Students trained at the Setnor School of Music enter the world of professional musicianship with an extraordinary foundation that emphasizes theory, inspires creativity and embraces diverse musical traditions.
Just seven years after its founding in 1870, Syracuse University welcomed its first students into the Department of Music and became the first American university to grant a degree that required four years of study in both music and theory.
From the hallowed halls of Crouse College, home of the Rose, Jules R., and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, students have long pursued knowledge in composition, performance, music education and the music industry, molding the beginnings of remarkable careers in their chosen fields.
Conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather ’07, composer Nilo Alcala ’09 and singer-songwriter Julia Goodwin ’20 are just three of many who have wandered those halls and are taking the lessons learned here to the national and international stage, making their marks on the world of music now and into the future.