools in the Southeast. The Masters in Music in Music Education was recently applauded by National Association of Schools of Music. The 242 undergraduate and 69 graduate students spend most their time in the A. J. Fletcher Music Center.
A. J. Fletcher Music Center is the large building that the School of Music calls home. It has two large rehearsal halls and a 260-seat recital hall. In the center, there are electronic piano labs, five organs, more than fifty practice rooms, faculty studios, the Music Library, and the Center for Music Technology. The Music Library's collection contains more than 62,000 books, scores, periodicals, and media materials representative of all types and periods of music.
In spring of 2007, the A.J. Fletcher Music Center was expanded by the addition of a first-floor wing. New to this wing is a classroom that is observable, new percussion practice rooms, a new large rehearsal hall and small ensemble rehearsal hall. The latter two examples have microphones connected to a recording room in between both rehearsal rooms. With the addition of the new wing, the rehearsal halls count have been raised to two large rehearsal halls and a smaller rehearsal hall.
State University of New York at Purchase is a public college in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. It is one of 13 comprehensive colleges in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Founded by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1967 as "the cultural gem of the SUNY system", Purchase College offers "a unique education that combines programs in the liberal arts with conservatory programs in the arts in ways that emphasize inquiry, mastery of skills, and creativity." Purchase College was ranked 9 in U.S. News & World Report's 2016 listing of top public liberal arts colleges. The college was listed as one of Kiplinger's 100 Best Public College Values in 2017. It was also listed in that publication's 2014 list of Best Values in Small Colleges. The Princeton Review included Purchase College in its 2018 edition of The Best 382 Colleges.
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